Circle Games raises $7.25M to build mobile puzzle titles

Circle Games announced today that it has closed a $7.25 million round of funding, which it plans to put towards developing its mobile games library. Bitkraft Ventures led the round, with a16z Speedrun, Play Ventures, e2vc, and APY Ventures participating. In addition to building out its first game, Sort Express, and developing its next titles, the company is also building out its team.

The Turkish studio includes team members who’ve previously worked at Gram Games, Dream Games and Good Job Games. Circle Games CEO Gokturk Balıkcı told GamesBeat in an interview, “We want to double down on our talent and scale our first title… The first focus area for Circle is the casual puzzle market, and we know players expect better visuals, better user experiences because the competition is really high compared with 10 years ago. The game should meet players’ expectation in terms of skill.” His partners in the venture are Mustafa Ozdemir, Mehmet Ay, and Arda Ozarslan.