Simon Usiskin

Driving growth and scaling up digital media and innovative tech companies - JWR Ventures

📍 The Randstad, Netherlands, Netherlands🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2017
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Board Member, Entertainment
Jan 2017
Dutch Games Association (DGA) was founded in 2008 in order to create a healthy climate for the Dutch games industry to grow, flourish and expand. As a sector organisation, we fulfil a wide variety of needs to Connect, Serve and Inspire the industry, in the Netherlands and abroad. DGA organises and attends relevant events and connects interested parties in order to stimulate business opportunities and general growth of the industry. Furthermore, we act as the voice to the government and international organisations on relevant subjects that are of concern to the Dutch games industry.
late stageComputer Games
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2019
Mentor
May 2019
Founded in 2010, Startupbootcamp is one of the most successful global innovation programs, supporting top companies across the world through over 20 offices in key global hubs. Startupbootcamp has a proven mentor-driven and industry-focused model of supporting innovative companies that has resulted in 70% of program graduates still active and 64% having raised additional funding from many of the world’s leading VCs and angels. We support early-stage tech-founders to rapidly scale their companies by providing direct access to an international network of the most relevant mentors, partners, and investors in their industry. Each of our programs has an industry focus which allows us to provide an unmatched level of support to the businesses selected for our programs. Startupbootcamp runs 3 innovation programs in Amsterdam: 1. Media 2. Commerce 3. FinTech & CyberSecurity
2018
Co-Founder
Jul 2018
Skiptobot is the one-stop-shop offering the full suite of services to turn a concept into a testable pilot; and then an MVP into a game-changing, scaleable, recurring-revenue solution. We exploit the latest available technology to offer B2B digital assistant solutions such as bots and apps to manage basic servicing tasks that radically boost operational efficiency and bottom-line profits. From years of experience of building our own digital game-changing solutions, we’ve developed invaluable know-how and expertise - both strategic and executional - to increase the chance of success.
FLIP Entertainment
Partner
Jan 2018
2017
Board Member, Entertainment
Jan 2017
Dutch Games Association (DGA) was founded in 2008 in order to create a healthy climate for the Dutch games industry to grow, flourish and expand. As a sector organisation, we fulfil a wide variety of needs to Connect, Serve and Inspire the industry, in the Netherlands and abroad. DGA organises and attends relevant events and connects interested parties in order to stimulate business opportunities and general growth of the industry. Furthermore, we act as the voice to the government and international organisations on relevant subjects that are of concern to the Dutch games industry.
late stageComputer Games
2015
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Aug 2015
iQU is a digital media agency dedicated to games, providing services in the field of player acquisition through performance, dialogue and branding campaigns. We offer custom marketing solutions tailored specifically to each individual part of your game development process. Whether you’re ready for launch and in need of branding and player acquisition services, or you are looking for consultancy or PR to enhance your marketing efforts, iQU will be able to support you at every stage and help you grow your game. iQU® offers industry insights and expertise to help developers grow great games. iQU® helps developers promote their game with a variety of services tailored to their game. iQU® provides with the players when their game is ready to conquer the market. Our services are used by early stage game companies as well as AAA Advertisers like Electronic Arts, Wargaming, Ubisoft, Lockwood and Ayzenberg.
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