Launch of the Meta Gaming Accelerator to support aspiring Indian developers
Meta announced the Meta Gaming Accelerator on Tuesday, an incubator designed to empower small and medium-sized game developers nationwide and assist open the next chapter of gaming growth in India.
A flourishing creator economy, mobile-first usage, and cutting-edge technology like artificial intelligence have all contributed to the gaming industry’s explosive growth in India.
According to Arun Srinivas, Managing Director and Head of Meta (India), “India’s gaming community is a hotbed of creativity and innovation, but we need to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity to unlock its full potential.”
“In order to give Indian game developers access to state-of-the-art advertising technologies, knowledgeable mentorship, and crucial advice that they require in order to grow their companies and take on the world, we are creating the Meta Gaming Accelerator,” he added.
Bitkraft Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Lumikai Fund, and Elevation Capital are the four top venture capital funds collaborating on the Accelerator’s launch.
Through a defined curriculum, the program’s initial phase aims to empower 20–30 up-and-coming Indian developers and studios.
With an emphasis on how developers may use Meta’s AI tools, such as Llama, into their game creation and optimization processes, it will provide strategic counsel in the areas of monetization, user acquisition, cross-border scalability, and AI-led game development.
At a high-stakes Demo Day at the end of the program, participating developers will showcase how they have used Meta’s ecosystem to address actual growth concerns.
Investors, Meta executives, and industry participants will be present at the event, where top-performing studios will receive platform-level amplification and possible funding to drive acquisitions using Meta’s solution.
“We hope to not only empower local success stories but also create a launchpad for Indian gaming companies to scale globally by combining expert sessions from Meta with structured guidance from the nation’s top Venture Capital firms,” Srinivas stated.