Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Pricing	Tags	Description
Kickstarter	Crowdfunding	Royalty	All-or-Nothing	Kickstarter exists to help bring creative projects to life. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, photography, and more. Percentage of raised funds goes to Kickstarter and transaction fees.
Indiegogo	Crowdfunding	Royalty		Crowdfund innovations in tech and design before they go mainstream and support entrepreneurs that are working to bring their dreams to life." Percentage of raised funds goes to Indiegogo and transaction fees.
Patreon	Crowdfunding	Royalty		Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. Join over 200,000+ creators earning salaries from over 4 million monthly patrons. Allows people to support you via subscription.
Buy Me a Coffee	Crowdfunding, Storefront	Royalty		Buy Me a Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept support and membership from their fans. Allows people to support you via one-time donations and subscriptions.
Ko Fi	Crowdfunding, Storefront	Free, Subscription		Get one-time donations and subscriptions from fans. No Fees! Get a Free Ko-fi Page and earn money with a 'buy me a coffee' link.
ArtStation	Storefront	Royalty, Subscription		When you sell your products on ArtStation, it not only shows on your community profile and website, but we also promote it via the Marketplace. Your followers are notified when you release new products.
Gumroad	Storefront	Royalty, Subscription		Creators deserve to get paid for their work. We make it easy.
Steam Early Access	Crowdfunding	Paid		Release your game for free as an Early Access title on Steam.
Itch.io Pay What You Want	Crowdfunding			Release your game on itch.io under the Pay What You Want Pricing.
IGDA Foundation	Scholarship, Grant			The IGDA Foundation (IGDA-F) and Grant for the Web have teamed up to create a Diverse Game Developers Fund (DGDF) distributing more than $300,000 to marginalized game developers and students around the world. The Diverse Game Developers Fund will administer at least $200,000 directly to independent developers and studios for expanding on prototypes, with $50,000 earmarked for academic scholarships and remaining funds used as cash prizes for game jams.
Epic Mega Grant	Grant			Epic Games has committed $100 million to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community. Show us your projects and you could earn a financial grant to help fuel your success!
UK Games Fund	Grant			UKGF is run by UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company. UKGTF is a non-profit organisation with the remit to support the UK's early stage games development and digital interactive business and creative ecosystem in terms of both companies and individuals.
Wings	Investor	Royalty		WINGS invests in indie games made by women and diverse teams. Our investment decisions are driven by a selection committee of outstanding game developers that are representative of the strength and diversity of the industry.
devcom Pitch it!	Pitch	Paid		devcom Pitch it! is a unique matchmaking opportunity for game developers and publishers
GDBAY Global Games Pitch	Pitch	Paid		Opprotunity to pitch game to audience of publishers.
Play Venture	Investor			Play Ventures is the premium early stage VC fund investing in gaming and gaming services startups around the world. We invest early into the most promising mobile & PC free-to-play game studios and games services startups that are looking for more than just money.
Bitkraft	Investor			We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.
Makers Fund	Investor			Encourage industry innovation by providing capital, access to our global network and strategic guidance, especially in Asia.
London Venture Partners	Investor			LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - we're operating experts in the games sector, and we only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means we bring real experience and deep understanding. We speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and we believe in the same vision.
The Venture Reality Fund	Investor			The Venture Reality Fund drives innovation and investment at the intersection of immersive, spatial, and intelligent computing for consumer and enterprise sectors
Game Seer Venture Partners	Investor			Game funding and financing, we are gaming investors - Game Seer.
Plaine Images	Accelerator, Incubator		France	Plaine Images is the main and most complete european hub dedicated to Game. Starting with one of the only incubator dedicated to game. We also propose a completely adapted support.
ISM	Consulting			Interactive Studio Management (ISM) provides world-class business development and strategic advice to interactive entertainment clients through a global team of experienced professionals. Representing a diversified client portfolio including some of the most experienced game developers worldwide, ISM prides itself in its values of teamwork, integrity, service and long term relationships. Founded in 1996, ISM celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, with offices in London, Paris, Vancouver, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beijing.
