Studio Billion, the next generation mobile game company, receives its second investment from Tarvenn Ventures.
Studio Billion, one of the important startups within the Bilgiyi Ticarileştirme Merkezi (BTM), which received seed investment from Tarvenn in December 2018, increased its valuation 3 times and received a follow-up investment from Tarvenn with a valuation of 4.2 Million TL. Studio Billion, which made an impact in many countries of the world with their first game “Spin Warriors Istanbul” and reached more than 1 million downloads, continues to attract attention with Hyper Casual games that were recently introduced to users. Studio Billion, which has succeeded in collaborating with more than 10 of the world’s largest game publishers, aims to expand its portfolio and become an important mobile game company in the international arena by expanding its team with the second investment they received.
Focused on making waves in the Hyper Casual gaming category
With their first game “Spin Warriors Istanbul”, based on the legendary 2000s cartoon Beyblade, Studio Billion made an impact in many countries, especially in the US, India and Japan, reaching more than 1 million downloads. The mobile game company, which was on the list of the most popular games in the puzzle and word categories for a long time with the “Word Hunters” game they published afterwards, started to attract attention in this field by focusing on hyper casual games. In a short period of time, they developed 4 hyper casual games, Skate!, OctoJump, Egg Farmer and Tank.io, and managed to collaborate with more than 10 of the world’s largest game publishing studios. While Studio Billion is testing its games in the US market with publisher studios, it is preparing to release 2 more hyper casual games, Jump Punch and Bouncy Soccer.
The goal is to become a mobile game factory
Founded by 3 young entrepreneurs in Istanbul and aiming to breathe new life into the mobile gaming industry, Studio Billion received its first investment from Tarvenn Ventures last year. The new generation mobile game company, which has managed to reach millions of players from various countries of the world with the games they have developed, aims to expand its game portfolio and increase its success in the international arena by further expanding its team with the follow-up investment from Tarvenn. By developing at least 3 mobile games a month with its strong team, it aims to become a mobile game factory with more than 40 games in its portfolio by the end of 2020.
“We want to be one of the world’s leading mobile game companies.”
Young entrepreneurs Ümit Aparı, Ömer Aslan and Eşref Bektaş, the founders of Studio Billion, said, “We are proud to carry Studio Billion, which we founded as 3 friends, forward every day. In a short time, we managed to grow our team and collaborate with the world’s leading mobile game publishers. We are very happy to receive follow-up investment from Tarvenn Ventures, our first investor and teammate. We will reach our goals much faster with Tarvenn Ventures, who has believed in us since the first day, provided us with all kinds of material and moral support, and worked with us day and night. We would also like to thank the Knowledge Commercialization Center and its team, which we are very happy to be a part of throughout this beautiful journey.”
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