DIGIAGE signs MOUs with four VC funds to formalize Turkish indie game investment pipeline
Summary
Bilişim Vadisi's DIGIAGE signed memorandum of understanding with H2O Investment, Firstpoint VC, APY Ventures and Rota Portföy Yönetimi's New Rising Ventures fund at its Global Indie Game Summit in İzmir.
The Creative Industries Fund initiative formalizes evaluation of studios already screened through DIGIAGE's camp, mentoring and acceleration programs, rather than routing untested pitches directly to investors.
DIGIAGE states the agreements express intent to collaborate only and do not constitute an investment decision or financing commitment.
"DIGIAGE's investment initiative is a step towards overcoming one of the most critical hurdles facing developers" - Erkam Tüzgen, General Manager, Bilişim Vadisi
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DIGIAGE turns camp graduates into a screened investor pipeline
The MOUs were signed at the Global Indie Game Summit in İzmir on September 11-12, 2026, immediately after the 12th DIGIAGE Game Development Camp, held September 7-10 at Bilişim Vadisi's İzmir campus.
The four named partners are H2O Investment, Firstpoint VC, APY Ventures and the New Rising Ventures fund under Rota Portföy Yönetimi.
The initiative assesses team structure, development progress and growth potential of studios already inside DIGIAGE's camp, mentoring, incubation and acceleration programs before introducing them to investors.
This shifts studios from one-off pitch meetings toward continuous evaluation that DIGIAGE tracks from a team's idea stage onward.
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Continuous evaluation targets Türkiye's post-hypercasual funding gap
"The day a game studio starts looking for investment should not be the day it starts preparing for it. We get to know teams from the idea stage; we see their games, how they work and how they develop over time" - Emre Yıldız, Director, DIGIAGE
A longitudinal view of team performance gives investors data beyond a single financial snapshot, lowering the due-diligence cost specialized gaming VCs face when screening early studios with no revenue history.
Tüzgen frames the goal as building durable companies from Türkiye's talent pool rather than chasing isolated hit games.
The four MOU partners can also explore co-investment among themselves once a studio is deemed ready for investment discussions.
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The MOUs are explicitly non-binding, leaving the financing test ahead
DIGIAGE states the memoranda express intent to collaborate and do not constitute an investment decision or financing commitment.
No fund size, check size, equity terms or timeline for a first deal has been disclosed.
The initiative's real test is whether these four funds convert pipeline access into signed term sheets for DIGIAGE-incubated studios.
What this means
For Publishers & Developers: Turkish indie studios seeking funding should join DIGIAGE's camp or acceleration programs early, since the four partner funds only evaluate teams DIGIAGE has tracked from the idea stage.
For Investors & VC: DIGIAGE's pipeline offers longitudinal team-performance data that can cut early-stage due-diligence costs, though the MOUs are non-binding and disclose no fund size, check size or terms.
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