Mobidictum Conference 2025 Red Stage spotlight

There is less than one week left for the Mobidictum Conference 2025, the biggest event in the region!

With three different stages in our event, all featuring industry leaders in the gaming industry, our speakers will share their stories and insights with all of you.

Here is a brief look at what you can expect in the Red Stage, with a more detailed look following:

October 21

October 22

More Than Money: How VCs Support Studios Today

This session will explore how venture capitalists do more than just write checks: how they partner with studios on growth, mentorship, strategic guidance, and network access. It will highlight the evolving role of VCs in the gaming ecosystem, from shaping go-to-market strategy to operational support and long-term alignment.

Pietari Päivänen (Supercell)

Pietari Päivänen leads Special Projects & Investments at Supercell Investments, managing new studio relationships and strategic initiatives. Beyond his current role, he has co-founded and advised multiple tech and gaming startups, holding board positions in over 30 companies.

Görkem Türk (Laton Ventures)

Görkem Türk is the founding partner of Laton Ventures, the largest gaming- and apps-focused venture capital fund in Türkiye. Laton is a $50M fund primarily investing in pre-seed and seed-stage gaming startups globally, with a strong emphasis on founders in Türkiye, the US, and Europe.

Prior to founding Laton, Görkem was the Industry Manager for Gaming, Apps & Startups at Google in Istanbul, where he led growth partnerships and ecosystem development in the gaming sector.

Görkem also held various roles at companies such as P&G and Value Partners Management Consulting. He holds a BS in Electronics Engineering from Sabancı University and an MBA from Koç University. He also studied at the Yale School of Management and UCLA.

Mehmet Ecevit (Layer)

Mehmet Ecevit serves as a Board Member at Layer, where he combines his experience in technology and business strategy to support the growth of creative startups. His perspective bridges the gap between operational leadership and investor guidance, offering valuable insight into sustainable studio building.

Diana Moldavsky (Tencent)

Diana Moldavsky is Director at Tencent, focusing on global investments and partnerships in gaming and interactive entertainment. Her role involves helping studios scale through access to Tencent’s resources, expertise, and international reach.

New Era of Funding — Let Your Data Talk

This session will explore how studios can leverage data as their strongest pitch to attract funding.

Halil İbrahim Özdemir (Leus)

Halil İbrahim Özdemir is Founder & Managing Director at Leus, a financial platform that offers capital to mobile game and app studios without requiring equity. Leus uses performance metrics like ROAS and LTV to underwrite funding products such as KatAppult and ReLoad.

Ahmet Ferhat Akben (Yamy Studio)

Ahmet Ferhat Akben is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Yamy Studio. He brings first-hand experience as an operator in gaming, making him well-suited to discuss how game studios can translate operational data into investment signals.

Metin Demirkol (Narcade)

Metin Demirkol is Firestarter at Narcade. With his background in creative direction and publishing, he can speak to how studio metrics and creative output together influence investor decisions.

Double XP: Leveling Up with In-House & Third-Party Analytics

This session will dig into how studios can combine internal analytics systems with external tools to extract deeper, actionable insights.

Jane Artemova (devtodev)

Jane Artemova is Senior Business Development Manager at devtodev, a leading analytics platform for games. She works to bridge client needs with analytics capabilities, helping studios deploy and integrate metrics tools to influence design, monetization, and live operations strategy.

Hammer Hub: The Technology Behind Tomorrow’s Publishers

This session will highlight how Hammer Hub is redefining the infrastructure that supports modern game publishing.

Türker Karahan (UDO)

Türker Karahan is CEO & Co-Founder of UDO, the company behind Hammer Hub. Under his leadership, UDO rebranded (from “Udo Games” to “UDO”) in 2025 to emphasize its shift toward being a publishing technology platform.

Hammer Hub, built under his vision, offers studios real-time data, UA tools, monetization systems, and live ops control — with the goal of empowering teams to self-publish more intelligently.

Türkiye’s Gaming Boom: Inside the Investment Engine of a Global Powerhouse

This session will chart how Türkiye evolved from a regional gaming player into a global powerhouse, driven by investment, infrastructure, and entrepreneurial talent.

Serkan Ünsal (startups.watch)

Serkan Unsal has worked with reputable telecommunication companies, including Ericsson and Turkcell. After nine years of corporate life, Serkan founded his first startup, dakick, in 2010 and sold it in 2014.

Since 2015, Serkan has been managing an investor analytics platform called startups.watch and has 4 books on entrepreneurship.

Through investment trends and notable exits, we will illustrate how the sector has become a global success story.

Serkan Ünsal (startups.watch)

İsmet Gökşen (Ludus Ventures)

İsmet Gökşen is General Partner at Ludus Ventures, one of Türkiye’s early-stage investment firms focused on game studios and game-tech. He leads portfolio strategy, sourcing, and partnership efforts to scale local studios with global potential.

