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Local game investment company WePlay Ventures opens to the European and Central Asian market

WePlay Ventures, one of the most active game investors in Turkiye, which took its first step into Europe by moving its headquarters to the Netherlands last year, will carry its power in Turkiye to the European and Central Asian markets.

WePlay Ventures, which started its activities in 2020 as Turkiye’s first gaming sector-focused investment fund, is expanding its field of activity to Europe and Central Asia.

WePlay, which took its first step into Europe by moving its headquarters to the Netherlands last year, aims to establish the most comprehensive investment and acceleration platform in the region by spreading its success in Turkiye to Europe and Central Asia.

WePlay Ventures opens new operations centers in 11 countries

Having managed to become Turkiye’s first and most active gaming industry-focused investment fund by investing in 15 gaming startups, WePlay will expand its investment region to Europe and Central Asia and support gaming startups in the region. The successful investment company aims to accelerate the early-stage game studios in the region and then invest, with the contribution of its collaborations with the important game companies of Europe.

It aims to reach the best investment opportunities by closely following the early-stage game studios in the region from the first day with the operation centers it will open in 11 different countries, especially in France, Germany, Denmark and Poland, in addition to the Netherlands and Turkiye, and the country managers it will appoint.

Two new platforms from WePlay: WePlay Hub and WePlay Starz

WePlay Ventures is preparing to launch WePlay Hub and WePlay Starz platforms, which will support startups prior to investment.

With WePlay Hub, it will prepare early-stage game studios for investment by providing training on technical and managerial issues. The startups will lay the foundation for establishing a successful game company by receiving training from expert mentors on many subjects such as game development, finance, strategy and business development for three months.

Game studios, which will provide direct access to many professionals in the game industry with the WePlay Starz platform, will be able to discover their successful and unsuccessful points by consulting these people.

In this way, WePlay Ventures will be in one-on-one contact with early-stage game studios from day one, supporting and investing in them.

Source: Egirisim / Prepared by Irem Yildiz

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