How To Position Your Idea To Investors With Joe Weaver

Pixel Retentive Podcast

Joe Weaver is an entrepreneur and the Founder of Oceanty LLC, a mobile gaming studio that makes games for all ages. He created and sold his spatial communication platform (Ario) in 2022 and secured $1M from Verizon to build the platform for 5G. He is a Unity-certified developer and even worked as a spatial computing specialist.

Before these ventures, Joe worked as a software developer for Huntington Ingalls Industries and Newport News Shipbuilding. Passionate about mobile gaming, Joe's development of Tough Turtles, a physics-based puzzle game for all ages, promises to captivate audiences worldwide.

In this episode…

Businesses and creative endeavors need monetary support to prosper. While a handful are self-sufficient, the majority need funding and investments to get off the ground. It becomes the familiar and daunting task of acquiring funds. Everyone wants to know who to talk to and how to create a financial foundation for their project. So what does this look like in practice?

Joe Weaver is an entrepreneur who started a business, nurtured it through funding, and was able to scale successfully as a result. His experience covers the reality of finances for artistic projects. He acknowledges that entrepreneurship demands long hours and hard work, reminding us that success comes to those who are willing to go the extra mile. The lessons he learned are now yours to benefit from.

In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl Cleanthes and Ross Ciuppa interact with Joe Weaver, the Founder of Oceanty LLC, on how to position your projects to investors. They talk about the art of pitching, where to find potential investors, and expanding your team. They also touch on freemium models and how AI relates to video games.