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Cheer Games
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.
SectorsMobile Gaming, Casual Puzzle Games, Game Development, Media & Gaming
Start-up MapMedia & Gaming › Consumer games & streaming
Founders
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Berkay Ozturk
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
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Emre Gercel
Co-Founder & CEO
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Ertan Ünver
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
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Kutay Koralturk
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
Global models 5
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Investors 2
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PPlay Ventures
playventures.vc
MMakers Fund
Funding rounds 1
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2026-03-05 | Pre-seed | $4.5M |
Makers Fund
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News 2
Open as list →| Published | Article |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 |
Cheer Games closes $4.5M pre-seed round for mobile gaming platform ↗
Tech.eu
2026-03-05 |
| 2025-09-24 |
Former AppLovin leaders establish casual mobile studio Cheer ↗
Game Developer
2025-09-24 |