Turkish mobile game studio Grand Games has raised $30 million in a Series A investment round led by Balderton, just 9 months after its Pre-Seed round. Existing investors Bek Ventures (formerly Earlybird Digital East Fund), as well as Laton Ventures and angel investor Mert Gür also participated in the round.
Founded in 2024 by Bekir Batuhan Çelebi, Mehmet Çalım and Mustafa Fırtına, Grand Games works under a distinct studio (cell)-based working model that sets it apart from its competitors. The team consists of autonomous and independent teams responsible for each game.
Instead of only focusing on popular games in the sector, the company focuses on untapped niches and concepts.
Its current games, Magic Sort!, which is described as a mystical sorting adventure, and Car Match, which involves traffic-related challenges, are in the top one percentile in terms of player retention and revenue generation metrics and have reached over $1 million per month in revenue.
According to Grand Games Co-Founder and CEO Bekir Batuhan Çelebi, the company has moved fast:
"We developed two casual games in 10 months with a team of only 14 people. We completed one of Turkey's largest investment rounds in our first year.”
He attributes the company’s success to Grand Games’ team culture and strategy." Sharing his evaluations regarding the investment:
"We have taken the first steps of our vision of creating a multi-studio entertainment centre that focuses on emotions rather than specific mechanics with two successful games in different genres so far.
Grand Games’ will use the investment to establish studios to create new major game genres and publish its games worldwide.
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