GamesRound	Investor			Find an investor or publisher for your game. Build your network and find opportunities in the video games industry.
Launchpad	Incubator	Paid	UK	Falmouth Launchpad MSc. Falmouth University graduate entrepreneurship programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
Transcend	Investor			Transcend Fund is a early-stage venture capital firm investing in the future of games and digital entertainment
Vision+	Investor		Royalty, Loan	Offer Royalty Share or Capital Loans financing. Mobile
V2 Games	Investor			V2 Games is a video game investment firm focusing on seed investments in great teams and entrepreneurs. Focus on mobile games.
Altered Ventures	Investor			Venture Capital for the independent. Game Developers, Esports Talents, VR/AR Misfits.
Pollen VC	Investor		Line of Credit	Our aim is to give mobile developers, digital publishers and content creators early access to earned revenue, allowing you to grow your business faster.
Creative UK	Accelerator		UK	Accelerate will support early stage games developers and early stage games companies by running two distinct programmes dedicated to their needs.
GameFounders	Accelerator			GameFounders is the first GLOBAL game accelerator network with hubs in Asia and Europe.
Pixelles Game Incubator	Incubator		Canada	The game incubator is a free, eight-week workshop series designed to help twelve gender-marginalized people make their first game.
Pixelles Creator Fund	Grant		Canada	Grant of up to $5k CAD to Canadian game creators of marginalized genders
Dutch Game Garden	Incubator		Netherlands	Dutch Game Garden's incubation program helps promising game startups with business development.
Disney Accelerator	Accelerator		USA	Disney Accelerator is helping today's tech innovators turn their dreams for new media and entertainment experiences into reality.
Tranzfuser	Accelerator		UK, Startup	Teams apply for an initial grant then pitch their prototype for additional funding
2Tons	Accelerator		Turkey	The 2Tons Accelerator Program is Gram Games' support and development program for indie game developers (in England and Turkey, for now). As a company, our roots are in indie developing, so we want to provide support to those who, like us, want to make a mark in the mobile gaming world.
Y Combinator	Accelerator		Startup	Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Twice a year we invest in a large number of startups. Provide seed funding in exchange for equity
Techstars	Accelerator		Startup	Provide seed funding in exchange for equity
500 Startups	Investor, Accelerator			Started in 2010 with its flagship early-stage startup accelerator, 500 Startups is the most active global venture capital firm known for its various funds and founder programs across the globe. The firm has grown to a family of over 23 funds and has invested in over 2400 companies internationally.
Plug and Play	Accelerator			We connect the largest corporations to the world's best startups through industry-focused accelerator programs in Silicon Valley and beyond.
MassChallenge	Accelerator			We are the global network for innovators who are working to solve massive challenges. We connect startups, experts, corporations, and communities to grow and transform businesses and economies.
Startupbootcamp	Accelerator			Startupbootcamp Media Amsterdam is part of Startupbootcamp, the largest network of industry-focused startup accelerators. The program supports startups and scaleups innovating and disrupting the media industry
SOSV	Accelerator			SOSV is a global venture capital firm providing multi-stage investment to develop and scale our founders� big ideas for positive change.
Internet Initiatives Development Fund	Accelerator			The Internet Initiatives Development Fund is a Russian venture capital fund. We help russian tech entrepreneurs build a global, fast-growing business.
StartupChile	Accelerator			Our goal is to hasten the occurrence of customer-validated and scalable companies that will leave a lasting impact in the Latin American ecosystem.
Yangler	Accelerator	Subscription	Startup	Finish the program and get $50k - $200k in seed funding in exchange for 7% - 10% of equity shares.
NYU Game Center Incubator	Incubator		USA	The purpose of the NYU Game Center Incubator is to bridge experimental work in games with the realities of the marketplace. Three month incubator program from June to August.
