Barcelona-based mobile game studio Cheer Games, founded by the experienced Turkish team behind the hit game Hexa Sort, has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, marking the beginning of its global growth journey.
The next-generation mobile puzzle studio was established by former senior leaders from AppLovin’s Lion Studios team and the creators of the globally successful Hexa Sort. The company announced that it secured $4.5 million in pre-seed funding from leading global investors.
The investment round was led by Makers Fund, with participation from Play Ventures and several strategic angel investors. The capital will be used to accelerate the development of Cheer Games’ upcoming titles and expand its Barcelona headquarters by attracting global talent.
The founding team of Cheer Games includes CEO Emre Gerçel, CPO Berkay Öztürk, CTO Ertan Ünver, and CMO Kutay Koraltürk.
Having worked together for many years, the team previously created top-performing hit games such as Hexa Sort, which generated over $50 million in in-app purchase (IAP) revenue. The founders have now combined their deep expertise in product development, growth, and business development under Cheer Games to build long-lasting and scalable puzzle game intellectual properties (IPs).
Commenting on the investment, Cheer Games Co-Founder and CEO Emre Gerçel said:
“When I look at the table, I see a team that has built the games the industry benchmarks itself against and that chooses to bet on the future. Berkay’s design vision made Hexa Sort the highest-grossing ‘sort’ game in the world, and the industry is still trying to catch up. Kutay didn’t just scale games; he built the system that scales them. Ertan has built not one but two successful studios from scratch. This collective experience is rare. We founded Cheer because we believe we can build something more lasting than the industry’s short-term mindset. Our goal is not only to create games but to build franchises and an institutionalized studio. Barcelona gives us a global stage, our Turkish roots give us the drive, and this team gives me full confidence that we will succeed.”
Headquartered in Barcelona, the studio aims to build a high-performance organization by attracting talent from leading European game companies. Cheer Games has already assembled a team of 11 professionals with deep roots in the mobile gaming industry and plans to continue expanding its workforce.
Source: egirisim.com
