Mobile gaming, the largest market in digital entertainment at over $90 billion, is undergoing a critical transformation. Recent changes in platform policy and an intense user acquisition environment have driven up costs, making it prohibitively expensive to launch and sustain mobile gaming businesses. This is where dotplay comes in.
Dotplay is a first-of-its-kind mobile web technology platform that reimagines the mobile distribution model. My partners and I are thrilled to announce our lead investment in the company’s $1 million Pre-Seed round. Led by industry veterans Iskander Pataudi and Bartosz Alsknin, the founding team brings together extensive experience from AppLovin, King, and other premiere game and AdTech players.
Dotplay transforms native apps into fully monetized, playable mobile web games. This enables developers and publishers to acquire users directly over the mobile web, accessing a variety of new organic and paid channels for growth and distribution at orders of magnitude lower cost. This technology and approach are poised to make a significant impact on the mobile ecosystem. It enables the creation of high quality, instantly playable mobile games, offering a new platform for developers and a better experience for players. This cutting edge model is made possible by recent advancements across Unity WebGPU, WebGL, Progressive Web App support, mobile hardware improvements, and widespread 5G availability. Which, in combination with the dotplay platform, narrow the gap between the web and native experience for many leading mobile gaming genres.
In a competitive market where every mobile developer is searching for shrewd and impactful new ways to reach their audience, dotplay is uniquely positioned to deliver a practical, seamless experience for both developers and consumers. We are excited to work with the dotplay team on their journey to revolutionize the mobile gaming industry!
About Transcend Fund
Transcend is a top performing early stage venture capital firm that partners with the boldest founders in the industry to collaboratively build the future of interactive entertainment.
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About Shanti Bergel
Shanti is the founding partner of Transcend and a 30 year game industry veteran.
His global operating experience spans every major platform and business model transition of the last several decades and is animated by a career-long fascination with how changes in technology and distribution affect products, services, and communities.
Shanti is a recognized member of the Techcrunch List, speaks fluent Japanese, and is a frequent speaker on early stage investment, M&A, and strategic partnerships in digital entertainment.
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