Host IRL TechPoker events
for your startup community
The platform for community builders to run TechGames, get seen and grow. Free.
Startup communities trusting TechGames
Attended by 10,000+ startup founders, operators and investors · 200+ events · 13 cities
Paris
Berlin
Barcelona
Dubai
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- 1.IRL event formats bringing together startup founders, operators and investors through games.
- 2.Played competitive, ranked on a global leaderboard, or relaxed, just for the game.
Formats running this season
Why games
Games attract the best founders, operators and investors.
Demis Hassabis
Chess prodigy
Mark Zuckerberg
Poker
Reid Hoffman
Catan
Bill Gates
Bridge
Why host on TechGames
Everything you need to run the most legendary TechGames in your city.
Get discovered by 10,000+ startup players
From 25+ startup communities, in your city and others.
London
Seoul
Zürich
SF
New York
London
Your night. Admin on autopilot.
Check-in, buy-ins, Swiss pairings, payouts, prizes: tools built for every game.
You: the room 🥂
TechGames: the admin, on autopilot
- Pre-event messagesReminder sent to 28 guests
- Guest approvals & check-inPriya checked in · 24 of 28 here
- Buy-ins & cash-outsTom bought in · TG$ 50 tracked
Play casually, or compete on the leaderboard
Run a relaxed night, or have your members represent your community on the city and global boards.
TechPoker · London
Season 0
Entrepreneurs FirstLondon · 28 playersTG$ 84,600
TechstarsLondon · 19 playersTG$ 79,472
MongoDBLondon · 23 playersTG$ 72,566
Oxbridge AI SocietyOxford · 18 playersTG$ 66,208
DeelLondon · 20 playersTG$ 60,333
EWORLondon · 17 playersTG$ 58,005
AttioLondon · 14 playersTG$ 55,803
Sigma SquaredLondon · 17 playersTG$ 51,179
Dawn CapitalLondon · 14 playersTG$ 47,018
Superteam UKLondon · 13 playersTG$ 42,698Example standings
Luma sync
Your TechGames night and its Luma event stay in sync, guests included.
Prize pools for your winners
Level up your night with startup prizes from TechGames partners, like MongoDB credits and Deel perks. Free for you.
How it works
Live in a minute. Oversubscribed by game night.
01Pick your game
02Create it in a minute
A page to share. A Luma copy if you want one.
03Get our support
Venue intros, prizes, dealers. If you need any.
04Get featured
We send it across the whole platform.
05Run it
We do the admin.
06Rep your community
Your crest on the global board, city to city.
What you get
Already run a game night? Here's what TechGames adds.
A full room
Featured to 10,000+ startup players. Requests land with you.
Your crest on the global board
Every result ranks your community, city to city.
Prizes for your winners
From the TechGames prize pool.
Messages on autopilot
Confirmations, reminders, the morning-after recap.
The night runs itself
Check-in, buy-ins, blind clock, pairings, payouts.
Our team behind you
Venue intros, prizes, dealers. If you need any.
Then pick where guests sign up.
- Everything
On TechGames
Guests sign up on your TechGames page.
- A full room
- Your crest on the global board · Live
- Prizes for your winners
- Messages on autopilot
- The night runs itself
- Our team behind you
TechGames + Luma
Also listed on Luma. Sign-ups sync both ways.
- A full room
- Your crest on the global board · Live
- Prizes for your winners
- Messages on autopilot
- The night runs itself
- Our team behind you
Your own Luma
Guests sign up on your Luma calendar.
- A full room · Links to your Luma
- Your crest on the global board · After the night
- Prizes for your winners
- Messages on autopilot
- The night runs itself
- Our team behind you
Free. Takes a minute.
“The reason I raised millions was through people I met there.”
MaithamFounder, Seed (raised $4M)“TechGames are the only events I regularly attend. Genuinely smart people, and a lot of fun.”
AnonymousFounder, $2B+ unicorn“These have always been the highlights of my weeks.”
EitoFounder, Seed (raised $6M)“The only tech events I'm attending. Not only are they fun, but people there are insanely smart.”
LukasFounder, Series A (raised $20M+, exited)Run the TechGames your city's startup scene
will keep talking about.
Host your night Free. Live in a minute.
25+ startup communities
already on TechGames