Turkish gaming company Circle Games completes $7.25 million seed round of financing, led by Bitkraft Ventures

According to Tech in Asia, the game studio Circle Games, located in Istanbul, recently completed a seed funding round of $7.25 million. The investment was led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from a16z Speedrun, Play Ventures, e2vc, and APY Ventures. The studio plans to use these funds to further develop its current project Sort Express and other undisclosed games, while also supporting team expansion. In the casual puzzle game market, Circle Games aims to innovate player experience by introducing new mechanisms. The Turkish game industry is rapidly developing, and Circle Games' funding comes at a time when Turkey is rising as a mobile game hub, ranking second only to the UK in game development in the EMEA region.