PUBG Creator Leads $11M Funding Round In Jordan’s Tamatem Games

PUBG Creator Leads $11M Funding Round In Jordan’s Tamatem Games

The Jordan-based mobile games publisher, Tamatem Games, has raised $11 million in a Series B funding round led by PUBG's developer, Krafton (formerly known as Bluehole).

The round included other investors such as Venture Souq and Endeavor Catalyst, and it brought Tamatem Games total amount of funding to over $17 million since its launch in 2013.

The Jordanian thriving startup, Tamatem Games (Tamatem means tomatoes in Arabic),  specializes in publishing games for the Arabic-speaking market, and it has published over 50 games which have had more than 100 million downloads to date.  It currently employs 75 people, and plans to utilize the funds in expanding in Saudi Arabia where it aims at hiring local Saudi talent and having a stronger foothold in the country that harbors 70% of its users.