IGEA and Austrade Present: Workshop Series and Mentorship With Jason Della Rocca

The video games industry is not immune to the COVID-19 crisis. While the sector may be more resilient than other screen industries, it also faces uncertainty around the future and concerns about cashflow and access to investors.

To ensure Australian studios have the best opportunity to succeed in this environment, IGEA has organised a workshop series with international industry expert Jason Della Rocca. Sponsored by Austrade, Jason will cover these core topics for success:

• Funding models and fundraising strategy
• Pitching and pitch construction
• Design for discoverability and community development

These topics will be held as webinars, they are free and open to all members of the Australian games industry.
In addition, six studios will get the exclusive chance of receiving 1:1 personal business-development mentorship from Jason, including an introduction to his personal network of investors and publishers.

Thanks to the generous support of their respective state governments, there will be extra mentorship slots for:

• three developers from South Australia provided by the South Australian Department for Trade and Investment
• two extra slots for developers from Queensland provided by Screen Queensland
• one extra slot for developers from Western Australia provided by the Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

(I.e. 12 mentorship opportunities overall.)

The Details:

When:

• Funding models and fundraising strategy, 25th of June, 10 am (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne time), 9:30 am (Adelaide time), 8 am (WA time)
• Pitching and pitch construction, 2nd of July, 10 am (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne time), 9:30 am (Adelaide time), 8 am (WA time)
• Product design, community development planning, and discoverability, 9th of July, 10 am (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne time), 9:30 am (Adelaide time), 8 am (WA time)

How:

To attend the webinars please register using the following links:

• Funding models and fundraising strategy
• Pitching and pitch construction
• Product design, community development planning, and discoverability

You will be supplied with details on how to join 24 hours before the event.

Mentorship Applications

To learn more, apply for mentorship, and learn about the selection process please go here. The selection process will be merit-based: Finalists will be selected based on the likelihood of their game to achieve commercial success along with the degree to which the mentorship and business development support will have an impact. There are limited places, awarded competitively. For each studio interested in mentorship it is a requirement to attend each seminar. *Please note* The deadline for applications is the 12th of July.