Host IRL TechPoker events
for your startup community
Where the best startup founders, operators and investors play. Your community, plus more players, prizes and the tools to run it.
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 4000+ NYC startup players
From 25+ startup communities, in your city and others.
London
Seoul
Zürich
SF
New York
London
Prize pools for your winners
Your players compete for startup prizes from TechGames partners, like MongoDB credits and Deel perks.
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
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
Luma & Eventbrite compatible
Keep sign-ups where your guests already are. The night runs on TechGames either way.
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.
Join the league
Already running poker nights? Add yours to the league.
Keep your community and your sign-ups. Plug your night in and it gets everything the league has.
Your night today
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Thursday poker
Your community · 15 players
- Only your own audience
- Your team does the admin
- One night, then forgotten
- Sponsors? On your own
In the league
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TechPoker · Thursday
98 on the waitlist- More people show upYour night is shown to thousands of startup players
- Custom game toolsSeating, blinds, check-in and reminders on autopilot
- Players come backPrizes, a city leaderboard and their own stats, all season
- Help with sponsorsIntros to sponsors and venues when there's a fit
Keep sign-ups wherever they are today.
Your page, your Luma or your Eventbrite: the night runs on TechGames either way.
TechGames only
Sign-ups on TechGames.
- Featured to the network
- Live guest list and check-in
Plus, every night
- Access to startup prizes
- Your crest on the leaderboard
- Free game tools
TechGames + our Luma
Hosted on our Luma calendar, featured on yours. You stay admin.
↻ Guest list syncs automatically
- On your Luma calendar and ours
- Featured to the network
Plus, every night
- Access to startup prizes
- Your crest on the leaderboard
- Free game tools
Circuit hosts and featured nights. Apply →
TechGames + your Luma/Eventbrite
Guests sign up on your own Luma or Eventbrite.
✋ You import your guests by hand, before the night
- Your page stays yours
- Featured at 10 guests
Plus, every night
- Access to startup prizes
- Your crest on the leaderboard
- Free game tools
- No automatic sync
All three are free and start the same way. Switch any time.
“The reason I raised millions was through people I met there.”
“TechGames are the only events I regularly attend. Genuinely smart people, and a lot of fun.”
“These have always been the highlights of my weeks.”
“The only tech events I'm attending. Not only are they fun, but people there are insanely smart.”
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