Games Lift Incubator

Run by Gamecity Hamburg.

The Games Lift Incubator supports games teams in Hamburg for a full year, opening with a workshop programme from September to early December and continuing as individual mentoring through to the following August. Each of the teams selected annually receives EUR 15,000 of financial support plus an additional EUR 1,000 coaching budget. The programme page and FAQ say nothing about equity or repayment.

Investment

€15,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

52 weeks (Longer than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

annual

Location

Hamburg, Germany

Sectors

• Gaming

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://gamecity-hamburg.de/incubator/ read 2026-09-09 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, website, status
• https://gamecity-hamburg.de/incubator/apply-now/ read 2026-09-09 — supports application url, contact email, format, batch cadence, cheque amount, cheque currency, status

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• Media Lift
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Last verified 2026-09-09.