Fors VC

03/04/2024

🎮 Exciting News! Fors VC partners with the Belgian Game Directory! 🇧🇪

We're thrilled to announce our new collaboration with the Belgian Game Directory, a premier platform highlighting Belgium's rapidly growing gaming industry, driven by an incredible talent pool of game developers. As a game fund focused on Belgium, this partnership marks our commitment to boosting the Belgian gaming ecosystem. It also represents the first phase of ForsVC’s ambitious shift towards a more data-driven deal flow strategy.

The Belgian Game Directory will continue to provide valuable insights into the booming Belgian gaming scene, showcasing studios, their latest games, game news, and job postings. Keep an eye out for the subtle addition, 'Powered by ForsVC,' on the homepage!

This collaboration aligns perfectly with ForsVC's ambition to drive growth and visibility within the Belgian gaming community. Want to discover who's leading the gaming revolution in Belgium?
👉👉 Visit the game directory at 🇧🇪 https://gameindustry.be 🇧🇪

03/10/2023

We're proud to announce that ForsVC has taken a minority stake in Studio Deloryan. This marks our first step into the Dutch gaming market!

The investment in the studio founded by Deloryan Hommers will help them reach their full potential as a game studio. Horse Reality has already proven to captivate players for years.

Thanks to the partnership with ForsVC, Studio Deloryan can now develop the game entirely in-house, whereas in the past they often used external parties. This in-house approach increases the quality of the development process and allows the team to respond faster to the needs of their 350,000+ registered users and ForsVC's resources & expertise will be used to reach a wider audience with the game.

Read more (in Dutch) via De Tijd:

Het Belgische durfkapitaalfonds ForsVC neemt een minderheidsbelang in de Nederlandse Studio Deloryan, de ontwikkelaar van het paardenmanagementspel 'Horse Reality'.

06/04/2023

Belgisch venture capital fund ForsVC richt de pijlen nu ook op Nederland. Managing Director (en Nederlander) Eric Diepeveen is daar mede de oorzaak van.

14/09/2022

📣 Apply for the next ForsVC Pitch Round!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿?
Investments in Belgian games through revenue-based lending as well as direct equity investments in early-stage and mature Belgian game studios.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁
€150.000 – €2.500.000

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
✍️ https://fors.vc/pitch/

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱:
October 12 | Kortrijk

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 3 October

27/04/2022

📣 Apply for the next Fors VC Pitch Round!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿?
Investments in Belgian games through revenue-based lending as well as direct equity investments in early-stage and mature Belgian game studios.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁
€150.000 – €2.500.000

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
✍️ https://fors.vc/pitch/

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱:
June 9 | Brussels
+ join us at BROTARU afterwards for drinks & games!

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 25 May

02/02/2022

📣 Announcing our first investment!

Together with Koiba, Fors VC became minority shareholder in the capital of Antwerp-based video game studio Cyborn.

With the more than €2M investment, we aim to help Cyborn's transformation from an animation studio into a video game company. Their upcoming title, Hubris, has already received international praise for its top-shelf visual quality.

Article by De Tijd (in Dutch):
https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/entertainment/antwerpse-gamestudio-cyborn-krijgt-minderheidsaandeelhouders/10363540

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De investeerders ForsVC en Koiba stappen als minderheidsaandeelhouders in het kapitaal van de Antwerpse videogamestudio Cyborn. Ze investeren ruim 2 miljoen euro. Het geld wordt onder meer gebruikt voor de ontwikkeling van de game 'Hubris VR', die nu al op internationale bijval kan rekenen.

26/01/2022

Fors VC was mentioned in Walkie Talkie's trend report, in regards to the increasing impact of gaming on the global entertainment industry.

https://repress.be

19/01/2022

📣 Apply for the next ForsVC Pitch Round!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿?
Investments in Belgian games through revenue-based lending as well as direct equity investments in early-stage and mature Belgian game studios.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁
€150.000 – €2.500.000

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
✍️ https://fors.vc/pitch/

Next Pitch Round:
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟳 | 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽 - 𝗗𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 | 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆

04/01/2022

Happy New Year!

(...a𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 Fors VC 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯!)

But first, let's kick off with a new Games Industry Highlights of the week (1/52) 📰, with both International and Belgian News.

There is a weekly update on LinkedIn so be sure to follow our company page!

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫! (...a𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 ForsVC 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪...

29/10/2021

Article in about the potential of the Belgian games industry. With the investments made through Fors VC we aim to:

🎮 Increase the number of Belgian gamedev startups
🎮 Create more gamedev job opportunities in Belgium
🎮 Increase the quality of the games
🎮 Help those companies focus on MAKING the games

Thanks to Voka - Kamer van Koophandel West-Vlaanderen we're already well-known among the entrepreneurs in West-Flanders, now to raise the awareness throughout the rest of Belgium. 💪

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