Kadri Ugand's Blog
Kadri Ugand, Co-founder of GameFounders, the first gaming startup accelerator in Europe.
GameFounders is a startup accelerator and pre-seed fund working exclusively with game studios. Established in 2012, GameFounders started its operations in a hub in Europe, Estonia and in 2015 expanded with opening a hub in Malaysia to cover Asia. GameFounders selects its portfolio studios from a global pool, so far applications have been sent in from 75 countries. The best 10 teams move to the GameFounders hub for 3 months and go through a mentoring program giving them a boost to build their business. The teams will also have access to a wide array of partnership deals, small investment and a network of mentors.
Applications for GameFounders are open until December 20 at gamefounders.com/apply
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[Blog - 12/03/2015 - 01:05]
Thanks for the comment, Kevin, ...
Thanks for the comment, Kevin, I am glad my thoughts helped. r n r nRaising is hard and prepping your studio for the deal is vital. Not sure how far along you are, but maybe GameFounders can help here Write me at
[email protected] and we can chat more.