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Quickload is a gaming accelerator for anything that’s gaming related.
The overall purpose of Quickload is to make its gaming startups really take off. The aim of the 4-month program is to help them get in their best shape possible and be prepared for it.
We focus to create an atmosphere of intensity, focus, clarity and honesty. Everyone around the founders – us, the other founders in the batch, the alumni, the speakers and the investors – wants to help our startups succeed. In this atmosphere, it’s hard not to get highly motivated. We need that kind of motivation because it is what one needs to do something as difficult as starting his own game company.
We aim to have our alumni to describe the time spent at Quickload as the most insightful and productive period of their life.
Quickload is based in Turin, Italy. We give office space to the selected startups, and we require at least one member of the team to be in Turin during the 4-months acceleration period.
Everyone in the team can participate remotely at all the activities we organize.
Quickload is devoted to create a strong community of gaming entrepreneurs and to achieve this, sharing the office with the other startups creates a lot of opportunities for contamination of ideas and bond creation between founders. Plus, OGR Torino, the innovation hub Quickload is in, has a very valuable community that can be accessed only by being here physically.
We have an admissions process that’s open to any gaming start up and studio. You can be active in different sectors of the gaming sphere.
- located in Europe or UK
- incorporated or not
- idea or prototype stage
- have raised funding or not
- currently raising or not raising funds
- have revenue or not
You can apply through our F6S page
We provide some starting funds, mainly to cover living expenses for team members that attend the acceleration program here in Turin.
You can use the funds we provide for anything that you believe helps your business.
In most cases, we expect you to use those funds to live in Turin for the 4-month acceleration period.
Quickload has a standard deal for the studio that take place in the program.
We get a percentage of the increase in revenue that your company will have for a number of subsequent years after you went through the acceleration program.
It is less than most gaming founders expect.
Quickload host a few hours per week of activities. All parts of the program are optional. We expect you to choose how to spend your time to maximize the odds of your gaming company succeeding.
Some founders worry that Quickload will be a distraction from working on their game project or company. Actually, it’s the opposite. The goal of Quickload is to let founders spend several months completely focused on their startup with no distractions.
No, you can incorporate after the selection process. A company is required to sign the acceleration deal, and without one we won’t be able to give you the funds until you incorporate.
Our next batch will run from June 2026 to September 2026.
Being an accelerator, the Quickload is intended to help you speed up the growth progress of your studio.
This mainly consist of Mentorship with veterans of the gaming industry, giving you insights and sharing feedback about what you’re working on.
The Program Director and Program Associate will also help you out figuring the next few steps for your company.
Should I apply?
No, it would be a mistake to wait to apply. Our selection process is based on the team rather than the startup they are working on. Therefore, even an amazing team with an idea can be selected.
We recommend applying for Quickload as soon as you have a founding team and an idea for a game or a service you are excited about.
Yes. While the majority of the Quickload batch is pre-revenue companies, we are equipped to assist also companies that are already generating revenue.
When we fund companies that are further along, we work with them differently and help them with different things compared to early-stage startups.
Sure. We will be able to help on all the post-funding activities.
No, we’ll consider every gaming startups whether they are building a game, game tech or any kind of service around gaming.
We adapt our support depending on the gaming startup that we select in each batch.
Yes. We accept solo founders. That said, our advice remains that one-person gaming startups are tough and you’re more likely to succeed with a co-founder.
It’s important for the founding team to have the skills to build their product themselves, rather than outsourcing it to someone else.
For most businesses, that usually means you need a technical co-founder.
You can certainly apply when you are a full-time student or employee, but we expect the founders to commit to working full-time on their company during the batch and afterwards if accepted. Plus, you will miss many activities if you have another job.
It won’t. Even if we tried not to accept competing companies, we’d end up with them anyway because gaming startup ideas are very volatile.
Yes. If you’ve applied before and not didn’t get in, we strongly encourage you to apply again. Having made progress since your last application is a strong signal to us.
No. We don’t rely on introductions the way many investors do. We look at each application equally.
Yes. We’ve had companies join Quickload after doing another accelerator.
However, if you’ve done another accelerator already, we may expect that you’ve reached a higher level of progress.