🎧 What happens to startup investing when the world turns chaotic?
In the latest Vested Interest episode of the NEXT.io Podcast, Pierre, Benjie Cherniak and Lloyd Danzig unpack how political shifts, macroeconomic uncertainty, and regulatory shakeups are reshaping capital flow into iGaming.
Here’s what stood out 👇
✅ Why early-stage investors care more about founders and waves than about short-term macro trends
✅ Why regulatory risk in verticals like sweepstakes or prediction markets matters more than interest rates
✅ Whether the Trump istration’s pro-business stance helps or hurts innovation in gaming
✅ How resilient iGaming is during economic downturns (hello, lottery index 📈)
✅ Whether B2B “picks and shovels” plays still deliver the best risk-adjusted returns
✅ Why long sales cycles – especially in North America – kill B2B momentum, and how to overcome them
✅ The promise (and pain) of AI in gaming: microbetting, personalization, and fraud detection
✅ Why breakthrough products are still rare and what’s really holding innovation back
