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minus-square@echo64linkEnglish-1•7 months agoPublic companies don’t take private investment without issuing new shares. Which is not a common thing. If you think publicly traded companies are taking investment like privately traded companies then I think you are likely somewhat uninformed.
minus-squareampersandrewlinkfedilink1•7 months agoWhat I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.
Public companies don’t take private investment without issuing new shares. Which is not a common thing.
If you think publicly traded companies are taking investment like privately traded companies then I think you are likely somewhat uninformed.
What I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.