Call for Entries: Zagarolo Game City Program (Italy)

The program also uses partners who offer to collaborate with participants, not only with their skills and know-how, but above all by conveying business opportunities, access to new ecosystems and development of their ecosystem.

Objectives

• The program:
  • Offers professionals, teams of game designers, development studios and startups the opportunity to train and experiment with new solutions for gaming, through a technological gym equipped with tools and skills that are difficult to access for those who are in the start-up and launch phase of their product;
  • Promotes opportunities for aggregation and networking, so that new talents in the video game sector can grow in the regional territory;
  • Promotes the activation of technical and commercial partnerships thanks to the possibility of applying as a partner (Call for Partners), even once the program has started.

Benefits

• The program will offer the selected candidates:
  • Support for the development of technological and project solutions in the videogame sector through a game factory with cutting-edge HW and SW;
  • Transfer of technical and vertical skills in the gaming sector;
  • Support for the development of technological and organizational solutions with the complete definition of a product project and the possible development of a prototype;
  • Support in the initial identification of potential users, partners, investors.
  • Acceleration path
  • Access to the services of the regional network of FabLabs and Active Spaces
  • Rewards offered by Lazio Innova
  • Rewards offered by Partners

Funding Information

• At the end of Phase 2 of the course, 2 cash prizes of 20,000 euros each – A 12-month tutoring course offered by Lazio Innova will be awarded.
• Any additional prizes defined and assigned independently by the project Partners.

Eligibility Criteria

• Schools and Universities
  • Specialization Schools
  • Academies
  • University
  • Public and private, which have activated skills acquisition paths directly or indirectly linked to the video game industry.
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  • Subjects
    • Of the broader public sector
    • Of the non-profit
    • Of the third sector
  • Interested in using and experimenting with their user new solutions related to video games.
• Private investors
  • Businesses
  • Accelerators
  • Investors
  • Business Angels
  • Crowdfunding Platforms
  • Publisher
  • Specialized in supporting human capital, startups and innovation, interested in contributing to the experience also to evaluate ideas, teams, startups with good potential, to accompany them in the subsequent growth phases.
• Competence and digitalisation centres
  • Competence centers
  • Promoters of digitalization
  • Other subjects
  • Active in the production and distribution of data and information useful for building services and business models to meet the objectives indicated by the program, available to make them available for the validation and development of solutions.

For more information, visit Lazio Innova.