Istanbul’s Grand Games lands a $70m Series B as Balderton doubles down on Turkey’s puzzle-game pipeline
Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and angel investor Mert Gür are back. Total funding for the two-year-old studio reaches $103m. The round arrives weeks after Scopely’s $1bn buyout of Loom Games and CVC’s $5bn deal for Dream Games.
Grand Games Oyun ve Yazılım, the Istanbul-based mobile gaming studio behind Magic Sort and Car Match, has raised $70m in a Series B funding round led by Balderton Capital’s Growth Fund, the company said on Monday.
Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures and angel investor Mert Gür participated alongside Balderton, which is doubling down on its January 2025 Series A position.
The latest round brings Grand Games’ total funding to $103m.
Grand Games was founded in early 2024 by a team that previously built Zen Match at Moon Active. Magic Sort, the studio’s first commercial title, broke into Apple’s top-selling casual-gaming charts within six months of release.
Its second title, Car Match, followed shortly after....
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