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#36 – Ridzki Syahputera: The Hidden Costs of Equity in Gaming & How to Scale Smarter
Think raising VC is the best way to grow a game? Think again.
In this episode, I sit down with Ridzki Syahputera — ex-VC and co-founder of PVX Partners — to unpack the truth about game funding, marketing, and scaling in 2025.
Whether you're building your first game or working at a studio, this is the stuff nobody teaches: how user acquisition really works, when to raise money (and when to avoid it), and what separates games that scale from games that stall.
We break down:
- The hidden cost of equity (and how to avoid it)
- ROAS benchmarks from 350+ studios
- Smarter ways to fund growth —…
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