Early-stage venture platform Arcadia Gaming Partners has invested $4 million in Iron Games, a UK-based studio founded by former Gram Games executives Eren Yanık and Remzi Şenel, according to a report by PocketGamer.biz.
Founded in June 2023 and based in London, Eren Yanık and Remzi Şenel worked on the global mobile hit Merge Dragons!. Iron Games aims to redefine the casual and merge genres through original mechanics and faster production cycles.
The funding will be used to expand the team, accelerate development, and invest in reusable systems designed to enable quicker launches and sustainable “forever games.”
The investment marks one of the first publicly announced deals from Arcadia Gaming Partners, a $100 million fund established by ex-Tripledot president Akin Babayigit to support mobile game companies.
“There are many more people in the gaming ecosystem, and a much higher amount of funding available. Any idea competes for the attention of a finite pool of players, with products that have billions invested into them, and you basically have to figure out a way to do ‘some’ things better than them.
This means digging more into your unique qualities; have a unique core gameplay with proven meta to stand out without compromising familiarity, and run a nimble team of experienced crafters to move fast without breaking the bank.
We think partially utilising proven mechanics such as merging and matching can maintain that sense of familiarity, while there is still room for experimentation in the way they are integrated into the game.”
Eren Yanık, Co-Founder at Iron Games
“Iron Games embodies the exact philosophy we look for in founders: disciplined, lean, and relentlessly focused on execution.
“Remzi and Eren have already proven they can build generational hits and world-class teams. Their clarity of vision, combined with their experience leading Gram through one of the most iconic exits in gaming, gives us immense confidence that Iron will be one of the defining studios of this decade.”
Akın Babayiğit, Managing Director at Arcadia
