WePlay Ventures

www.weplayventures.com

VCMatch tracks WePlay Ventures as an investor focused on Gaming, Blockchain Crypto, and Creator Economy companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey markets, and $300k check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$300k

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Gaming, Blockchain Crypto, Creator Economy

Geography

Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey

Investment Thesis

WePlay Ventures positions itself as a sector-specialist VC that backs early-stage gaming studios and then actively helps them scale. The firm states it is “a Gaming VC in Europe, Central Asia and Turkey that supports pre-seed and seed-stage gaming studios to achieve their potential,” and combines capital (tickets up to $300k for ~15% equity) with an operational support stack — a 3-month WePlay HUB acceleration program, the WePlay Starz discovery platform, 1:1 mentorship, workshops, and introductions — following what they call a “smart money model” so they “go beyond investment” and act as active partners.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

WePlay Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Gaming, Blockchain Crypto, and Creator Economy, especially across Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey, with public check-size signals around $300k.

Focus statement

WePlay invests exclusively in early-stage gaming studios across all platforms and genres in Europe, Central Asia and Turkey, deploying up to $300k (≈15% equity) while providing hands-on acceleration, industry expertise and network access to help studios scale.

Value Add

Sector-specialist: exclusively focuses on game studios (all platforms/genres) rather than generalist tech investments.
Smart money / active partner model: explicitly "go beyond investment" and "function as teammates rather than investors."
Built acceleration stack: runs a 3-month WePlay HUB program (business & technical workshops, 1:1 mentorship) plus WePlay Starz discovery platform.
Regional focus with international reach: targets Europe, Central Asia and Turkey while demonstrating partnerships with international publishers (e.g., Matchingham) and multi‑platform/console launches.
Proven deal & portfolio breadth: public case studies across hypercasual, mobile mid-core, PC survival, city‑builder, metaverse/video‑gamification and multi-platform console studios (examples: Hoody Studios, Funmoth, Gorilla Softworks, Gyroscoping, Abrakadabra, Hero Concept, Apphic).
Track record messaging: claims high activity in the local ecosystem (e.g., 'Most active Gaming VC at 2021 and 2022 in Turkey' and a large portfolio of games).