WORKING WITH HIRO

OUR PRINCIPLES & ESG

FORCE FOR GOOD

We believe that games, sports and technology can be a general force for good. We do not invest in toxic or addictive content. We invest in new technology that is positive.

LEARNING

The playing of games and sports serves an evolutionary purpose: allowing humans to model and practice for reality. We look for creators making fun, innovative, challenging games.

CREATIVE COMMUNITY

Many games and sports allow people to come together to have constructive and good humoured fun and to create and express themselves. We look for those platforms.

INCLUSIVENESS

The Hiro team is mixed in gender, nationality, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, education and age. We have family who are disabled. We are strongly inclusive and we like teams, tech & games with an open, hybrid mix.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

We analyse the environmental impact of technologies we may invest in.

DIGITAL TO REAL WORLD CONVERGENCE

We are active sports players and fans as well as games players. We love the real world as well as the digital. We like tech that brings these worlds together and gets people up and out of their bedrooms.

HONOURABLE

We aim to be good people and we like to work with and invest in good people.

CORE THESIS

Games, Esports, Dsports will be a central pillar of Entertainment, Economic and Social Life in the mid 21st century. We invest in the innovators who are building that future.

OUR FOCUS

Hiro Capital invests globally innovators in Games, Esports, Digital Sports, Creative AI, Spatial Computing and Metaverse technologies.

We invest in B2C game and sports innovators and B2B technology founders who are building the future.

We back experienced entrepreneurial teams, building innovative companies with a strongly differentiated proposition and with the scaling opportunity to become very large.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY…

WE ARE GAMES AND SPORTS INVESTORS WHO ARE ALSO GAMES AND SPORTS ENTREPRENEURS. WE INVEST IN LIKE-MINDED AND INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS

WORKING WITH HIRO

How do we work with our portfolio companies?

We are very proactive investors. We do not sit back and shut-up. We have a hands-on engagement model with the founders entrepreneurs in our portfolio built on a relationship of trust, expertise and absolute transparency. Our approach may not work for everyone – if you want a silent and passive investor, look elsewhere! This is what we commit to you and what we ask from you:

Our Commitments (Founders can Expect)

Help and support

  • We have skills, experience and networks which we are happy to share
  • If we can help, and you want us to, then we will

A thoughtful sounding board

  • It’s your business and the decisions are yours. Sometimes you might need a sounding board
  • We don’t mind if you disagree with us; discussion and debate are good things

Candid feedback

  • We’ll challenge your vision, your prioritization, your progress – that’s our job – but ultimately we’ll do everything we can to help you achieve your goals

Loyalty – through the good and the bad

  • Everyone makes mistakes, the important thing is to learn from them
  • Ultimately we are only as successful as you are – our futures our aligned

Your Commitments (Hiro Expects)

Have a plan and share it with us

  • Document the strategic goals, cash run way and key milestones for your business

Have regular, scheduled catch ups with us

  • Formal boards every 2-3 months
  • Informal check-ins every few weeks

Help us to engage with you constructively

  • Share Board materials early and in an agreed format
  • Discuss strategic questions and points of uncertainty
  • Encourage connections between our teams

Be receptive to input

  • Listen to and consider outside perspectives
  • Be open minded rather than defensive
  • Receive it as it’s intended – our only incentive is for you to be successful

Radical candour: honest, direct and timely mutual communication

  • Full transparency
  • No secrets: deliver potential bad news early
  • Tell it like it is