{"id":43924,"date":"2023-10-20T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/games-industry-the-winners-from-latest-internet-dealbook-report-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:32:10","slug":"games-industry-the-winners-from-latest-internet-dealbook-report-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/games-industry-the-winners-from-latest-internet-dealbook-report-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Games industry the winners from latest Internet Dealbook report &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/l_joystick-445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_joystick-445\"><\/div>\n<p>An increase in the number of investments and acquisitions but a decrease in the average value of those transactions from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014, according to the latest Internet Dealbook report, is evidence of \u201cmore companies getting a slice of the pie\u201d, Right Click Capital\u2019s Benjamin Chong says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Internet Dealbook is a global database that tracks angel, venture capital and private equity investment, as well as merger and acquisition activity across technology-related private companies. Online Agility, a Right Click Capital company, has been publishing the report since 2011. The data used in the report is obtained via public news sources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The latest report found that there was $US43.8 billion ($A50 billion) worth of deals tracked in Q3 2014, down from $US62.72 billion, in Q3 2013. The total number of deals tracked was up to 1175, in Q3 2014, from 945 in Q3 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are more companies being acquired or more companies that have been funded, and more deals of a smaller nature, but that\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing,\u201d Chong says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means more companies are getting a slice of the pie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnecdotally, having spoken with folks in various regions \u2013 we chat with people to check out numbers, it does seem there\u2019s a greater number of smaller companies that are being funded, and that\u2019s been driving the increase in deals on the investment side. We also haven\u2019t had as many mega acquisitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The number of deals in the games sector grew by 178%, while at the other end of the spectrum was the media industry, where deals declined by 32%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chong says the figures reinforce the opportunity that is out there for Australian games startups.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great news for Australian game developers and those that are providing infrastructure around the games space,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause large corporations have made acquisitions cross border. There once was a view that Australia was a bit too far, but if you do have a loyal fanbase, a good number of installs and active users, you\u2019re going to get on the radar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for the decline in deals in the media sector, Chong says it should come as no surprise that it\u2019s a competitive space.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would suggest, having spoken to other investors, it has to do with folks really wanting innovative ideas,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s a \u2018me too\u2019 idea it\u2019s really difficult to find that funding. There really needs to be an innovation, whether it\u2019s super niche targeting, or a new spin on advertising or subscriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Asia-Pacific was the region with the greatest deal number growth, up 75% from Q3 21013 to Q3 2014, compared to 5% in Europe, 21% in North America.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow<\/i> StartupSmart <i>on<\/i> <i>Facebook<\/i><i>,<\/i> <i>Twitter<\/i><i>, and<\/i> <i>LinkedIn<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increase in the number of investments and acquisitions but a decrease in the average value of those transactions from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}