WePlay Ventures

WePlay Ventures is a dedicated gaming-focused venture capital firm founded in 2020 with offices in Istanbul, Turkey and Amsterdam, Netherlands. The fund invests exclusively in early-stage game studios across Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia building for mobile, PC, console and web platforms, a region with deep gaming engineering talent but historically underserved capital. Tickets are pre-seed and seed-sized, up to $300K per company, in exchange for a target equity stake of approximately 15%, generally as a co-investor. Beyond capital, WePlay runs two structured programs: WePlay HUB, a three-month gaming acceleration program that gives studios access to industry mentors, targeted events and operational resources, and WePlay Starz, a digital platform that helps investment-ready studios surface partners, mentors and collaboration opportunities. The investment team is intentionally small at roughly six people including two partners distributed across the Netherlands and Turkey. Across approximately 17 to 23 disclosed investments the portfolio includes Studio Billion, the AR-multiplayer-RPG studio behind Rumble Suits for mobile and AR glasses, njoyKidz, One Percent, and the firm's most recent reported investment, Infinite Thread Games in June 2025. WePlay's first notable exit came in September 2022 when long-time portfolio company UDO Games, an Ankara-based mobile and web game studio operating since 2013, was acquired by TaleWorlds Entertainment, with WePlay and Lima Ventures selling their stakes at a reported $4.2 million valuation. By focusing exclusively on game studios across Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia and pairing capital with acceleration programs, WePlay Ventures backs the region's gaming talent.