A 1-week programme in August, designed for high-potential games companies to attend Gamescom 2026 in Cologne. Apply now!
This opportunity is designed for ambitious games-focused businesses that are ready to build international industry relationships, explore publishing, funding and platform opportunities, and gain direct feedback from one of the world’s leading games industry events.
Gamescom brings together games studios, publishers, investors, platform holders, service providers and players from across the world.
Through this opportunity, participating companies will be supported to make the most of their time in Cologne, with a focus on commercial development, market validation and sector learning. The programme is designed to help founders:
This will be a supported, founder-led experience. Techscaler will help participants prepare, connect and make the most of the opportunity, while founders will be expected to drive their own outreach, meetings and business development activity.
Gamescom is one of the world’s most important events for the games industry, bringing together international trade visitors, publishers, investors, platforms, developers and players.
For Scottish games companies, it offers a valuable opportunity to combine business development with market testing. Founders can use the event to meet potential commercial partners, pitch to publishers and investors, explore platform relationships, test games with players, and gather direct feedback from a global audience.
For Dundee and the wider Tay Cities region, Gamescom also provides a platform to showcase our gaming cohort and the strength of Scotland’s games and interactive innovation sector internationally.
You must be a Techscaler member before you can apply for this opportunity.
If you or your organisation are not a Techscaler member, this form will first direct you to apply for membership; please do this by 12pm Tuesday, 7 July (membership is fully funded). This ensures we are able to process your membership application in time for you to then apply for the Gamescom Cologne 2026 programme.
If you are already a Techscaler member, you will be given a direct link to the Gamescom Cologne 2026 application form. You must complete and submit this before the deadline of 12pm Tuesday, 14 July.
If you have any questions about this process please contact membership@techscaler.co.uk.
We’re looking for up to 5 ambitious participants who meet the following profile:
You must be a Techscaler member and able to represent both company and Scotland’s tech ecosystem professionally. Please note that you can’t apply on behalf of someone else.
