Funding secured, awards won and new initiatives announced in this portfolio round up.
It’s been a very busy few months as funding applications have been received, reviewed and new portfolio companies joined our community.
Our portfolio recently shared headline updates with us, summarised here:
- Imprnt Studios shared news of their Epic MegaGrant award for funded project Hounded.
- Spilt Milk Studios won Best Small studio at the Develop: Star Awards in July.
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page from Sketchbook Games has been included in The Story Museum’s Story Arcade exhibition.
- Draknek & Friends announced the launch date for funded project Spooky Express – 21st October (Steam and mobile).
- Upstart Games, the new indie publishing label from funded company Binary Spiders, launched recently.
DunDev 2025 studio, Tombstone Studios, won the People’s Choice Award at Develop.

Jared Merritt, Binary Spiders:
The funding has been critical for us to push for important milestones, and has enabled us to build a substantially better base to build on for the future of our project, and our company as a whole.
Find out more about our portfolio of funded companies here.