The mobile games industry is now a $25 billion business and next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects conference in London will be as celebratory as it is influential.

Taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday (13th/14th January) near London Bridge, the conference brings together more than 850 attendees and 150 speakers from more than 40 countries, of which 70 are developers. A varied track of sessions and keynotes from mobile games mavens make it an industry cynosure and the first important trade event of the year.

Most interestingly (and almost par for every global conference nowadays) there is a pitching session from 2pm on 13th January where more than 10 Finnish developers are pitching to an array of VCs and investors for Series A funding.

At time of writing, there were still a limited number of investor slots still available to find the latest Rovio Mobile or Supercell mobile games behemoth. To see an investor pack click here or register directly here.

“The $25 billion mobile games industry is still growing at an amazing rate and the Finnish mobile games development scene is pretty much the hottest on the planet right now.

“Pocket Gamer Connects is all about connecting people, so we’re delighted to be able to bring together ten of the most promising upcoming Finnish companies with some of the worlds smartest investors – the results should be interesting!”, said Chris James, Pocket Gamer CEO.

I shall also be at the show next Tuesday and Wednesday to find some stories and meet some interesting and smart people. Please reach out to me by email if you would like to meet up – monty.munford@gmail.com