Chalkline Sports - BiG Africa Summit - Investing and Financing in the Gaming Industry
1. Investing and Financing
in the Gaming Industry
Perspectives from Africa, Europe & the US
Jason Foster
Head of iGaming
Full presentation available at www.chalklinesports.com
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2. What We’ll Cover
My Current Experience in Fundraising
Rapid Growth of Global Gaming M&A
What’s Ahead?
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7. Chalkline Sports 7
SEEKING INVESTORS
Product
Development
Brand
Launch
Customer
Acquisition
Data
Feeds
Initial Capital Will Support
Founders invested seed capital of $250,000 in Q2 2016
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8. What We’ll Cover
My Current Experience in Fundraising
Growth of Global Gaming M&A
What’s Ahead?
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9. “Our view remains that the European online gaming sector
will consolidate in the near term
as falling industry growth rates in the UK/Europe,
rising marketing costs, increased gaming taxes
and rising competition
makes scale a increasing necessity to compete more
effectively.”
Deutsche Bank, 2015 #BiGAfricaSummit
11. Source: Capital IQ by Standard and Poor’s
As of 2015, there’s USD$18.9B in Private Equity on the sidelines…
looking to get into Gaming.
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17. What We’ll Cover
My Current Experience in Fundraising
Rapid Growth of Global Gaming M&A
What’s Ahead?
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18. 1. Focus on North America and Asian Markets
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19. 1. Focus on North America and Asian Markets
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20. 1. Focus on North America and Asian Markets
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21. 1. Focus on North America and Asian Markets
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22. Casinos prepare to invest
Sportradar, Mark Cuban, Michael Jordan
NYX buys Openbet?
Playtika sold to Chinese consortium
2. Opportunity for Investments outside the core.
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29. Investing and Financing
in the Gaming Industry
Perspectives from Africa, Europe & the US
Jason Foster
Head of iGaming
Full presentation available at www.chalklinesports.com
#BiGAfricaSummit