By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry

DeNA And GREE Ventures At The Startups In Asia Conference In Singapore [Social Games]

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I had the pleasure of taking part at Penn Olson‘s Startups In Asia conference in Singapore last week.

Here is a summary of the coffee chat with me, here’s the summary of the panel discussion I moderated. Just to clarify: I was referring to the business model of social gaming in Japan as being better than drugs, weapons, gambling, and prostitution.

At the event, Japan’s two biggest social gaming companies had representatives speaking, too:

Here is a summary of the interview with Tatsuo Tsutsumi (Director of GREE Ventures Investment Office) and Noritaka Kobayashi (head of APAC business development at GREE).

Here is a summary of the interview with Tetsuya Mori, Managing Director of DeNA Asia Pacific.

Steven Goh, CEO of Asian mobile social networking/gaming company mig33, gave an interview at the event as well.

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Dr. Serkan Toto

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By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry