Spreading Sustainability
10 Weeks To Save the Games Industry - The Final Episode
The journey reaches an end with a recap of the 38 incredible games industry figures that took part across 10 weeks of travels
Profile
Jiri Kupiainen
Job Title
CEO
Organisation Matchmade
About
Jiri is the founder of Shark Punch, a transatlantic game development company working on a game about bank robberies in the 70s.
He was the CEO and a founder of the cross-platform gaming pioneer Rocket Pack, which was acquired by Disney in 2011.
He has been part of the Finnish games industry for almost 14 years, but currently resides in San Francisco because the weather in Helsinki sucks.
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry reaches Sweden
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 10
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's journey draws to a close with interviews with developers in the Czech Republic
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 9
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's journey nears its end as the pair finally reach Finland and Sweden
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 8
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's journey takes in Zürich and Munich and heads to the Baltics
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 7
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest reaches Prague
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 6
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest reaches Lisbon
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 5
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest hits Barcelona
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 4
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest continues
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10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 3
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest continues
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Pocket Gamer Connects
Matchmade's Jiri Kupiainen gives us 10 weeks to save the games industry at PG Connects London
Delivering an important eco message as part of a tour of upcoming gaming events
Future-gazing
Look towards the frontiers of gaming with other technologies and media at Pocket Gamer Connects London
It’s time to gaze into the future of the games industry as new technologies emerge
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Matchmade's Jiri Kupiainen on influencer UA for small-mid-sized creators
Meet the mobile gaming UA experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Press & Go
Matchmade democratizes access to 9.2 million creators with self-service Express Campaigns tool
Partner with creators and get content live on YouTube in days
Match-made
Matchmade wants to be the Google AdWords of influencer marketing as it surpasses a 200 million YouTube subscriber reach
Eeva Hattara joins as CFO while Heini Vesander is named CMO
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Shark Tank
Video: Shark Punch's Jiri Kupiainen on building community
Build it and they will come... hopefully
Engagement Panel
Video: Industry experts discuss engagement in mobile games
How to keep them coming back for more
Making A Noise
Why you need to build your game's community months before it's released
Shark Punch CEO reveals some tricks
Talk Torque
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Adcolony, Shark Punch and Hints also unveiled for July 7-8 event
Interview
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