Gaming tech startup Qwacks secured SAR 1.8 mn in pre-seed funding from Riyadh-based investment firm Merak Capital, according to a press release published yesterday. The new funding will help Qwacks expand its tech stack, upgrade its platform, deepen product integrations, reach more studios in the Kingdom and beyond, and boost operational capacity to meet the growing demand for locally built gaming technology.

What they said: “Merak’s investment marks a major milestone for Qwacks. It allows us to accelerate the development of our unified platform and bring advanced backend, playtesting, and market intelligence tools to more studios across the region. Our mission is to give developers technology that removes friction, shortens production cycles, and helps them build better games,” Quacks’ CEO and co-founder Anas Alsahli said.

About Qwacks: Founded in 2024 by Anas Alsahli (LinkedIn) and Abdulrahman Y Alfozan (LinkedIn), Quacks develops software solutions for game studios, building tools that improve production workflows and support data-driven decision-making. Its platform offers three products — Flock, a scalable Backend-as-a-Service for online and multiplayer games; Protokite, an AI-enhanced playtesting system; and DataDuck, a market-intelligence engine.

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