Tim Merel

Digi-Capital Managing Director
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Tim is Founder and Managing Director of Digi-Capital (VR/AR M&A adviser). Tim is a software engineer, investment banker and lawyer, and hosts Digi-Capital’s quarterly Reality Check forum for VR/AR CEOs, corporate divisional ... more

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Despite Short-Term Questions, Games Software/Hardware To Top $200 Billion By 2023
Friday, March 22, 2019 11:40 AM EDT
There has been some negative sentiment on the games industry recently, with stock prices of public games companies in question in both the US and China.
In this article: TCEHY, ATVI
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AR/VR Investment Stabilized In Q4 2018
Thursday, January 31, 2019 11:00 PM EDT
The first three quarters of 2018 saw massive growth of investment in China, together with a significant decline in the US.
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Tencent Dominated $22 Billion Games Deals Market In Last 12 Months
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:08 PM EDT
In games deal making there’s Tencent, then there’s everyone else. Tencent led or participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games companies worldwide in the 12 months to Q1 2018.
In this article: TCEHY Also: NAPRF, VIVEF, UBSFY, SE
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AR/VR Startups Raise Record $3.6 Billion In Last 12 Months As Market Transition Accelerates
Monday, April 2, 2018 12:17 PM EDT
AR/VR startups raised a record over $3.6 billion from VCs and corporates in the last 12 months to the end of Q1 2018. Over three-quarters of a billion dollars was invested in the first 3 months of this year alone.
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$1 Billion AR/VR Investment In Q4, $2.5B This Year So Far
Saturday, November 25, 2017 1:05 PM EDT
The cooling of VC investment sentiment in VR earlier this year has now been counterbalanced by AR (particularly mobile AR) focused thinking.
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AR/VR Investment: $1.8B In Last Twelve Months
Friday, October 6, 2017 2:12 AM EDT
Where sentiment on Virtual Reality softened in the first half of 2017, VC/corporate investors are now actively looking for mobile Augmented Reality investment opportunities.
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Founder/Managing Director
Digi-Capital
November 2010 - Present (8 years 10 months)

Adviser to AR/VR, mobile and games leaders across America, China, Japan, South Korea and Europe.
Investment banking(sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A), management consulting(strategy), industry analysis(AR/VR, mobile, games):
• Originating and executing mergers/acquisitions
• Developing strategy for major clients
• Leading industry analysis
• Developing global relationships
• Leading firm brand, presence and infrastructure
Digi-Capital
Founder/Managing Director
November 2010 - Present (8 years 10 months)

Adviser to AR/VR and games leaders across America, China, Japan, South Korea and Europe


AR/VR reports/tools, company network, strategy consulting and investment banking
Founder/CEO
Eyetouch Reality
September 2015 - June 2017 (1 year 10 months)

Next generation visual messaging platform for VR/AR, looking for great people (UX, UI, natural language AI, front end, back end, UA)


Sound like fun? Say howdy (howdy at eyetouchreality.com)


See more at www.eyetouchreality.com
Corporate Finance Director
IBIS Capital
April 2007 - November 2010 (3 years 8 months)

Investment banking advice for European/US video games/digital media/tech fundraising, merger & acquisition, joint venture and strategic partnership deals.
• Investment banking advice for private equity (investment in $400m video games company), major corporate ($165m US/European financial technology acquisition), and high growth/VC ($5-50m online fundraisings) clients.

Education

Yale University
MBA
1994 / 1996
Business
University of Sydney
Bachelor
1987 / 1988
Laws
University of Sydney
Bachelor of Science
1984 / 1986
Software Engineering

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