India, Nov. 9 -- MIXI Global Investments, Nazara Technologies, and Chimera VC have launched a gaming incubator, LVL Zero. Launched during the India Game Developer Conference (IGDC) 2025 in Chennai, the incubatoraims to strengthen India's game development ecosystem by helping startups with investor and publisher readiness, as well as access to tools and mentorship.

Open to Indian gaming startups, LVL Zero will offer an equity-free grant pool of $100,000. Each cohort will include 10 startups, with $10,000 in equity-free grants per startup. The programme will focus on providing problem-aligned mentorship, access to capital and global publishing networks, targeting more than 100 startups over the next five years.

India's gaming industry has...