Digital Capital Corporation

Digital Capital Corporation
Private
Industry Interactive entertainment
Video game industry
Founded December 2011 (2011-12)
Founder Todd Tribell
Stewart Kosoy
Headquarters Zug, Switzerland
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Todd Tribell (CEO)
  • Stewart Kosoy
Website digitalcapital.ch

Digital Capital Corporation is a Swiss company that manages private equity investments in the digital entertainment industry. Formed in Switzerland in 2011 by Todd Tribell and Stewart Kosoy,[1] the company offers funding, management, and advice to partners.[2] The company's stated goal is to connect financial partners with software development talent.[3]

Digital Capital operates a subsidiary company based in Dublin called Digital Power Entertainment (DPE). DPE develops and produces digital online entertainment properties together with developer Jason Schreiber.[4] Previously, Jason worked as Senior Producer at GT Interactive Software (now Atari, Inc.).[5]

In December 2012, Digital Capital founded a subsidiary company Dream Weddings Ltd. for creating an app aimed at the wedding industry. It was said, that the parent company invested more than US$5,000,000 in the business to facilitate creation of a game for both web and mobile devices. The game is expected to be launched in early 2014.[6]

In September 2013, former executive of Electronic Arts (EA) Jonathan Bunney, who worked in EA as both vice president of product development and vice president of product marketing, has joined Digital Capital as director of marketing.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Weber, Rachel (February 1, 2012). "Digital Capital ready to fund digital games". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ Tipps, Seth (February 8, 2012). "Stewart Kosoy to head Digital Capital product dev". Develop. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ Caoili, Eric (February 1, 2012). "Digital Capital connecting investors with game developers". Gamasutra. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ Caoili, Eric (February 28, 2012). "IGF winner, Powerhead CEO opening Irish company with Digital Capital funding". Gamasutra. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jason Schreiber". Spoke.com. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (March 19, 2013). "Digital Capital invests $5M in Dream Weddings game apps (exclusive)". VentureBeat. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Seth, Tipps (September 11, 2013). "Bunney moves to Digital Capital". Develop. Retrieved September 22, 2013.


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