Founded in June 2023 and backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, QED Investors, and A16Z GAMES SPEEDRUN, Aghanim is set to revolutionise the monetisation and distribution of mobile games. After a soft launch in early 2024, the company introduced its proprietary Game Hub Builder and LiveOps Builder technologies. These tools enable game publishers to engage users through a web-based platform, unlocking new revenue opportunities. Aghanim’s approach to direct-to-consumer e-commerce enriches the player experience by integrating competitive, social, and metagame features with targeted offers and rewards, all within a unified game hub.

Constantin Andry, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Aghanim commented: “Aghanim’s promise to mobile game studios is to enable only high-value, cost-effective payment systems to protect against cannibalization of distribution costs. Adyen enables us to succeed in this, facilitating gamers and game publishers to transact quickly, easily, and with peace of mind across a diverse range of payment methods and preferences.”

Adyen is the solution of choice for enterprise merchants globally, providing a robust payment platform with the highest level of stability and compliance. The combined expertise of Adyen and Aghanim will enable gamers worldwide to pay for their favourite mobile gaming content seamlessly and securely, while ensuring unbeatable compliance, quality, security and stability on a multinational scale.

"We’re excited to partner with Aghanim to power their payments and support their global expansion in the gaming industry,” said Davi Strazza, President of North America at Adyen. “With Adyen’s technology, Aghanim ensures that gamers worldwide can pay for their favourite content securely and effortlessly, while maintaining top-tier compliance and reliability across borders."

Konstantin Golubitsky, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Aghanim added: "Aghanim is dedicated to helping transform the mobile gaming industry with innovative direct-to-consumer solutions that add value to both publishers and players. A seamless, high-quality payment experience is a critical component on the way to this goal and we’re excited to partner with Adyen, a renowned leader in the payment space, to superpower the Aghanim platform.”

Aghanim offers game developers and publishers the opportunity to increase their net revenue by up to 200%, allowing them to invest additional capital into vital areas such as user acquisition. The company is rapidly expanding its reach and partnering with major mobile games companies to reshape the future of gaming.