Anton Gorodetsky (InvestGame / MY.GAMES)

Anton Gorodetsky serves as Head of Industry Relations at MY.GAMES / InvestGame. In his role, he bridges investment and studio ecosystems. He works to foster relationships between developers, investors, and publishers, highlighting Türkiye’s position in the global games map.

Think Global, Invest Local: Why Regional Investors Matter in Gaming

This session will explore why investors tied to particular regions, who understand local culture, regulations, and market dynamics, are becoming essential in the gaming sector. It will show how regional VCs can partner with global-minded studios to bridge capital, networks, and localized insights.

Marie Mejerwall (Games Consultant)

Marie Mejerwall has led creative teams across multiple game studios and franchises before becoming a games consultant, mentor, and speaker. She advises studios and investors on design, creative strategy, and market direction.

Karl Magnus Troedsson (Behold Ventures)

Karl Magnus Troedsson is Founder and Managing Partner at Behold Ventures, a VC focused on gaming startups primarily in the Nordics and Europe. Prior, he led DICE as CEO, guiding major game franchises and studios.

Volkan Biçer (Ludus Ventures)

Volkan Biçer is a Partner at Ludus Ventures, one of Türkiye’s prominent game-focused investment firms. He engages with local studios aiming for regional scaling and global presence, leveraging deep familiarity with Türkiye’s creative and business environment.

Freemium vs. Subscription Models in Apps – Picking the Right Monetization Path

This session explores the critical choice between freemium and subscription models in apps, highlighting the strengths, challenges, and long-term implications of each path.

Fatih Furkan Kaya (Snapchat)

Fatih Furkan Kaya serves as Sales Lead for MENA & Türkiye at Snapchat, focusing on regional monetization, advertising products, and strategic partnerships in digital media.

Sena Koçer Haseki (Pepapp)

Sena Koçer Haseki is Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Pepapp, a Türkiye-based femtech startup. She leads product design, roadmap, and user experience efforts for a platform centered on menstrual health and wellness.

Özgür Karayalçın (VLMedia)

Özgür Karayalçın is Vice President at VLMedia A.Ş., where he manages the company’s investments in high-potential mobile game and app startups.

Under his leadership, VLMedia has invested in several fast-growing companies, including Pixelbyte, Byterise, and Everpixel. A graduate of METU (2005) and Kaiserslautern University (2008), he works to scale Türkiye’s mobile ecosystem globally.

He also serves as Vice President of TOGED, is a member of the TOBB Software Assembly, and sits on the Steering Committee of the Service Exporters Association (HİB).

Hilal Merey (HubX)

Hilal Merey is Senior Performance Marketing Lead at HubX. She previously managed growth and performance marketing roles at fintech and mobility startups, and holds a degree from Istanbul Technical University.

The Billion-Dollar Blueprint: What Scalable Game Studios Get Right

This session will dissect how studios reach scale and sustainable success, focusing on the strategic, operational, and investment decisions that differentiate billion-dollar ventures.

Enis Hulli (e2vc)

Enis Hulli is General Partner at e2vc (formerly 500 Emerging Europe), where he invests in early-stage ventures across Emerging Europe and Türkiye. e2vc’s portfolio includes over 60 companies, and under Enis’s leadership, multiple startups have raised tens of millions in follow-on funding.

Akın Babayigit (Arcadia Gaming Partners)

Akın Babayigit co-founded Tripledot Studios and now leads Arcadia Gaming Partners, a London-based investment firm supporting mobile game developers. Babayigit established Arcadia with a fund dedicated to mobile games, emphasizing support beyond capital through guidance in UA, monetization, and growth strategy.

Scaling Mobile Games in 2025: UA, Measurement & Beyond

This session will examine how mobile studios can scale efficiently in 2025 by mastering user acquisition (UA), measurement frameworks, and growth mechanics beyond pure spend.

Mert Altunkaş (Adjust)

Mert Altunkaş is Regional Sales Lead at Adjust. He leads regional efforts in helping studios adopt mobile measurement, attribution, and analytics solutions that support growth and scalability.

Ahmet Ferhat Akben (Yamy Studio)

Ahmet Ferhat Akben is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Yamy Studio, contributing a real-world developer perspective to balancing UA cost with internal metrics.

Korhan Cabalar (Voyager)

Korhan Cabalar is Founder at Voyager, a mobile games publisher and studio. He brings experience in scaling titles, managing UA pipelines, and structuring measurement systems from the publisher side.

The Modern Ad Stack: 8 Essential Capabilities for Mobile Game Growth

Monetisation has become harder as ad networks tightened the rules. This session presents 8 techniques that work to drive ad LTV and make games more scalable.

Justin Stolzenberg (Metica)

Justin Stolzenberg is a seasoned entrepreneur and gaming industry veteran with over 22 years of experience.

His career includes co-founding and scaling companies like Flaregames and Phoenix Games, where he served as CMO.

