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Triple Dragon: Powering the Future of Video Game Finance

Triple Dragon has officially launched its own funding platform - Triple Dragon Funding - marking an important milestone in the company’s evolution. After years of operating successfully as a specialist finance company and loan originator within the peer-to-peer (P2P) market, Triple Dragon is now opening direct access to its investment opportunities through a proprietary platform. The launch represents a strategic step to broaden and diversify funding sources, strengthen investor relationships, and deliver a more transparent, efficient, and tailored lending experience for the fast-growing video game and app industry.

A fast-growing industry with massive scale

The video game industry is one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding sectors in global entertainment and technology.

In 2025, analyst firms expect global video game revenues to reach nearly $197 billion, demonstrating continued year-on-year growth as both traditional and digital segments expand. Beyond this, broader market forecasts suggest that the global games market could almost double over the next decade, with projections indicating it may exceed $600 billion by 2030, growing at a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) driven by mobile adoption, immersive experiences, cloud technologies, and rising player engagement worldwide.

With billions of players worldwide and spending steadily rising, the video game industry represents a powerful and resilient growth engine that, in turn, fuels demand for specialised financing solutions such as those provided by Triple Dragon Funding.

Who we are

Triple Dragon is a London-based specialist finance company focused on the video game, mobile app, and digital entertainment sectors. Founded in December 2016 by finance professionals with a lifelong passion for gaming, the company blends deep industry knowledge with disciplined structured-credit expertise. Its team brings together backgrounds in capital markets, structured finance, P2P lending, law, and gaming operations - enabling Triple Dragon to understand both the creative and commercial realities of building and scaling game studios.

This dual expertise allows Triple Dragon to design financing solutions that traditional banks often struggle to provide - delivering non-dilutive growth capital tailored to how video game businesses actually generate revenue and manage cash flow.

What we do - our products

Triple Dragon provides senior secured, asset-backed financing to video game and app companies across multiple stages of growth. Unlike single-product lenders in the video game industry, Triple Dragon offers a broad suite of funding solutions tailored to the borrower’s business model and the collateral they can provide.

Key products include:

• User acquisition financing / Enabling customers to scale User Acquisition for mobile apps or games, with real-time collateral verification and cash flow control.
• Tax credit and grant-based funding / Loans backed by tax credits or government grants in markets such as the UK, Canada, and France.
• Publisher & Platform-backed funding / Loans to video game developers backed by contracts with major publishers or platforms such as Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation or Meta.
• Other working capital funding / Bespoke working capital facilities for game developers, ad networks or service providers, backed by contracts, receivables and/or tax credits or other collateral.

Crucially, Triple Dragon’s loans are typically supported by contractual payment obligations and receivables from top-tier industry and institutional counterparties. Depending on the structure, this can include revenues and contractual rights linked to platforms and publishers such as Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Meta, Epic Games, Nintendo, Apple App Store, Google Play, major advertising networks, and government bodies (UK, Canada, France) providing tax credits and grants. These entities are not Triple Dragon’s borrowers - but they are often the underlying obligors whose payments back the loan structures.

Successful operation since 2016

Triple Dragon was established in December 2016 and has been profitable since its first year of operations. Over more than eight years, the company has built a strong and verifiable track record:

• €50M+ funded across video game and app companies
• €7M+ interest paid to investors
• 5+ years active in P2P markets
• Only under 1% of all-time loans written off
• Lending funded through a mix of founders’ capital, institutional partnerships, structured finance vehicles, and P2P platforms

Its lending activity is typically secured by first-ranking security over receivables, contracts, and/or tax credits, with repayment streams often linked to payments due from major platforms (Apple App Store, Sony PlayStation, Meta, Microsoft Xbox, etc), publishers, advertising networks, and government programs in jurisdictions such as the UK, Canada, and France.

