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Tampere Game Incubator Batch One now online!
Ten week course to hone your pitching skills, learn game business and get help from top gaming industry mentors!
Are you a Tampere-based game team or company looking for mentoring from the best of Finland’s game industry? Together with the city of Tampere, Tomi Toikka from Catland and Joni Lappalainen from Dreamloop have made a ten week course that will feature all you need to make your game business shine. Completely free for everyone who gets picked. Spaces are limited, so act fast!
- Get the best in business advice in hands-on sessions with veteran games industry mentors
- Weekly crash course in all topics of game development; from idea to release
- Learn to pitch and sell your games on any platform
- Critique and advice from the top VCs in the industry!
- Culminates in a public Mentor Day, where you get to pitch for both VCs and mentors!
The course runs for ten weeks,
roughly each Wednesday from 13.00 to 19.00:
25.9.2019 – 20.11.2019
Batch One teams have been chosen!
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Batch applications are now closed, thank you!
Curriculum
| 25.9.2019 | Business Opportunities in the Game Industry Mentor: Tomi Toikka & Joni Lappalainen |
| 2.10.2019 | Game Development Pipeline (gameplay, monetization, retention) Mentor: Tomi Toikka & Joni Lappalainen |
| 9.10.2019 | Pitching (Pitch Deck) Mentor: Kalle Kaivola |
| 16.10.2019 | Pitching (Stage Pitching) Mentor: Harri Manninen |
| 23.10.2019 | Marketing and Social Media Mentor: Mikael Haveri |
| 29.10.2019 | Communications Mentor: Jiri Koivuniemi |
| 7.11.2019 | Service sales and pricing Mentor: Jyri Partanen |
| 13.11.2019 | Public funding and cash flow planning Mentor: Jyri Partanen |
| 18.11.2019 | Pitch training and feedback Mentor: Antti Sartanen |
| 3.12.2019 | Demo Day 2019 |
The Tampere Game Incubator Team
The team of Tampere Game Hub runs the course with ten weekly hands-on lessons and mentoring sessions.
Joni Lappalainen
Founder, Chair of the BoardCEO of Dreamloop, networking and game production mastermind with experience across the entire game industry – from shipping games to doing B2B.
Tomi Toikka
FounderAward winning former CEO of Makea Games, Director of Catland, experienced team leader and games executive. Has been making games since he was eight years old.
Mentors
A great mix of game industry veterans and gaming VCs!
Kalle Kaivola
Lightheart EntertainmentKalle Kaivola is the CEO of Lightheart Entertainment. In addition to working on his own company, he has helped others build theirs as a partner in Sisu Game Ventures, an early stage game investor with a portfolio of over 40 companies.
Harri Manninen
Play Ventures, Nordic XR StartupsNot only has Harri Manninen run a games magazine and made a company exit to Disney, he is also the founder of two game industry VCs! Mentoring with funding, pitching and helping get your game company off the ground.
Jyri Partanen
SuperScale, Sampo GamesJyri Partanen has decades of industry experience. He has been part of Games Factory, Rovio and RedLynx and is ready to help lend a hand concerning the day-to-day running of your game business.
Jiri Koivuniemi
VisionistJiri Koivuniemi is a marketing expert working at Visionist. A renowned veteran of the games industry, he helps and mentors game startups with PR and communications.
Antti Sartanen
Founder, CEO Hipfire GamesStartup entrepreneur Antti Sartanen has been through both Nordic XR Startups and Techstars incubators. He has a lot of experience on working with VCs and running his own company!