San Francisco, CA – February 5, 2013 - GREE today officially announced details of the GREE Partners Fund, a new program focused on establishing long-term relationships with talented developers in the free-to-play mobile games industry. The fund will be run by Jim Ying, VP of Publishing and Partners for GREE International, Inc., and will enable GREE to invest an aggregate of $10 million through equity investments of $1 million or more.
“As with our investment in MunkyFun, the goal is to create long-term partnerships with a small group of top developers whose experience positions them well to create games of exceptional quality from both a game play and revenue perspective, ” said Ying. In addition to the monetary investment, partners will benefit from GREE’s hands-on approach to knowledge and resource sharing with the ultimate goal being the release of outstanding games for players around the world.
The GREE Partners Fund will offer a suite of benefits to GREE’s new partners, including access to tools and teams available to GREE’s own internal studios. GREE also plans to support partner titles through a variety of marketing efforts, monetization consulting, post-launch operations, and growth initiatives.
The fund is currently considering applicants from North and South America. Developers can find additional information or submit an application at: www.greepartnersfund.com
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