Press Start: Games Founding Grant

Your launch pad for ingenious games ideas!

The ‘Press Start: Games Founding Grant’ supports 132 creative minds in the games sector in establishing their own games studios in Germany.

The grant is organised and implemented by game – the German Games Industry Association in cooperation with the The Foundation for Digital Games Culture. The grant is funded by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media.

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Updates on the Games Founding Grant

Latest News

7. August 2025

First ‘Press Start’ games playable at gamescom

Berlin/Cologne, 7 August 2025: The ‘Press Start: Games Founding Grant’ celebrates its ‘half-time’...

7. July 2025

Voices from the ‘Press Start’ programme: What do the coaches say?

In the "Press Start" education and networking programme, the 132 founders are accompanied by coac...

10. February 2025

Games Founding Grant celebrates coaching and networking kick-off in Berlin

Berlin, 10 February 2025: The ‘Press Start: Games Founding Grant’ celebrated its launch in Berlin...

18. November 2024

Huge interest in the Games Founding Grant: Hundreds of applications await the jury chaired by Linda Kruse

Berlin, 18 November 2024: Todays kick-off event marks the start of the review phase of the numero...

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