Justin’s expertise lies in using analytics to grow monetization and user acquisition, contributing to the success of hits like Shakes & Fidget, Nonstop Knight, Royal Revolt 2, and over 40 other games.

Webshops for Games – Building Brand Loyalty and Maximizing Revenue

This session will focus on how game studios can develop their own webshops and direct-to-consumer platforms to build deeper player loyalty and increase net revenue.

Sina Azeri (Transform Gaming)

Sina Azeri is Founder & CEO of Transform Gaming. He has two decades of cross-industry experience and leads the vision for safer, responsible gaming pathways and direct engagement solutions in F2P titles.

Constantin Andry (Aghanim)

Constantin Andry is Co-Founder & CEO of Aghanim, a platform offering direct commerce, payments, live ops automation, and community tools to game developers. He contributes thought leadership on how studios can monetize beyond app stores.

Deniz Korzay (Fortune Mine Games)

Deniz Korzay is Founder & CEO of Fortune Mine Games, a studio also active in building commerce and brand engagement strategies. He combines creative direction with entrepreneurial leadership, especially in how studios can bridge gameplay and player commerce.

The evolution of rewards: from incentive to rewarded UA to embedded rewards

This session will trace how reward systems in mobile gaming have matured: from basic incentive campaigns to rewarded user acquisition, and now toward deeply embedded reward mechanics within games.

Igor Melniks (ZBD)

Igor Melniks is SVP of Business Development at ZBD. He also serves as Managing Director of ZEBEDEE Europe, working at the intersection of gaming, payments, and monetization. Previously, he held senior positions at ironSource and Tapjoy, focusing on rewarded traffic, ad monetization, and UA across EMEA.

Founders’ Panel — Scaling a Studio from Indie to Global

This panel will explore the journey of scaling studios from indie beginnings to global impact.

Gabriele Aimone (Playnest)

Gabriele Aimone is CEO & Leadership Consultant at Playnest, having joined in December 2024. He previously held leadership roles at Supercell and Neon Koi, guiding growth, culture, and business strategy.

Cvetan Rusimov (Imperia Online)

Cvetan Rusimov is CEO of Imperia Online, a longtime veteran in strategy games and resident leader at a studio with millions of global players.

Barış Özistek (Joygame / Boğaziçi Ventures)

Barış Özistek is Chairman at Joygame and leads Boğaziçi Ventures. He bridges studio leadership and venture support, bringing direct insight into how local studios can scale through both operations and investment.

Prototyping Monetization — Playbooks from Asia

This session will dive into how studios in Asia experiment rapidly with monetization models during the prototyping phase, applying local user data, regional monetization trends, and agile testing to validate revenue paths early.

Sashank Vandrangi (GameRamp)

Sashank has spent the last decade building liveops systems for games across multiple genres. He has worked on puzzle games (Candy Crush Saga), and social casino, in both traditional free-to-play and real-money gaming. He is currently focused on applying AI to simplify Live-Ops in games so game devs can focus on making magical new experiences.

Not Just Another App: How to Build, Scale, and Survive as a Founder

This panel will explore the real challenges founders face when building apps beyond the launch phase.

Doruk Kaşoğlu (Peax)

Doruk Kaşoğlu is Founder at Peax, an app publisher that focuses on growth, monetization, and scaling strategies.

Gökçe Nur Oğuz (Boby.ai)

Gökçe Nur Oğuz is Co-Founder & CEO of Boby.ai, a Türkiye-based startup creating AI-powered mobile applications. Before founding Boby.ai, she led gaming startups Playable Factory and Fabrika Games, bringing her product, scaling, and user-growth experience into the AI app space.

Tuna Öztürk (Neon Apps)

Tuna Öztürk is Founding Partner at Neon Apps, where he leads development, scaling, and monetization of subscription and web/mobile apps. Over his career, Neon Apps has delivered 500+ apps with millions of downloads.

The Great Divides

This session will reflect on major cleavages shaping today’s games industry, between creator vs. publisher, indie vs. corporate, web vs. in-app, and more.

Rana Rahman (Raptor PR)

Rana Rahman is Founder & CEO of Raptor PR, a communications agency focused on B2B and gaming tech. She’s known for applying AI and data to media strategy, and for pioneering new narratives in industry comms.

Chris Wilson (Metaplay)

Chris Wilson is a founder-turned marketer with strong experience in apps and games, currently leading marketing at Metaplay. His background spans both development and growth roles, giving him insight into the tensions between product vision and market pressures.

Selen Lun (Lun Family Company)

Selen Lun leads Lun Family Company, a studio and creative incubator. She brings a founder’s perspective on creative independence, ownership structures, and alternative paths in publishing.

Igor Melniks (ZBD)

Igor Melniks is SVP of Business Development at ZBD. He also serves as Managing Director of ZEBEDEE Europe, working at the intersection of gaming, payments, and monetization. Previously, he held senior positions at ironSource and Tapjoy, focusing on rewarded traffic, ad monetization, and UA across EMEA.