2021 Sponsors and Supporting Partners

LA Games Conference is made possible by:

	Jam City \| jamcity.com Jam City is a global leader in mobile entertainment, providing social game experiences for millions of players around the world. Founded in 2010 by former MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe, Aber Whitcomb, and former 20th Century Fox executive Josh Yguado, Jam City is the creator of popular and top grossing games including Cookie Jam, Panda Pop, Family Guy: Another Freakin’ Mobile Game, and Marvel Avengers Academy among other titles. Jam City is at the forefront of companies that are monetizing mobile at scale. With 500 employees across studios in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and Buenos Aires and a headquarters in Los Angeles, Jam City has built a global business powered by culture-shaping creativity.
	AdColony \| adcolony.com Founded by mobile game developers, for mobile game developers, AdColony is one of the largest mobile monetization and advertising platforms in the world with a reach of more than 1.5 billion users globally. Known for its support of rewarded video formats, unparalleled 3rd party verified viewability rates, exclusive Instant-Play™ and Aurora™ HD video technologies, rich media formats, global performance advertising business, and programmatic marketplace, AdColony sports an extensive SDK footprint in the Top 1000 apps worldwide.
	Tipalti \| tipalti.com Platform and marketplace-based businesses need reliable, scalable partner payables to achieve their vision. Tipalti is the proven leader with brands large and small, including Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Pubmatic, Twitter, Roblox, and ironSource. Its customers typically wipe out 80% of their payables effort, while improving compliance and financial controls, reducing risk, and strengthening partner relations needed to scale. Every step in the payables process—including self-service onboarding, executing global payments, communicating payouts, and reconciliation—is self-contained. And Tipalti can make mass payments to over 190 countries—using 120 currencies across six payment methods—in a matter of clicks.
	Sheppard Mullin \| www.sheppardmullin.com Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 900 attorneys in our 15 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. We offer global solutions to our clients around the world, providing seamless representation in multiple jurisdictions. We have a longstanding history representing clients in the games and interactive entertainment industries. We help stakeholders across the sector with a variety of complex transactional and litigation matters, including those in traditional video game development and publishing, esports, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality platforms, blockchain games, and fantasy sports and gambling, among others.
	ePlay Digital \| eplaydigital.com ePlay Digital Inc. is a mobile game creator and publisher specializing in sports, esports and entertainment augmented reality titles, including their new augmented reality running app, Klocked.me, flagship title Big Shot Basketball and Howie Mandel mobile game collaboration – HowiesGames.com. ePlay is operated by an award-winning team of sports, gaming and eSports leaders as well as broadcast and digital technology industry experts, software engineers and athletes who have brought dozens of game titles to market for companies including Time Warner Cable, ESPN, Sony Pictures, AXS TV, Intel, AXN, Fiat, CBS, and others. ePlay’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Mobovivo eSports specializes in augmented reality, mobile game development and mobile eSports streaming.
	Xsolla \| xsolla.com Xsolla is the video game commerce company, powered by Transaction Engine and Business Engine, that helps developers and publishers market, sell, connect, and optimize their games globally. The engines work seamlessly together to solve the complexities of distribution, marketing, and monetization so partners can increase their audience, sales, and revenue. For more information, please visit www.xsolla.com.
	International Game Developers Association (IGDA) \| www.igda.org/la The International Game Developers Association is an independent, non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. Chartered in 2009, IGDA Los Angeles ranks as one of the largest chapters of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) worldwide, with a reach upwards of 1,500 members. IGDA Los Angeles strives to build a community of game developers which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the games industry throughout Southern California. We welcome and encourage all game industry professionals, hobbyists, and students to attend our events and participate in our growing community.
	Digital LA \| www.digitalla.net Digital LA is LA’s largest digital entertainment networking group, reaching more than 50,000 digital professionals weekly via our newsletter and social media. Attendees include Hollywood executives from movie studios, agencies, game companies, and labels, as well as Silicon Beach startup CEOs, VCs, investors, angels, and more.
	IAEL (International Association of Entertainment Lawyers)\| www.iael.org The IAEL was officially founded in 1977 at MIDEM, the main international trade fair of the music business held each January in Cannes. Over the past thirty years, the IAEL has come to fulfil a unique role for lawyers involved in the industry throughout the world. It has expanded enormously in terms of both the numbers of its members and the scope of its activities. Nonetheless, continuity of membership combined with the energy of its officers, past and present, mean that the Association’s style remains distinctly personal.
	Westside Digital Mix \| www.linkedin.com/groups/5182897/profile Westside Digital Mix is an informal networking group for digital media & entertainment professionals who live or work on the Westside in Los Angeles — from the South Bay to Malibu, West LA to the Pacific Ocean. These monthly ‘curated’ social/business mixers are a great way to catch up with friends, colleagues, and meet new industry insiders.
	Women in Games International (WIGI) \| getwigi.com Women in Games International (WIGI), made up of both female and male professionals, works to promote the inclusion and advancement of women in the global games industry. WIGI promotes diversity in video game development, publishing, media, education and workplaces, based on a fundamental belief that increased equality and camaraderie among genders can make global impacts for superior products, more consumer enjoyment and a stronger gaming industry. Women In Games International stands as strong advocates for issues crucial to the success of women and men in the games industry, including a better work/life balance, healthy working conditions, increased opportunities for success and resources for career support.
	80 Level \| 80.lv 80 LEVEL is an industry-leading platform for game developers, digital artists, animators, video game enthusiasts, CGI and VFX specialists. Join us to learn about new workflows, discuss new tools and share your work.
	EventBrowse \| www.eventbrowse.com EventBrowse.com aggregates data from multiple sources to create a comprehensive database of relevant business events and conferences in major metropolitan areas in the US. These events are curated into weekly newsletters, providing recommendations for more than 200,000 subscribers. Our online directory and weekly newsletters curate the best events in the most convenient format.
	WITI (Women in Technology International) \| www.witi.com Founded in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton, WITI (Women in Technology International) is a leading worldwide authority on women in business and technology. For nearly 30 years, WITI has consistently been a clear voice advocating women’s contributions to the tech industry, inspiring them to pursue STEM careers and actively working with corporate partners to create a culture of equality. To learn more, please visit witi.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Interested in becoming a sponsor?

