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UK Games Fund Starter Fund

UK Games Fund - Starter Fund (Tranzfuser)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Entry-level funding for new graduate and early-career teams to form a studio and build a first commercial project, delivered through the Starter Fund (successor to the Tranzfuser talent programme).

Funder

UK Games Fund (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Runs as an annual talent programme cycle; see starterfund.ukgamesfund.com for the current window.

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

UK-based new and emerging games development teams.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ukgamesfund.com/

"Starter Fund - Active - Website: starterfund.ukgamesfund.com"

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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