Funding
DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4
Closes on 29 May 2025UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8m for innovation projects.
Creative UK: Creative Growth Finance investment fund
Closes on 31 December 2026Loans between £100,000 and £1m to post-revenue UK businesses operating in the Creative Industries. Rolling deadline, apply anytime, 4-week turnaround.
Creative UK: Creative Enterprise Business Builder
Closes on 31 December 2026Gratns of up to £2,500 for companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries, to support specific goals including business planning and strategy. Rolling deadline, apply anytime.
Gamefam Creator Fund
Closes on 31 December 2026Providing funding from $10,000 to $100,000+ for the next generation of super hit UGC games. Rolling deadline, apply anytime.
Arts & Culture Impact Fund
Closes on 31 December 2026An £18 million social impact investment fund for socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations registered and operating in the UK. The Arts & Culture Impact Fund provides affordable repayable finance that can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams. Rolling deadline, apply anytime.
BFI Doc Society Fund 2025
Closes on 31 December 2026The BFI Doc Society Fund provides support of up to a maximum of £150,000 per feature documentary film or immersive non-fiction project in the form of grants. Open year-round, 8-week turnaround for applications.
BFI Doc Society RAD Fund
Closes on 31 December 2026The BFI Doc Society RAD (Research and Development) Fund provides support of up to a maximum of £5,000 to first or second time feature length documentary directors or director/producer teams with a single feature documentary film in early development; or up to £10,000 to producers with more than one feature documentary film in early development with first or second time feature length documentary directors attached. Open year-round, 12-week turnaround for applications.
Funding resources
IUKBC maintains an extensive list of available opportunities across all sectors, including immersive technology and its applications.
Find the right funding and investment to suit their needs and suit their product life-cycle and company stages by using our comprehensive guide to private and public investment sources.
The London Business Hub’s Investment Readiness Programme helps to guide London-based, early-stage founders, especially from underrepresented groups, on how to access external finance.
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