Grand Games has increased its total investment to $103 million with a $70 million Series B round led by Balderton.
The round comes approximately one year after its Series A round, which was led by the Balderton Early Fund. Existing investors Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and Mert Gür also participated in the round.
Founded in 2024 by Bekir Batuhan Çelebi, Mehmet Çalım, and Mustafa Fırtına, Grand Games has raised a total of $103 million across three investment rounds completed in just two years, continuing to strengthen its position in the market.
In the past year, the company has grown its revenue nearly fivefold. With a portfolio of six active games and over 50 million downloads, Grand Games reached the top two spots on the U.S. iOS download charts with its titles Magic Sort and Block Out.
Grand Games attributes its growth to an autonomous organizational model consisting of five independent studios. These teams have full decision-making power over their products while sharing a central infrastructure, ensuring both speed and quality. Strategically, the company distinguishes itself by focusing on the hybrid-casual puzzle market.
“With this investment, we aim to grow our team and reach wider audiences”
Grand Games Co-founder and CEO Bekir Batuhan Çelebi evaluated the company’s approach and the new investment:
“When we founded Grand Games, our goal was to solve a structural problem we frequently encountered in the industry. In many companies, teams remain merely as ‘implementers,’ but we built a model where the teams developing the games have a real say over the product. The growth we have achieved so far shows the kind of performance this approach can create when combined with strong teams. This investment will allow us to grow our team and bring our existing and new games to even wider audiences.”
The reason behind our investment is the corporate culture and product quality”. Rana Yared, Partner at Balderton Capital, commented on their decision to invest:
“We have been working closely with the Grand Games team for the last year; during this process, we had the opportunity to closely observe their corporate culture and product quality. Thanks to our years of investment experience in the mobile gaming space, we know exactly what characteristics strong teams possess, and Grand Games fits this definition perfectly. Increasing our investment was a very clear decision for us. Our belief in the structure established by Batuhan, Mehmet, Mustafa, and the team is stronger than ever.”
“Developing a hit game is hard; making it repeatable makes the real difference,” Görkem Türk, Founding Partner of Laton Ventures, stated:
“Grand Games has opened a new era in the mobile gaming industry. Today, developing a successful hit game is very difficult; however, creating a platform that can do this in a repeatable way is a truly exceptional achievement. Grand Games has become one of the most successful game companies in the world. We are very happy to have been working closely with them since their inception and to continue our investment in the company.”
