This is part of the Ukie Hub Crawl 2021, a series of 12 different and unique events that cover the entire life cycle of a games business; from incorporation, growing a team, middleware, running the studio, pitching to funders, getting PR exposure – right through to eventually exiting a business.
Taking place every Wednesday 4pm – 6pm, each event will start with an hour of short and informative talks followed by a panel of experts before using the networking platform Gather.Town for conversation and networking. Each talk will be a maximum of 15 minutes.
Week 1 will be focused on Starting Up & Business Basics and will consist of a series of talks educating people about setting up a games studio:
Speakers
Gavin Smith, Relationship Director, Barclays - Barclays Games team: Here to help
Matt Frenchman, CEO & Co-Founder, Sugar - Starting a Business: Back to the Future
Isabel Davies, Associate, Wiggin - Game Development: Common Legal Pitfalls For Start-Ups
Kate Rhodes, Account Executive, S-Tech Insurance - Insurance basics for Start-Ups: What should you protect and why
Panel
James Brooksby, CEO, Absolutely Games
Jay Shin, Director, and Co-founder, Arrogant Pixel
Partners
Barclays
At Barclays, we’re playing our part to help the UK Games Industry grow and develop. We see the positive impact that games can have in bringing communities together, inspiring creativity, and building an environment to learn.
That’s why we…
Offer innovative products designed for developers including our tax credit loan
Support businesses to connect, innovate and grow with our Eagle Labs network
Partner with games and esports industry leaders
Help games developers at all levels from grassroots up
Website https://labs.uk.barclays/gamestech
Sugar
Sugar is a financing platform for the digital economy, created to provide capital to game studios with exciting growth ambitions. Our range of flexible loans and products can significantly boost a studio's growth without taking any equity away from the founders. If you are looking for ways to finance your business and scale up quickly, then just add Sugar.
Check out our website.
Wiggin
Our specialists predict the legal challenges that arise from the wealth of new ideas and technologies that the digital world is constantly creating.
From Hollywood studios to early-stage tech businesses, games developers to leading brands, we understand our clients’ needs and give informed advice. We don’t just tell you the risks – we give our opinion in a jargon-free, real-world context, so you have the freedom to do what you do best, creatively and commercially.
Check out our website.