We offer several event sponsorship packages, each one carefully designed to ensure maximum brand exposure and lead generation. Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Sponsor Options can be purchased to customize your package to fit your needs.

For more information about sponsorship at LA Games Conference or any of our other upcoming events, please contact:

Tinzar Sherman
CEO and Co-founder
Digital Media Wire, Inc.
tsherman@digitalmediawire.com
310.855.0033 x5924

	Jam City \| jamcity.com Jam City is a global leader in mobile entertainment, providing social game experiences for millions of players around the world. Founded in 2010 by former MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe, Aber Whitcomb, and former 20th Century Fox executive Josh Yguado, Jam City is the creator of popular and top grossing games including Cookie Jam, Panda Pop, Family Guy: Another Freakin’ Mobile Game, and Marvel Avengers Academy among other titles. Jam City is at the forefront of companies that are monetizing mobile at scale. With 500 employees across studios in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and Buenos Aires and a headquarters in Los Angeles, Jam City has built a global business powered by culture-shaping creativity.
	AdColony \| adcolony.com Founded by mobile game developers, for mobile game developers, AdColony is one of the largest mobile monetization and advertising platforms in the world with a reach of more than 1.5 billion users globally. Known for its support of rewarded video formats, unparalleled 3rd party verified viewability rates, exclusive Instant-Play™ and Aurora™ HD video technologies, rich media formats, global performance advertising business, and programmatic marketplace, AdColony sports an extensive SDK footprint in the Top 1000 apps worldwide.
	Tipalti \| tipalti.com Platform and marketplace-based businesses need reliable, scalable partner payables to achieve their vision. Tipalti is the proven leader with brands large and small, including Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Pubmatic, Twitter, Roblox, and ironSource. Its customers typically wipe out 80% of their payables effort, while improving compliance and financial controls, reducing risk, and strengthening partner relations needed to scale. Every step in the payables process—including self-service onboarding, executing global payments, communicating payouts, and reconciliation—is self-contained. And Tipalti can make mass payments to over 190 countries—using 120 currencies across six payment methods—in a matter of clicks.
	Sheppard Mullin \| www.sheppardmullin.com Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 900 attorneys in our 15 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. We offer global solutions to our clients around the world, providing seamless representation in multiple jurisdictions. We have a longstanding history representing clients in the games and interactive entertainment industries. We help stakeholders across the sector with a variety of complex transactional and litigation matters, including those in traditional video game development and publishing, esports, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality platforms, blockchain games, and fantasy sports and gambling, among others.
	ePlay Digital \| eplaydigital.com ePlay Digital Inc. is a mobile game creator and publisher specializing in sports, esports and entertainment augmented reality titles, including their new augmented reality running app, Klocked.me, flagship title Big Shot Basketball and Howie Mandel mobile game collaboration – HowiesGames.com. ePlay is operated by an award-winning team of sports, gaming and eSports leaders as well as broadcast and digital technology industry experts, software engineers and athletes who have brought dozens of game titles to market for companies including Time Warner Cable, ESPN, Sony Pictures, AXS TV, Intel, AXN, Fiat, CBS, and others. ePlay’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Mobovivo eSports specializes in augmented reality, mobile game development and mobile eSports streaming.
	Xsolla \| xsolla.com Xsolla is the video game commerce company, powered by Transaction Engine and Business Engine, that helps developers and publishers market, sell, connect, and optimize their games globally. The engines work seamlessly together to solve the complexities of distribution, marketing, and monetization so partners can increase their audience, sales, and revenue. For more information, please visit www.xsolla.com.
