Bilişim Vadisi DIGIAGE opens the door to investment for game studios with the Creative Industries Fund

DIGIAGE, the game development center operating within the Informatics Valley, announced the Creative Industries Fund move in order to bring together game studios in Turkey with the financing world. The institution, which signed a goodwill protocol with four important investment funds within the scope of the DIGIAGE Global Indie Game Summit held in Izmir, aims to accelerate the process of independent game developers opening up to the global market.

At the summit held at Bilişim Vadisi İzmir Campus; Strategic cooperation steps were taken with H2O Investment, Firstpoint VC, APY Ventures and New Rising Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund within Rota Portföy. Rather than a direct financing commitment, the signed goodwill protocols aim to analyze the investment potential of talented studios in the DIGIAGE ecosystem, match the teams with the right investors, and discuss possible joint investment models.

This move paves the way for game developers to enter the investor radar not only in periodic camps, but also in a sustainable corporate structure.

Evaluating Turkey's game development potential, Bilişim Vadisi General Manager Erkam Tüzgen emphasizes that the power in the country comes from a dynamic talent pool that constantly produces rather than singular successes. Tüzgen states that they are focused on creating permanent companies that can compete on a global scale from this pool, and that the new investment move will play a decisive role in helping developers overcome the critical capital threshold.

At the heart of the new model is the ability of investors to follow independent developers while they are still at the beginning of their journey. Studios involved in DIGIAGE's camp, mentoring, incubation and acceleration processes; The team is regularly analyzed in line with their competencies, technical infrastructure and growth potential. Maturing projects are directly directed to the relevant investment networks.

In his evaluation on the subject, DIGIAGE Director Emre Yıldız points out that investment preparation is a long-term process that should not be left to the last moment. Stating that they monitor the teams from the idea stage, Yıldız states that, thanks to this knowledge, they aim to establish the best financing partnerships for developers while enabling investors to discover strong teams at an early stage.