Minc	Incubator, Accelerator		Sweden	Minc works with startups that have global ambitions. We offer coaching and advice in business development, fundraising, marketing and team building. Offers coworking spaces, and incubator program, and accelerator program.
Signia Venture Partners	Investor			When we started Signia, we wanted to build a firm that reflected the type of investors we would have wanted to work with in our entrepreneurial careers.
Super!com	Investor, Accelerator			We're here to help developers sell their games and grow their business.
ZhenFund	Investor		China	真格基金是由新东方联合创始人徐小平、王强和红杉资本中国在2011年联合创立的天使投资金，旨在鼓励青年人创业、创新、创富、创造。新东方曾经为莘莘学子筑起出国深造的桥梁，格基金希望能为海外学子搭建起归国创业的彩虹，侧重于但并不限于留学生创业。真格基金乐帮助那些拥有具备国际意识、懂真格的青年人实现他们的创业梦想。真格基金专注于TMT行业包括物联网、移动互联、游戏、企业软件、O2O、电子商务及教育培训等领域的种子期投资。
Nordic XR Startup	Investor, Accelerator		Sweden, Finland	Pre-seed investment up to 100k€. 6 months of acceleration. World-class mentors. Business and Back Office support. Network with investors and partners. Invests in companies working with VR and AR.
Mercia	Investor		UK	Mercia Asset Management providing equity and debt to regional businesses with growth ambition. We are your capital partners from scale-up to exit.
Amplifyer Game Invest	Investor, Accelerator			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.
Creative XR	Accelerator		UK	Developed by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England, CreativeXR is an acceleration programme focused on the creative sector to develop immersive content.
Global Top Round	Accelerator			GTR is an interactive accelerator program dedicated to supporting small studios from all over the world with the development, publishing, and fundraising expertise they need to take their content global and make their businesses sustainable.
Google Play Indie Games Accelerator	Accelerator			Indie Games Accelerator is a program to help indie game developers from select countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America achieve their full potential on Google Play. Selected participants receive mentorship from top gaming experts at an exclusive, all-expenses-paid bootcamp in Singapore, Google hardware, exclusive event invites and more.
Vive X	Accelerator		USA, China	Apply to VIVE X. Our mission is simple: to accelerate the XR ecosystem globally by providing the best startups with nvestment.
Seedcamp	Investor		Europe, Startup	We invest early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology.
Ignite	Accelerator		UK	Ignite supports founders from idea stage through to raising a Series A, helping you refine your concept, get traction, and build a scalable business.
Entrepreneur First	Accelerator		UK, Germany, France, Canada, India, Malaysia	Entrepreneur First pays you to find a co-founder & invests in your company. We’ve helped 1,000+ people create 200+ companies, worth a combined $1.5bn
Game Hub Denmark	Consulting			Teaching, supporting and building a network for Danish Games startup companies.
Game Hub Denmark	Incubator		Denmark	Danish games incubation. Teaching, supporting and building a network for Danish Games startup companies.
The Game Incubator	Incubator		Sweden	Scandinavian game studio and ecosystem incubation since 2004.
Gaijin Incubator	Incubator		Russia	InCubator is a platform and a set of basic services for developers to create online games: authorization (using the Gaijin.Net Passport), purchase (using the Gaijin.Net Store), version downloading (using the Gaijin Delivery Network and Gaijin Application Manager) plus more, on all platforms.
Overwolf Fund	Accelerator, Grant			Grant for creating apps on the Overwolf Platform
Film Victoria Australia	Grant	Free, Paid	Aus	We support Victorian games developers and companies to create and market a diverse range of original and engaging games for any distribution platform.
Art Council England	Grant		UK	We invest in art and culture for a lasting return. We're looking for organisations, artists, events, initiatives and others to apply for our funding and help us achieve our strategy, Let's Create.
GFR Fund	Investor		USA	GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology startups disrupting the digital media and entertainment space. We work with founders who are ahead of social trends, understand their audience and creatively combine existing technologies to offer new experiences to users.
