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UK Games Fund Starter Fund

UK Games Fund - Starter Fund (Tranzfuser)

Status

Usually opens in May

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£20,000

Grants of GBP 20,000 for own-IP development, paid in two GBP 10k tranches; labour costs only; not repayable.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

UK Games Fund (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — 2026 round: applications May 2026, now closed; successful companies announced. 2027 round not announced.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Wholly-UK company registered at Companies House (all directors UK citizens resident and working in the UK), at least 10 weeks between registration and application; directors 18+; not for previously UK Games Fund funded companies.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://starterfund.ukgamesfund.com/

"Applications are now closed. ... grants of £20,000 available for own-IP development"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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