Grand Games
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Grand Games is an Istanbul, Turkey-based mobile gaming company founded in 2024 that specializes in hybrid casual puzzle games designed for brief, daily play sessions 12. The studio operates five autonomous internal studios with roughly 75 employees, has shipped six live games, and has surpassed 50 million total downloads across 200+ countries 1. The $70M Series B announced May 11, 2026 was led by Balderton Capital’s Growth Fund with participation from Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and angel investor Mert Gür, bringing total funding to $103M 12. The company reports 5x year-over-year revenue growth.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2025-01-09 | Series A | $30M | Balderton Capital (Early Stage Fund) | Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, Mert Gür 34 |
| 2026-05-11 | Series B | $70M | Balderton Capital (Growth Fund) | Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, Mert Gür 125 |
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Balderton Capital, “Grand Games raises $70M Series B to scale hybrid casual gaming,” May 11, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.balderton.com/news/grand-games-raises-70m-series-b/↩↩↩↩
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Bloomberg, “Turkey’s Grand Games Raises $70 Million in Funding Round,” May 11, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11/turkey-s-grand-games-raises-70-million-in-funding-round↩↩↩
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Balderton Capital, “Grand Games raises $30M Series A to build genre-defining mobile games,” January 9, 2025. Accessed May 2026. https://www.balderton.com/news/grand-games-raises-30m-series-a-to-build-genre-defining-mobile-games/ — Confirms $30M Series A led by Balderton Capital on January 9, 2025 with Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and Mert Gür participating. ↩
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TechCrunch, “Grand Games, the Turkish startup behind Magic Sort, drinks up $30M,” January 9, 2025. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/grand-games-the-turkish-gaming-startup-behind-pouring-game-magic-sort-drinks-up-30m/ — Independently confirms the $30M Series A led by Balderton 9 months after a pre-seed, with Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and Mert Gür joining. ↩
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Tech.eu, “Grand Games raises $70M Series B to scale hybrid casual mobile games,” May 11, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://tech.eu/2026/05/11/grand-games-raises-70m-series-b-to-scale-hybrid-casual-mobile-games/ — Independently confirms $70M Series B led by Balderton Capital’s Growth Fund following the prior Early Stage Fund Series A. ↩