Game Developer Funds
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LAST UPDATE : JUNE 2023
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1) 1Up Ventures
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Type: N/A
At 1Up Ventures we are building a diverse and inclusive community of the most talented, experienced, and creative independent game developers in the world.
We believe that by working together we can help each other be more successful.
2) Altered Ventures
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
Altered Ventures is an early-stage seed venture capital fund that helps creators develop and publish video games, AR, and VR.
3) Amplifier Game Invest
Range: N/A
Type: Equity investment
Since 2016 we have been hard at work finding and investing in some of the most talented start up teams in the game development industry. We believe we
have found a unique way to help teams grow and reach their vision.
4) Astra
Range: $40,000 – $1M+
Type: Non-refundable
We are investing in the whole thinking game ecosystem, from early career
developers to established teams.
5) Bitkraft
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
BITKRAFT is the global early-stage investment platform for gaming, Web3, and immersive technology. We focus on Seed, Series A, and Series B investments in game studios, gaming platforms, and gaming-related technology (e.g., virtual and augmented reality or blockchain applications).
6) Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant
Range: $5,000 – $20,000
Type: Non-refundable
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.
7) Film und Medienstiftung NRW GmbH
Range: €0 – €100,000
Type: Non-refundable
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports the development and production of computer and video games and interactive content from the fields of VR/AR, web and mobile.
8) Game Dev Fund
Range: €100,000 – €500,000
Type: N/A
Founded by video games industry veterans, Gamedev Fund is an early-stage investment fund aiming to help talented teams in shipping their games by providing knowledge, contacts, and funds. We invest in premium indie games for PC/consoles with a playable demo on hand. To assist your team in getting things done, we cooperate with a wide network of mentors, advisors, fellow VCs, and publishers.
9) Game Seer Venture Partners
Range: €100,000 – €1.5 million
Type: Project-funding
We are a group of friends and investors united by our love for video games who created a fully boutique venture fund exclusively for indie PC & Consoles licenses.
We have a fifteen years know-how in the industry and brought our former gaming companies to high profitability and up to the point of publicly listing them.
Our adaptative approach aims at filtering, assessing and early funding upcoming impactful titles all while offering the most adapted business model to independent productions.
We co-invest with established publishers or work jointly with experienced business partners to ensure that whether our games self-publish or not, they ship in the best conditions possible.
10) Hiro Capital
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
Hiro Capital invests in UK, European and North American innovators in Videogames, Esports, Streaming and Digital Sports.
We invest in Metaverse technology founders and Game creators who are building the future.
We believe that Games and Games technologies will be at the heart of next
generation human societies. For us, play is deep.
We are battle-scarred entrepreneurs who back next generation entrepreneurs.
We have founded games and technology disruptors worth billions of dollars.
We have led companies from startups to IPO in London and New York. We
are gamers and sports nerds.
We love games, stories, characters and deep tech.
11) Indie Fund
Range: $10,000 – $100,000
Type: Revenue Share
Indie Fund is a funding source for independent developers, created by a group of successful indies looking to encourage the next wave of game developers.
It was established as a serious alternative to the traditional publisher funding model. Our aim is to support the growth of games as a medium by helping indie developers get (and stay) financially independent.
Indie Fund is structured like an investment syndicate. That means, for each project we invest in, each investor chooses for themselves if they’d like to participate or not, and if they want to participate then how much money they want to invest.
12) Initial Capital
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services and technology enablers. We’re not a traditional VC fund – we’re a group of serial entrepreneurs who invest our own money and actively partner with world class teams to build global category winners.
Based out of London and Silicon Valley, we’ve played a key part in growing companies.
Early-stage fund raising is not just about money. It’s about finding the best team around you to help with the ups and downs of the business and get ongoing advice on everything from product and tech to recruitment and growth. We know because we’ve been there.
13) Jaroslav Beck
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Type: N/A
Jaroslav Beck is a Czech music composer, Co-Founder and Head of Music of Beat Games. Beck is also known for music compositions for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch short movies, an award-winning introduction trailer StarCraft: Legacy of the Void, and various trailers for Battlefield by EA Games.
In 2016 Beck founded his own company, Epic Music Productions, which was focused on creating soundtrack compositions for both the gaming and the film industry.
In 2018 Beck founded Beat Games with Ján Ilavský and Vladimír Hrinčár, the company behind viral VR game Beat Saber which is the first virtual reality
game to sell one million copies.
14) Kowloon Nights
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
We are a gaming fund supporting exceptional developers across the world.
15) Ludus
Range: $100k – $2M
Type: Equity investments
Ludus finds, invests in and nurtures the best startups in its class in the gaming vertical.
16) LVP
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
Lvp is a gaming-focused venture capital fund investing exclusively across the games ecosystem. We make investments globally in interactive entertainment, studios, content, technology, platforms, and services.
17) Makers Fund
Range: N/A
Type: N/A
Makers Fund is a global venture capital fund dedicated to games and interactive entertainment.
18) Moonrise Fund
Range: $120,000 – $250,000
Type: Equity fund
The Moonrise fund is a bold new approach to backing creators. Moonrise is an early-stage equity fund backing bold new forms of play and the people who define them. We’re taking the tools and writing new rules in order to build a better, more inclusive creative economy.