"I literally built an investment firm that wouldn't have funded my own pitch" – Why the money isn't reaching the games that need it

At Madeira Games Summit, a $1 million mock fund exercise exposed why so many game pitches miss the mark with investors. Developers kept pitching creative vision, but when they switched seats, they favored tools, infrastructure, and safer bets over original content. The takeaway: the money is there, but the language between studios and capital is badly mismatched.