Reedah El-Saie
Brainspark Games
Reedah El-Saie, is a UKie Board Member and the founder and CEO of multi-award winning EdTech Gaming studio Brainspark Games.
Brainspark Games is building free, culturally inclusive, AI-powered, Augmented-Reality, educational mobile games, aligned with the national curriculum, for primary and secondary (I/GCSEs) pupils. Pioneering Neurogames technology, the company condenses 12 weeks of term-time learning into just a few hours of fun fast gameplay as they embark upon their mission to revolutionise the way children ‘learn-through-play’ ensuring no child gets left behind!
Considered one of the UK’s high growth gaming companies, and featured in the Prime Minister’s Council for Science & Technology (CST) ‘Harnessing R&D in the UK Creative Industries’ report; “Innovative companies such as Brainspark Games highlight the potential for gaming to engage and support neurodiverse children through alternative approaches to education,” Oct 2023, Brainspark Games has successfully pitched on national television and international pitch competitions.
Reedah has been awarded over £1.7m in 8, highly coveted and extremely competitive, Innovate UK government grants including; Smart grant (2025/26), ‘Investor Partnership’ grant (2024/25), ‘Design for Net Zero - Climate Game’ grant (2024), ‘Inclusive Innovation Award’ (2023-24), ‘Women In Innovation Award’ (2022-23), Smart Grant (2023/24), ‘MindsetXR - NeuroWellbeing Technology’ (2023), ‘Audience of The Future - Climate Game’ (2022), in addition to raising angel investment led by The UK Games Angels, FOV Ventures and Wahed Ventures.
Accolades
- Dec ’24: Top 10 European Gaming Startups (StartUp Rise EU)
- Feb ’24/23: featured in HolonIQ’s ‘Europe’s EdTech 200’, Advanced Technology
- Oct ’24: Educ & Games Roundtable with Ministers UKie Westminster Games Week
- Mar ’24: Exhibited at Prime Ministers ‘Maths Summit'
- Nov ’23: Winner of Creative Women ‘Excellence in Technology’ Award
- Oct ’23: Winner AWE XR ’European Tech Startup To Watch Award 2023 Prize’ Austria
- Oct ’23: featured in Prime Minister’s ‘Council for Science & Technology’ R&D report case study
- July ’23: ’Top 100 Asians in Tech’
- April ’23: Semi-finalist for 2023 GSV Cup, Elite 200, San Diego, USA
- Jan ’23: Finalist for 'AWEXR Climate Education' Challenge Prize, USA
- July ’22: Guest exhibitor/speaker at Festival of Education, ‘London Tech Week’, 'World EdTech Forum’
- April '22: Speaker ASU+GSV Summit ‘Future of Learning: Metaverse, Web3 & Educational Mobile Games’
- Feb '22: Nominated for ‘Best Social Impact’ Unity Award
- Feb '22: Semi-finalist for 2022 GSV Cup, Elite 200
- Nov '21: 4 x awards at DevelopHer Awards; ‘Game Development’ sponsored by Amazon,
- Nov '21: Top 30 Global Winners of ‘EdTech Creator Challenge’ by GSV & Unity
- Sept '21: Creative Industries ‘100 Ones To Watch 2021’
- July '21: featured in UK Tech News as '1 of London’s most diverse tech startups’
Reedah graduated in Law from the London School of Economics, read a Masters in Law from UCL before qualifying as a barrister. She spent several years working as a management consultant before launching a number of businesses in the creative industries and later working as a Portfolio/Project Manager working in the UK and Middle East, managing a portfolio of 65+ projects valued in excess of $1.3bn.
Reedah is married with three children and lives in London.
Reedah El-Saie is speaking at the following session/s
Funding Your Gaming Startup: Mastering & Leveraging Grants!
In the current climate founders, indie games studios and startups are struggling to secure funding or survive. Grant funding is often overlooked or perceived as too challenging. But there’s more to a grant then just drafting the application.
From researching the right grant for your startup, to building relationships, enhancing your project visibility and understanding the importance of execution and delivery to level up and unlock the next grant, Reedah El-Saie, founder of Brainspark Games, and winner of 8 Innovate UK grants amounting to £1.7m will share top tips and insights.
Session Takeaway
- How to draft your own grant
- Maintaining visibility throughout your project
- Create a ‘win win’ for yourself and your funders
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