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The Funding Game
The Funding Game offers events and services aimed at supporting entrepreneurs in funding and growing their early-stage and scale-up businesses in the UK.
Overview
What The Funding Game does
What The Funding Game is
The Funding Game offers events and services aimed at supporting entrepreneurs in funding and growing their early-stage and scale-up businesses in the UK.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2003
- Approximate age
- About 23 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 16, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
The Funding Game as a community
Community overview
The Funding Game is an organization founded by Paul Grant, who has experience in both seeking funds for his own business and working with investors to fund early-stage companies. Based in London, the organization focuses on helping startups and scaleups secure funding and navigate the complexities of the funding landscape.
Community focus
The Funding Game provides services aimed at entrepreneurs seeking investment. Their offerings include coaching, workshops, webinars, and online courses that cover various aspects of funding strategy, including crowdfunding, angel investing, and venture capital. They aim to simplify the funding process for businesses at different stages of growth.
Member value
Members benefit from access to workshops, coaching, and resources that help them understand and navigate the funding landscape effectively.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- online
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- April 29, 2024
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- EuropeUnited Kingdom
Community activity
Events and activity
The Funding Game organizes various events, including workshops and masterclasses focused on funding strategies. Notable events include 'How to Attract the Right Investors', 'Funding for Fast Growth', and 'The Funding Edge Members Meetup'.
Notable members
The Funding Game has assisted numerous entrepreneurs in raising capital through successful crowdfunding campaigns. Notable companies that have partnered with them include All By Mama, Asterley Bros, Bang Curry, Bee Good, Blake Mill, Chimney Fire Coffee, Cognomie, Designable, Escape The City, HiyaCar, Ingle & Rhode, Inspiral, TrustPortal, and Under The Doormat.
Common questions
What to know about The Funding Game
Upseed classifies The Funding Game under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 16, 2026
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