Tagged: justin bailey

April 17, 2020 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an offshoot of AngelList and sister company to CoinList, has acquired FIG – a securities crowdfunding platform in the gaming space. Details of the acquisition were not immediately available. Founded by Justin Bailey, Republic states that he will stay actively involved as a Fig… Read More

September 26, 2019 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fig Reports Majority of Released Games are Profitable Fig, a unique investment platform that was “created for gamers, by gamers,” has announced a new offering “Fig Portfolio Shares.” Fig will now provide access to investors to a basket of securities from games funded by Fig… Read More

June 21, 2018 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Game crowdfunding platform Fig adds the most requested crowdfunding payment feature – PayPal. PayPal allows backers to pay for items using their credit cards, bank accounts, and stored balances, without having to share their financial information with merchants, and is a particularly desired payment method for… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Fig, a “community publisher” who provides investment crowdfunding in games like Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Phoenix Point and Wasteland 3, has announced the acquisition of Ownage, Ltd., a UK-based blockchain company. Fig reports the Ownage team is now working with Fig to build “Shard”… Read More

September 18, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform for video games Fig announced it has made a two title publishing deal with Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment. While sharing details about the new partnership Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari, stated: “Fig is providing… Read More

August 9, 2017 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Fig, a unique investment crowdfunding platform that provides returns to investors that back video game projects, has announced that it has delivered “first ever” investment returns to backers.  According to Fig, accredited investors (under Title II of the JOBS Act or Reg D 506c) who… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fig Publishing is arguably one of the most creative Reg A+ crowdfunding offers to date. Fig, for those who are not aware of the platform, is a video game publisher that crowdfunds its games. In brief, when games successfully complete campaigns and start selling, the developer,… Read More

March 24, 2017 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fig Publishing Inc. announced on Thursday it has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer Fig Game Shares for Wasteland 3,  which is currently being developed by inXile Entertainment, the creators of Wasteland 2 and Torment Tides of Numenera. The game recently… Read More

March 7, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Development studio Codeglue has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Fig to raise $70,000 for its new video game Antegods, which is described as a stonepunk action arena game where the remnants of the Mayan civilization have taken to space. The game is noted to be a successor to… Read More

February 16, 2017 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform for video games, Fig, announced on Thursday the launch of its $500,000 Fig Finishing Fund. This new fund will help indie game developers pay for Steam Direct. The funding portal stated it is committing up to $500,000 to help developers overcome two hurdles… Read More

January 19, 2017 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fig Publishing announced on Thursday it secured $7.84 million during a Series A Funding Round, which was led by Spark Capital and Greycroft with participation from Resolute Ventures, NextView Ventures, and Draft Ventures. Fig, which was founded in 2015, allows accredited and non-accredited investors to… Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform for games Fig announced it hosted four of the top ten most crowdfunded video games of 2016. The funding portal stated that the four titles accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total amount of the ten games. Sharing more details about… Read More

December 5, 2016 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Utilization of the updated securities exemption colloquially called Reg A+ continues to gain traction. A form of crowdfunding that has been described as a Mini-IPO type offering due to the scaled disclosure, reduced cost and the option to immediately trade shares, Reg A+ is an… Read More

November 21, 2016 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, crowdfunding platform for games, Fig, announced it was increasing the minimum dividend rate of Psychonauts 2 Fig Game Shares from 30% to 70%. CEO of Fig, Justin Bailey also revealed that the details of the dividend rate increase are laid out in a supplement to its offering… Read More

October 10, 2016 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, crowdfunding platform for video games, Fig, celebrated its “Figversary.” The website opened one year ago and already has numerous funding successes, which includes Psychonauts 2, Consortium: The Tower, Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, and newly funded Wasteland 3. The Fig team shared a… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fig Publishing, Inc., a crowdfunding and publishing platform that allows non-accredited investors to financially support video game development and publishing, announced on Thursday it secured SEC qualification to issue Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 game shares. Fig stated it would be the first and only company to allow fans… Read More

September 28, 2016 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Fig announced Boston-based studio Popcannibal launched a campaign on its crowdfunding platform to raise $50,000 for the video game, Make Sail. The new game is the latest title from the studio’s founder Ziba Scott and is described as a physics construction adventure. Make Sail notably challenges players to… Read More

July 3, 2016 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Fig, the game crowdfunding platform, has updated the status of its Reg A+ filing with the SEC. The hybrid funding platform has been working to gain approval of their securities offer and has recently filed an updated Form 1-A with the SEC seeking approval to… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Interdimensional Games’ Consortium: The Tower video game will soon be a reality, thanks to over 3000 Fig backers. The game first hit the crowdfunding platform and quickly secured its initial $300,000 goal. Now, 30 days later, it has achieved nearly $350,000.  CONSORTIUM: The Tower, the second in… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, CEO of Fig, Justin Bailey, announced that former Epic games developer and Boss Key Productions founder, Cliff Bleszinksi, has invested in the crowdfunding platform. Bailey shared in a recent blog post: “Esteemed developer, industry supporter and all around great guy, Cliff Bleszinski has invested in… Read More