Anil Simsek, Founder of Cypher Games

About Anil Simsek

Anil Simsek is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cypher Games, a mobile interactive entertainment company. The company focuses on innovation, storytelling, and production quality in game development. Cypher Games recently secured $30 million in Series A funding, led by The Raine Group and Play Ventures, to support the U.S. launch of its debut social match-3 game, Match Squad, and to expand its team. This follows a $10 million seed investment round in September 2024.

Anil Simsek at a glance

• Company: Cypher Games
• Total raised: $40M
• Latest round: Series A
• Investors: The Raine Group, Play Ventures, MIT, E2VC, Big Bets, Discord CEO Humam Sakhnini
• Location: Istanbul, Turkey

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