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2006年6月28日，世界游戏行业最大的外包供应商之一维塔士电脑软件有限公司今天于上海宣布联想投资集团（联想股份旗下的独立的创业投资公司，联想集团的股东）与维塔士的融资协议正式达成。New Access Capital公司是这次交易的唯一财务顾问。
根据独立的市场调研公司Screendigest的调研结果显示：“游戏行业正在进行一场悄无声息的变革，正在由自主开发向外包转换。全球的游戏外包市场份额将于2006年底达到11亿美元，预计到2010年将增长到25亿美元，占全球游戏开发市场的40％。”
虽然从公司成立至今仅18个月，维塔士已经成为游戏外包行业的一名重要的成员，拥有100多名全职的游戏专业人士。维塔士的成功在于国际化的管理团队、完善的流程、强大的IT系统和关注度。公司打算在继续扩张制作团队的同时着力培养追求完美的精神，以应对游戏行业面对次世代游戏主机平台的发展机遇所必需具备的全新的服务质量标准。维塔士首席执行官兰吉利先生说：“维塔士自成立初期就开始盈利，但是我们非常高兴能够与联想这样强大的集团合作。我们计划利用新的资金来使我们的团队规模在未来的2年内达到现在的3倍。同时维塔士也会更多地投入于培训、流程、安全性和IT等方面，以创造出在游戏行业里史无前例的服务水平”。
与联想投资的融资合作是维塔士将自身打造为全球主要游戏公司的重点合作伙伴的战略过程中非常重要的一步。联想投资的执行董事夏杨说：“联想投资在外包领域已经有过一系列成功的案例。维塔士对于游戏行业的发展方向有着独特的视角，因此我们希望与他们分享我们的经验，并帮助他们在全球扩展业务。”
关于维塔士
维塔士于2004年12月在上海成立，拥有一支在游戏行业经验丰富的创始人团队，由世界最大的游戏工作室——育碧中国的前总裁兰吉利先生领导。维塔士是中国第一家独立的外资游戏公司；其客户包括世界前十强中超过半数的游戏发行商和知名的游戏开发商。维塔士专业于为需要提高制作能力并控制成本水平的国际客户在3维美术、编程和测试领域提供游戏制作服务。更多信息请访问网站www.virtuosgames.com
关于联想投资
联想投资是联想股份有限公司的子公司，成立于2001年4月，其目标是要成为中国顶尖的最受尊重的创业投资管理者。联想投资管理高达3亿美元的3个基金，着眼于在中国或与中国相关的市场上经营的那些高成长的公司。联想投资主要投资于IT行业，尤其是英特网应用与服务、无线应用与服务、外包、数字媒体和IC设计/元器件等行业。如今，它持有约40家公司的股权。成功的投资案例包括：Joyo.com（2004年被Amazon.com收购）和外包公司SinoCom（HKEX：299）。更多信息请访问网站www.legendcapital.com.cn
关于New Access Capital
New Access Capital是一家财务咨询公司，主要在中国从事私人资产资金的融资和跨国并购交易。从2003年开始，New Access Capital从事风险融资和并购交易，交易数量超过1.8亿美元。其中的一笔交易（Focus Media）被评为2004年度私人资产“年度最佳交易”。
PRESS RELEASE
Legend Capital invests in leading video games outsourcing provider Virtuos.
Shanghai, June 28th, 2006. Virtuos, one of the world’s largest outsourced services provider in the games industry, announced today that it has closed a Series A stock financing round with Legend capital, the independent VC firm under Legend Holdings, owner of Lenovo group. New Access Capital is the exclusive financial advisor for this transaction.
According to independent market research firm Screendigest, "a quiet revolution is transforming the games industry as developers turn to outsourcing. The global market for games outsourcing will reach $1.1bn by the end of 2006 and is set to grow to $2.5bn by 2010 ? representing 40% of total games development spend”.
Focusing exclusively on providing outsourced services to international clients, Virtuos is uniquely positioned to address this opportunity.
In just 18 months since inception, Virtuos has become one of the key players in games outsourcing with over 100 fulltime in-house game specialists. Underlying Virtuos’ success are an international management team, proven processes, strong IT systems and focus. The company intends to expand the size of its teams as well as nurture a spirit of excellence to deliver the new service quality standards which the game industry requires to tackle the challenges of next generation game development. “While Virtuos has been profitable since inception, we are excited to partner with a group as strong as Legend. We plan to use the new funding to triple the size of our teams in the next 2 years. Virtuos will also invest further in training, processes, security and IT to create a level of service never seen before in our industry” said Gilles Langourieux, CEO, Virtuos.
The partnership with Legend Capital is a major step towards giving the company new means and methods to become the partner of choice for major game companies. “Legend Capital has made a series of successful investments in the outsourcing industry. This team has a unique vision for where the games industry is headed, so we are eager to share our experience base with them and help grow their business globally” said XIA Yang, Executive Director, Legend Capital.
About Virtuos
Based in Shanghai, Virtuos was founded in December 04 by a group of veteran game developers led by former Head of Ubisoft China, the largest offshore game studios in the world, Gilles Langourieux. Virtuos was the first independent foreign game company in China; its clients now include over half of the top 10 game publishers as well as renowned developers. Virtuos is specialized in providing game production services in the fields of 3D Art, programming and QA to international clients who are looking to increase their production capacity, while keeping costs under control. For more information, please visit www.virtuosgames.com.
About Legend Capital
Legend Capital, a subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd., started in April, 2001 with a mission to become a top-notch and the most respected venture capital investment manager in China. Managing up to US$300 million across three funds, Legend Capital focuses on driving high-growth ventures with operations substantially based in China or on markets related to China. Legend Capital mainly invests in the IT industry, specifically, Internet applications & services, wireless applications & services, outsourcing, digital media and IC design/key components. Currently, it holds interest in about 40 portfolio companies. Successful investments include Joyo.com (acquired by Amazon.com in 2004) and outsourcing company SinoCom (HKEX: 299). For more information, please visit www.legendcapital.com.cn .
About New Access Capital
New Access Capital is a boutique corporate finance advisory firm that focuses on private equity/venture financing and cross-border M&A transactions in China. Since 2003, New Access Capital has closed venture financings and M&A deals with transaction amount over $180m. One of the deals (Focus Media) was voted “The Deal of the Year” of International Private Equity in 2004.
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发表于 2006-6-30 12:42:00