Aonic Invests $10 Million in Mega Fortuna, the Creative Force Behind Richie Games

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The Turkish mobile technology company Mega Fortuna has secured a $10 million investment from Aonic. The agreement includes an option for Aonic to acquire the entire equity of Mega Fortuna for $70 million.

Established two years ago, Mega Fortuna is positioned as an innovative mobile gaming discovery and loyalty platform. Its premier offering, Richie Games, enables mobile players to claim real-world gift cards while exploring new games.

Currently, Richie Games boasts over 10 million monthly active users and has recorded 200 million downloads. Mega Fortuna’s CEO, Şeyhmus Ölker, stated that this investment round will empower the company to realize its vision on a larger scale.

“This achievement highlights the outstanding skill, commitment, and creativity of the entire Mega Fortuna team,” Ölker remarked in a statement. “In just two short years, we’ve grown Richie Games into a platform that is reshaping player engagement with mobile gaming. None of this would have been attainable without the remarkable collaboration and enthusiasm of our workforce.”

Aonic’s investment in Mega Fortuna occurred just one month after it secured €152 million in funding to support its studios and facilitate further acquisitions.

The Swedish gaming conglomerate noted that its mobile technology companies performed “strongly” in 2024, contributing to the firm achieving a consolidated revenue increase of 73 percent.

Despite this positive trend, Aonic announced layoffs at the VR studio nDreams and indicated that 17.5 percent of the workforce might be affected.

The company stated that nDreams needed to adapt in a “challenging VR gaming market.” These layoffs were announced less than a year after Aonic acquired the UK studio for $110 million in what was termed a “landmark” transaction.

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