We’re pleased to have YouWeb and Tapjoy joining in on the fun at MobileBeat 2012 and GamesBeat 2012 next week in San Francisco. YouWeb shines the spotlight on its portfolio of companies across two breakout sessions, and TapJoy CEO Mihir Shah helps us to figure out the mysteries of monetization, distribution, and discovery.
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YouWeb Companies: Financing and Strategic Partnership Opportunities
YouWeb, the technology incubator famous for kicking off successful gaming companies like OpenFeint and CrowdStar, hosts a two-part breakout session. In the first part, VCs and angel investors can hear from early stage YouWeb portfolio companies looking to raise capital. The second part focuses on YouWeb portfolio companies looking to make strategic partnerships. Serial entrepreneur Peter Relan founded YouWeb. He’s served as a Silicon Valley executive, angel investor, and technology veteran for over 20 years.
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Session 1
Phoenix Guild, Spaceport.io, Flit, Pluto Games, BugSense
Session 2
CrowdStar, iSwifter, Insta Poker, Joypad
Moderator
Peter Relan, Founder & Chairman, YouWeb
Overcoming Hurdles in Monetization, Distribution and Discovery
Given the ever-changing landscape of the mobile industry (especially among mobile tracking in the past few months), panelists discuss trends in terms of successful monetization business models, current app market opportunities and recommendations for analytics tools that track engagement, and discovery among consumers.
Speakers
Mihir Shah, CEO, Tapjoy
Joe Bayen, CEO, ICS Mobile (FreeAppADay.com)
Brian Doxator, vice president of business development, PlayHaven
Josh Williams, president, Kontagent
Andy Yang, CEO, Playhaven
Moderator
Mark Friedler, game executive, Worlds and Games
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We want to thank the industry leaders that are supporting GamesBeat 2012: W3i as Platinum Sponsor; King.com as Corporate Sponsor; Flurry and Tapjoy as Gold Sponsors; Greystripe, LifeStreet Media, Ludei and Nokia Developer as Silver Sponsors; and Betable, Game Insight, Gree, Kontagent, Nexage, Paypal, Pontiflex, Swrve, and XYOlogic as Event Sponsors.
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