What this is
In October 2015 Nintendo, The Pokémon Company and Google agreed to invest up to $30m in Niantic: $20m upfront and $10m after milestones.
How it’s built
- Read from Game*Spark's Japanese report, which names The Pokémon Company in Tokyo, whose president is Ishihara, as the Pokémon investor.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The article gives no split between the three investors and no stake percentage.
The value
- 株式会社ポケモン; up to $30m; initial $20m + $10m after milestones
Where it comes from
The line in the source
任天堂、ポケモン、グーグルの3社が最大3000万ドル(約36億円)を出資することで合意しました。 In English
Nintendo, Pokémon and Google agreed to invest up to $30m (about 3.6bn yen).
Where it’s used
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