The secret behind Triple Dragon

What truly sets Triple Dragon apart is its deep sector specialisation and tailor-made financing approach. The company focuses exclusively on video games and app businesses - understanding user acquisition economics, monetisation models, publishing structures, and platform ecosystems in detail.

Each financing solution is built around verifiable cash flows and high-quality counterparties, such as app store revenues, advertising receipts, publisher development contracts, and government-backed tax credits. By structuring facilities against these predictable payment streams and maintaining strict underwriting and monitoring standards, Triple Dragon has been able to control risk while scaling its loan book.

This disciplined, highly selective approach has yielded a standout achievement: Triple Dragon has been profitable since its inception and has consistently maintained low default rates over more than eight years of operations.

Experienced in the P2P industry

Triple Dragon is not new to peer-to-peer investing. The company has been active in the P2P ecosystem as both a loan originator and an experienced industry operator. Triple Dragon has been a loan originator on the Debitum Investments platform for several years, maintaining a strong track record with all investor loans fully repaid, including principal and interest. This consistent performance has allowed the company to build credibility, earn investor trust, and develop strong operational expertise.

In addition, one of the P2P industry’s most widely known and respected professionals, Vitālijs Zalovs, has joined Triple Dragon as Platform CEO, becoming a core part of the leadership team behind the launch and growth of Triple Dragon Funding. Vitālijs previously served as CEO of Esketit, where he played a central role in building and scaling a recognised European investment platform. His hands-on experience in platform operations, investor experience, and P2P ecosystem development strengthens Triple Dragon’s proprietary platform strategy and complements the company’s long-standing expertise in structured finance and video game lending.

“What truly sets Triple Dragon apart is the rare combination of deep financial structuring expertise, genuine video game industry knowledge, and years of proven experience in peer-to-peer markets. Bringing these three worlds together on one platform creates something very powerful — a funding ecosystem that is built for scale, transparency, and long-term performance,” reflects Vitālijs Zalovs.

This long-standing presence has allowed the team to see firsthand what drives sustainable returns, strong risk management, and a positive investor experience - insights that are now embedded directly into the design of the Triple Dragon Funding platform.

Growth requires new ways of funding

As Triple Dragon’s loan book expanded, relying solely on third-party platforms increasingly limited its ability to deliver the level of efficiency, transparency, and control it envisioned. The decision was therefore made to build Triple Dragon Funding - its own dedicated platform - to manage the entire process directly and to broaden and diversify funding sources.

Today, Triple Dragon’s lending activity is supported by a diversified mix of:

• Private investors via their own platform
• Institutional capital partners
• Structured finance and securitisation vehicles
• Company capital

This diversified funding base strengthens resilience, supports growth at scale, and allows Triple Dragon to offer more consistent access to opportunities while improving communication and performance monitoring for investors.

Combining the best experience from the market

The Triple Dragon P2P funding platform company embody the best practices from across the P2P industry. It is designed to be an easy and convenient way to participate in one of the fastest-growing industries in the world - video games and mobile apps - while benefiting from secured, asset-backed lending structures.

Investors can expect a streamlined experience, including:

• Direct access to Triple Dragon deals
• Clear presentation of opportunities with transparent terms, security structures, and risk information
• Daily interest accrual and distribution, providing consistent cash flow
• Interest compounding options to increase long-term yield
• Early exit functionality to support liquidity and flexibility

With a fully digital onboarding process, defined minimum investments, and institutional-grade underwriting behind every loan, Triple Dragon Funding aims to combine professional credit standards with the accessibility and convenience modern investors expect.

A new chapter starts today

The launch of Triple Dragon Funding marks a natural next step in the company’s journey — bringing its proven lending model, long-standing P2P experience, and deep gaming expertise together under one proprietary platform. For investors, it opens direct access to a specialised, fast-growing sector supported by a track record of profitability, low defaults, and secured lending. For Triple Dragon, it creates a foundation for scaling, diversifying funding, and continuing to empower growth across the global video game and app ecosystem.

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