On July 14, it was reported that Circle Games, a game studio based in Istanbul, recently completed a round of seed financing of US$7.25 million. The investment was led by Bitkraft Ventures, with the participation of a16z Speedrun, Play Ventures, e2vc and APY Ventures. The studio plans to use the funds to further develop current projects, Sort Express and other unannounced games, while supporting team expansion. In the casual puzzle game market, Circle Games aims to innovate the player experience by introducing new mechanisms. Turkey's gaming industry is growing rapidly, and Circle Games 'financing comes at a time when Turkey is emerging as a mobile gaming hub, which ranks second only to the UK in game development in the EMEA region.