Hakan Bas

Hakan Bas built one of mobile gaming's most capital-efficient unicorns from a Levent district studio, guiding Dream Games to a $2.75 billion valuation with a single flagship title. Bas achieved this without diversifying into a multi-title portfolio, a strategy nearly every major competitor pursues, keeping development resources intensely focused on one product. With approximately 200 employees producing that output, Dream Games is frequently cited as one of the highest revenue-per-employee studios in mobile gaming. A $155 million Series B in 2021, led by IVP and Index Ventures, validated the focused model and cemented Istanbul's reputation as a credible node in the global gaming industry.