	International Game Developers Association (IGDA) \| www.igda.org/la The International Game Developers Association is an independent, non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. Chartered in 2009, IGDA Los Angeles ranks as one of the largest chapters of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) worldwide, with a reach upwards of 1,500 members. IGDA Los Angeles strives to build a community of game developers which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the games industry throughout Southern California. We welcome and encourage all game industry professionals, hobbyists, and students to attend our events and participate in our growing community.
	Digital LA \| www.digitalla.net Digital LA is LA’s largest digital entertainment networking group, reaching more than 50,000 digital professionals weekly via our newsletter and social media. Attendees include Hollywood executives from movie studios, agencies, game companies, and labels, as well as Silicon Beach startup CEOs, VCs, investors, angels, and more.
	IAEL (International Association of Entertainment Lawyers)\| www.iael.org The IAEL was officially founded in 1977 at MIDEM, the main international trade fair of the music business held each January in Cannes. Over the past thirty years, the IAEL has come to fulfil a unique role for lawyers involved in the industry throughout the world. It has expanded enormously in terms of both the numbers of its members and the scope of its activities. Nonetheless, continuity of membership combined with the energy of its officers, past and present, mean that the Association’s style remains distinctly personal.
	Westside Digital Mix \| www.linkedin.com/groups/5182897/profile Westside Digital Mix is an informal networking group for digital media & entertainment professionals who live or work on the Westside in Los Angeles — from the South Bay to Malibu, West LA to the Pacific Ocean. These monthly ‘curated’ social/business mixers are a great way to catch up with friends, colleagues, and meet new industry insiders.
	Women in Games International (WIGI) \| getwigi.com Women in Games International (WIGI), made up of both female and male professionals, works to promote the inclusion and advancement of women in the global games industry. WIGI promotes diversity in video game development, publishing, media, education and workplaces, based on a fundamental belief that increased equality and camaraderie among genders can make global impacts for superior products, more consumer enjoyment and a stronger gaming industry. Women In Games International stands as strong advocates for issues crucial to the success of women and men in the games industry, including a better work/life balance, healthy working conditions, increased opportunities for success and resources for career support.
	80 Level \| 80.lv 80 LEVEL is an industry-leading platform for game developers, digital artists, animators, video game enthusiasts, CGI and VFX specialists. Join us to learn about new workflows, discuss new tools and share your work.
	EventBrowse \| www.eventbrowse.com EventBrowse.com aggregates data from multiple sources to create a comprehensive database of relevant business events and conferences in major metropolitan areas in the US. These events are curated into weekly newsletters, providing recommendations for more than 200,000 subscribers. Our online directory and weekly newsletters curate the best events in the most convenient format.
	WITI (Women in Technology International) \| www.witi.com Founded in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton, WITI (Women in Technology International) is a leading worldwide authority on women in business and technology. For nearly 30 years, WITI has consistently been a clear voice advocating women’s contributions to the tech industry, inspiring them to pursue STEM careers and actively working with corporate partners to create a culture of equality. To learn more, please visit witi.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

2021 Sponsors and Supporting Partners

LA Games Conference is made possible by:

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Sample List of LA Games Participants