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August 10, 2022

Agave Games raises $7m amid boom in Turkish mobile gaming

The founding team have worked on some of the big hits in mobile games


Tim Smith

3 min read

Wonder Blast, a game from Turkish studio Good Job Games, where Agave's founders worked previously

A new Istanbul-based puzzle game studio, Agave Games, has raised a $7m round led by Balderton Capital. It’s the London-based VC’s second bet on Turkish gaming. 

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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