Helsinki
Games Capital
Who we are
Helsinki Games Capital is a small team of 2, located in a small office, but we have a big plan to make entrepreneurship in games easier to navigate!
HGC was formed as a joint community project in 2019 by over 40 capital area games ecosystem players. These include established game companies, indie studios, startups, service providers as well as universities, game associations and the city of Helsinki. Together they had a dream of a more connected and inclusive game industry.
This is still the foundation of our work. We feel that with supporting game companies in different stages, we are growing this very unique community bigger, better and more diverse.
Location: Arcade5, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, 00180 Helsinki
Team of two
How can we help?
Helsinki Games Capital Board 2023
Karoliina, also known as Karo, connects creativity and strategy: she’s a multi-talented game industry professional in communications and narrative design.
In HGC, she enriches the association with knowledge from her unique career path from film into games.
Miikka L. is a serial and parallel entrepreneur with 23+ years of experience in the Finnish game industry. Experience on consumer games, applied games, and, ad games.
Former chairperson of Finnish game developers association Suomen Pelinkehittäjät, and Serious Gaming Cluster. Former Vice chair of Neogames, and IGDA volunteer and advisory board member.
Aki is a veteran indie founder with practical experience wearing all the hats of game development. He speaks and translates the languages of people, processes, code, business, and marketing.
At HGC, his role is a generalist whose broad experience is suitable for sparring and mentoring on many topics, acting as bridge between different experts, as well as understanding the practical needs of game studios.
Miikka J. is a game designer, teacher and researcher, working at Aalto University as the Head of the Game Design and Development major.
He is representing educational institutions in the board of Helsinki Games Capital, as schools and students are becoming a more and more important part of the industry ecosystem.
Our Founding Partners
Helsinki Games Capital would not exist without the generous support from these organizations. The games industry salutes you!
