? Seed Funding
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Istanbul-based mobile game developer Bigger Games has raised $6m in a Seed funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Play Ventures, David Helgason (founder of Unity), and Stephane Kurgan (former COO of King)
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Index Ventures’ principal Sofia Dolfe will also join Bigger Games board
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The company will use the proceeds to support the development of new games and further expand its team, especially in the marketing area
? Product
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Bigger Games has developed four casual puzzle titles for mobile platforms: Hollo Ball, Rope Rescue!, Hoop Stack, and Color Rope. The games have over 75 million downloads combined, according to Bigger Games web-site
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Bigger Games has published three of its games independently, while Rope Rescue! was published by Coda Platform Limited
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Games published by Bigger Games have seen its peak traffic in March 2020, reaching almost 5 million downloads. After that, the download number has been gradually declining, reaching 1 million in November 2020. Currently, about 90% of downloads are generated by Hoop Stack game
SOURCES: BIGGERGAMES, GAMESINDUSTRY