Contest: ask a question about how Supercell chooses games for investing

A public interview with Jaakko Harlas will take place at White Nights Moscow 2018. He’s from Supercell. We suggest asking him questions about investing in game teams. We will give the two best authors a premium ticket to the conference.

Who is the speaker?

The official position of Yaakko is the chief in Supercell for working with developers and for strategic financing. He has been in the team since 2013. Prior to that, Harlas worked for Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks, for six years. There he dealt with mergers and acquisitions of Scandinavian enterprises.

Jaakko Harlas
When Yaakko moved to Supercell, he became one of the key figures responsible for the company’s transactions.

With his participation, the sale of half of the shares of Supercell to the Japanese SoftBank took place, and an agreement was signed with Tencent. Today he takes part in the selection of studios in which Supercell invests.

What is the format?

A public interview or Fireside chat is an on—stage interview where both the host and the audience ask questions to the guest.

By the way, the organizer of the conference and the director of business Development of Nevosoft Yulia Lebedeva will act as a presenter. She is preparing to ask questions not only about who and why Supercell is ready to invest in, but also about the difficulties that the company has faced in the process of growth.

Terms of the competition

Write questions for the round table on your social network page by sharing a link to this publication.

In the comments under this material, write “I participate in the contest” and leave a link to your post.

We will announce the names of the two winners after 18.00 on Monday, October 8, right there in the comments.