Tokigames
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
TOKIGAMES was a Singapore-based B2B2C provider of 'fan engagement as a service,' founded in 2017 by Mervyn Lau, Benedict Goh, Matthews Chang and Warren Goh. It innovated, developed and provided white-labeled gamified platforms and spectator games for esports and sports brands — including Intel, HP Omen, ONE Esports and AFTV — to help them acquire, retain and monetize audiences by turning passive spectators into active participants in live matches. It raised $4.25 million in seed funding; in April 2022 the entire team of 14 was acqui-hired by zujuGP, Singapore billionaire Peter Lim's digital football platform.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Mervyn Lau, Benedict Goh, Matthews Chang and Warren Goh found TOKIGAMES in Singapore to build white-labeled gamified fan-engagement platforms for esports and sports brands.
- Peak funding round
Tokigames raises a $4.25 million seed round (April 2022) for its games-as-audience-marketing platform.
- Acquisition
On April 13, 2022, zujuGP — the digital football platform of Singapore billionaire Peter Lim — acqui-hires the entire Tokigames team of 14 into its new digital arm ZujuDigital, with founder Mervyn Lau to lead it.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
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2017: founded in Singapore; 'fan engagement as a service'
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White-labeled gamified platforms for Intel, HP Omen, ONE Esports
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$4.25M seed round April 2022
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April 2022: acqui-hired by Peter Lim's zujuGP