Shasta Ventures	Investor			At Shasta, we elevate early stage enterprise SaaS companies. For 15 years we've helped over 30 startups go public or get acquired by providing the capital and expertise to become market-changing enterprises.
VRVCA	Investor			The purpose of the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (“VRVCA”) is to foster long-term growth in the VR industry through identifying, sharing and investing in the world's most innovative & impactful VR technology and content companies.
The WXR Fund	Accelerator			The gender diverse teams of the WXR Accelerator Cohort are building game-changing companies spanning enterprise, entertainment, healthcare and more!
zVentures: A Razer Company	Investor		USA, China	We are interested in emerging companies that have or will have a role to play within the larger Razer eco-system. Investor in games hardware and software
NGP Capital	Investor			With more than $1B under management, NGP is a global, growth stage venture firm investing in companies shaping the future of the Connected World. Mobile Gaming.
Playtika Growth	Investor			We bring the full power of Playtika’s resources to help grow the next generation of consumer-internet leadership. Mobile Gaming
Sweet Capital	Investor		UK	Sweet is the King.com (Candy Crush) founders' investment fund. We are passionate about funding the next generation of entrepreneurs focused on creating a positive impact through consumer technology.
Oxford Capital	Investor			Partners to exceptional founders and high-potential scale-ups across the UK, we invest from pre-seed to growth and beyond.
Authentic Media Group	Investor		UK	We're involved in some great video game projects at the moment, such as Robot Overlords and E1027. Find out more about how we're helping them.
My.Games VC	Investor		Russia	MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC) is the investment division of MY.GAMES. We provide support to the development of promising gaming projects and companies. MGVC is a team of leading professionals with many years of experience working in the video game industry. We know what exactly developers need to follow their ideas through and develop their games.
Digital Tibe Games	Accelerator			Digital Tribe Games is an experienced video game accelerator that assists established media companies, intellectual property owners, artists, and independent developers navigate the dynamic and ever-changing video game industry landscape.
Hackubator	Accelerator			Hackubator is a 3 month video game bootcamp. Collaborate with a team of 3-5 and make an entire game from ideation to monetization.
PlayFund	Investor		UK	PlayFund is a £2m hybrid S/EIS fund that will draw on the skills of a pre-eminent team, led by Harvey Elliott (formerly Chair of the BAFTA Games Committee) to identify talented developers with best in class games and back them to profit from this high-growth sector. Each portfolio is made up of 8-12 early-stage game development opportunities.
BigGame Group	Incubator			BigGame professionals are ready to take part in developing and publishing of the game, as well as localizing and promoting project on the foreign market, so that players around the world can appreciate the quality and creativity of your creation.
Konvoy VC	Investor			We invest in the infrastructure technology, tools, and platforms of tomorrow’s video gaming industry.
PRO X Dev Booster	Pitch	Free	Germany	PRO X Dev Booster is the second online pitching contest, based on the gamesweekdigital edition of June 2020. It’s connecting developers with a hungry community of gamers looking for new favorites as well as future business partners and investors in a competitive format.
Nordic Game Discovery Contest	Pitch, Contest			Nordic Game Discovery Contest (NGDC) - an exciting, competitive challenge where selected game projects are showcased live in pitch competitions at partner events across Europe.
AT&T Unlocked_Games	Contest			Contest for games being developed that are led by a women, or the team comprises of 50% women
IFComp	Contest		Interactive Fiction Competition	An annual celebration of new, text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators.
Indie Cup	Contest		Ukraine, Russia, Belarus	Indie Cup — кубок независимых разработчиков, где с вашей игрой знакомятся издатели, стримеры и пресса. Летний сезон начался!
Intel Game Dev Boost	Contest			Get your game certified with Runs Great on Intel technology and boost your marketing efforts to reach more gamers worldwide.
