Company · Media & Gaming

Cheer Games

cheer.gs ↗ ·Barcelona ·Pre-seed

Cheer Games is a Barcelona-based mobile game studio building casual puzzle games, founded in August 2025 by former senior leaders of AppLovin's Lion Studios who shipped the top-grossing hit Hexa Sort (over $50M in IAP revenue). The studio's stated goal is to build scalable IP and long-lasting mobile game franchises for global audiences. In March 2026 it raised a $4.5M pre-seed round led by Makers Fund with participation from Play Ventures and angel investors, and had roughly 11-16 people.

Founded

2025

Founders

News

Rounds

Investors

SectorsMobile Gaming, Casual Puzzle Games, Game Development, Media & Gaming Start-up MapMedia & Gaming › Consumer games & streaming

Profile updated 1 Sep 2026

Founders

Berkay Ozturk

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Emre Gercel

Co-Founder & CEO

Ertan Ünver

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Kutay Koralturk

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Global models

No comparables on record yet.

Investors 2

Makers Fund

www.makersfund.com ↗

Investor United States

Play Ventures

playventures.vc ↗

Investor Singapore

Funding rounds 1

Pre-seed · $4.5M

Barcelona mobile puzzle studio Cheer Games, founded by ex-AppLovin/Lion Studios leaders behind Hexa Sort, raised a $4.5 million pre-seed led…

2026-03-05

News & media 2

Published	Article
2026-03-05	Cheer Games closes $4.5M pre-seed round for mobile gaming platform ↗ Tech.eu
2025-09-24	Former AppLovin leaders establish casual mobile studio Cheer ↗ Game Developer