Aviram Steinhart

Aviram Steinhart is the co-founder and CEO of Fun Crafters, an ambitious games company developing a new mobile RPG based on a well-known licensed IP. Having raised significant funding from NFX and Griffin Gaming Partners, the company is set to become a significant player in the mobile games ecosystem.

Prior to Fun Crafters, Steinhart spent over eight years at Plarium, initially as CFO, and then as CEO. As CEO, he oversaw Plarium’s international operations and led the acquisition of Finnish mobile games developer Futureplay in 2021. The company's flagship title, RAID: Shadow Legends, has generated $3bn in lifetime revenue, establishing itself as one of the world’s top-grossing mobile games.

Prior to joining Plarium, Steinhart held CFO roles at technology companies Ceragon Networks and Lumenis.

Steinhart graduated from Tel Aviv University with an MBA, majoring in Finance.

Fun Crafters was founded in 2023 by Aviram Steinhart, Haim Turpiashvili and Marek Wylon. Steinhart is a former CEO of Plarium, while Turpiashvili was a co-founder and Chief Product Officer of the company. Wylon previously led GameDesire Group.

Backed by NFX and Griffin Gaming Partners, Fun Crafters has grown into a team of more than 100 people across Europe, bringing together experience from Plarium and other leading mobile, AAA and PC/console studios. The company is focused on large-scale, high-production-value RPGs for mobile.

Its first title is an ambitious Unity-based RPG built around one of the world’s most iconic licensed IPs, with the aim of combining deep core gameplay with high quality graphics.