Fast Forward Games	Consulting			Fast Forward Games (ffwd.games) is an initiative that brings together the top gaming CEOs, VCs and Angel Investors, offering their time, expertise, network and experience to accelerate the funding process for gaming start-ups.
Game Dragons	Consulting		UK	Game Dragons – Professional, Experienced Independent Advisors to the Video Game Industry. There are few people more qualified to advise on the business of Making Video Games than Philip and Andrew Oliver. They bring knowledge from 35+ years each in the industry to help others succeed.
Thunderful Group	Consulting		UK	Thunderful Group focuses on publishing and developing high-quality digital games for PC and console platforms.
Canada Media Fund	Grant		Canada	The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms.
DevGAMM Awards	Contest			Prestigious game competition at the DevGAMM conference. Submit your project until April 15. Watch the ceremony live on May 14.
Heroic Games Grant	Grant	Free		Today we are launching our very own micro-grant for multiplayer games, inspired by similar grant programs in the open source ecosystem. We want to connect with indie game developers who are making multiplayer games, which in turn can make full use of Nakama.
Achievers Hub	Consulting	Subscription		ACHIEVERS HUB is a meeting point for indie teams, investors, publishers and mentors where they can share knowledge, resources, connections and successfully collaborate on new amazing projects.
Game Factory	Incubator		Turkey	Game Factory is an online game development incubator established for startups that want to achieve success faster in the game industry. We are Turkey's largest game development community with more than 2000 students, more than 600 active game developers and more than 40 independent studios.
Moonrise Fund	Investor, Accelerator			Moonrise is an early stage equity fund backing people, not projects. We’re writing new rules and building a better, more inclusive creative economy.
BoomHits Hyper-Casual Game Competition	Contest			Join the BIGGEST EVER hyper-casual competition with $2 MILLION prize pool!
African Game Dev Prototype Fund	Grant			Africa is a continent brimming with talent, but from a games industry perspective, prospective developers face the challenge of being able to fund their ideas and projects. The AGDP fund aims to alleviate some of that. The AGDP Fund in connection with Games Industry Africa and The Indie Houses hopes to provide a non recoupable fund for creators on the continent to bring their conceptual ideas a step closer to a reality.
Games Accelerator in Bayreuth	Accelerator			Vom 25. Februar bis zum 20. März 2022 werden Game-Studios aus ganz Deutschland mit bis zu fünf Mitarbeitenden drei Wochen lang erstmals kostenlos beim
XP-Pen Art Star	Grant			XP-Pen is a professional and reliable supplier of graphics tablets,pen display monitors,stylus pens and more digital graphical products. XP-Pen digital art sketch tablets are designed to unleash your creativity with more natural creative control than ever before.
Astra Fund	Grant, Investor	Free, Royalty		Astra Logical publishes systems & strategy games that don’t hate you.
Under Represented Devs Fund	Grant	Free		We recognize that there are many people of great vision who are faced with challenges – a lack of tools, financial resources, support or mentors. Collectively we at The Indie Houses help identify vision holders of great potential in emerging countries or marginalized groups, and through our Underrepresented Devs Fund, help them bring their visions to life. We distribute funds and necessary resources to top candidates after deliberating together on our jury. We plan to grow this initiative annually by bringing on sponsors, increasing our pool of funds, and by targeting new countries and groups each year.
Blue Ocean Games	Investor	Free		Initiated by HYPERGRYPH, COREBLAZER is dedicated to supporting exceptional game developers to achieve their creative visions.
COREBLAZER	Incubator	Free	China	Located in Caohejing Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, China, DYNABOX is the game incubator within COREBLAZER, co-founded by HYPERGRYPH and UGDAP. To support young game developers with great passion and ideas on their entrepreneurial journey, DYNABOX provides a wide array of incubation services, including dedicated office space, workshops, mentor sessions, funding, access to industry networks, and financial and legal consulting, etc.
Xsolla Funding	Accelerator			Xsolla Funding offers a range of solutions where developers can access resources and funding, while investors and publishers can discover quality new titles.

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