Gamester Kids, creator of the children’s edutainment application Tiny Minies, received an investment of $850 thousand.
Gamester Kids, the creator of the children’s edutainment application Tiny Minies, received an investment of $850 thousand in the round in which APY Ventures, Doping Hafiza Founders Semih Hakyemez, Ali Karakus and CEO N.Mert Kalkavan participated.
Tiny Minies, the popular edutainment application focused on the education and development of preschool children developed by Gamester Kids, aims to reach more families with its new investment round while growing rapidly abroad.
At Gamester Kids, founders Onur Karci and Volkan Taban are accompanied by angel investors Dr. Haluk Elci, C. Burak Yilmaz and Sezer Degirmenbasi. APY Ventures and Semih Hakyemez, Ali Karakus, the founders of Doping Hafiza, one of Turkiye’s leading educational technologies companies, and Doping Hafiza CEO N. Mert Kalkavan participated in the new investment round of $850 thousand, which will provide significant support to Gamester Kids’ growth and development journey.
Tiny Minies, the popular application of Gamester Kids, which set out 3 years ago to contribute to raising the children of the future who question, investigate and enjoy learning by combining technology, entertainment and education, benefits the development of millions of children all over the world. All content in the application is carefully prepared together with educators and child development experts from the USA, England and Turkiye. Tiny Minies, which contains content in different verticals such as games, books, fairy tales, meditation, yoga and sleep music, in addition to supporting children’s education; It also stands out as an important resource for families with its features such as detailed development reports, pedagogical recommendations and screen time control according to age.
Tiny Minies currently supports Turkish, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic languages; It has already become an international success story, generating 85% of its revenues from markets outside Turkiye. Tiny Minies’ biggest markets include the USA, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye. It stands out as one of the most downloaded and highest-earning applications in its category, especially in Turkiye, Latin America and the GCC region.
Onur Karci, one of the founders of Gamester Kids, said, “Tiny Minies has become an application used safely by millions of families from Australia to Brazil, from Saudi Arabia to North America. Our aim is to support parents in preschool age, which is a critical period in children’s development, and to help them raise children who research, question and create the future. Tiny Minies continues to be an integral part of families’ daily life routines, providing a safe platform with a balanced balance of on-screen and off-screen activities. We would like to thank our team who worked devotedly on this journey, the families who trusted us, and all our investors who have supported us since the first day. “We will continue to take exciting steps towards the future with both Tiny Minies and the new products we will offer in 2024.”
Doping Memory CEO N. Mert Kalkavan said; “We believe that Tiny Minies will play an important role in the transformation of education and we are happy to be with them on this growth journey.”
Source: Egirisim / Prepared by Irem Yildiz