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Gurhan Kiziloz Is Building Towards $1.45 Billion - Without Any External Capital
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Nexus International has grown steadily over the past two years, with its gaming arm, Megaposta, generating over $400 million in revenue. The company now aims to reach $1.45 billion by the end of 2025. There is no fundraising campaign in the works, no pitch deck circulating. The
Nexus International has grown steadily over the past two years, with its gaming arm, Megaposta, generating over $400 million in revenue. The company now aims to reach $1.45 billion by the end of 2025. There is no fundraising campaign in the works, no pitch deck circulating. The business remains entirely self-financed, built on revenue, not rounds.
That decision has shaped more than the balance sheet. Without outside capital, Nexus has grown with a structure that favours speed and accountability. Markets are entered early, strategies evolve while in motion, and decisions are tested against outcomes, not expectations. Brazil, where Megaposta established a foothold in under a year, serves as a clear example. The company secured a national gaming licence there in 2024, but only after the product had already reached significant traction. The groundwork was functional, not theatrical: local teams, strong marketing, and a willingness to make adjustments once live.
Much of the company’s approach mirrors what lean startup frameworks have long advocated: test early, adjust based on feedback, and avoid overinvestment in fixed plans. At Nexus, this isn’t language used internally, but the mechanics are familiar, products go live early, campaigns are pulled or scaled based on data, and no market is treated as static. “You can have a plan, sure,” Kiziloz says. “But the real version only shows up once things start moving. You just need to be quick enough to keep up with” There’s little interest in waiting for certainty. The company builds in movement.
Setbacks are absorbed in the same way. Kiziloz refers to failure without much ceremony, there’s no framing of redemption, no single turning point. It’s seen as part of the process. There’s a system for recovery as much as there is one for progress. Campaigns that stall are pulled. Goals are re-scoped. Recovery doesn’t pause momentum; it runs alongside it. “Bring it on,” he says of failure, but the emphasis is not on defiance, it’s on repetition. The company keeps going because that’s what it was built to do.
This rhythm extends across the organisation. Teams are given the space to move quickly, but are expected to justify movement through performance. Strategic planning exists, but with the understanding that conditions will shift. What matters is how decisions hold up once tested. There’s no external timeline to manage, no investor updates to align with. That independence has allowed the company to adapt without waiting for consensus.
Leadership within the business follows a similar pattern, directive when it needs to be, hands-off when execution takes over. Kiziloz describes his style as “a little military, a little love,” though the dynamic is less about personality and more about pace. He sets direction, but expects teams to adjust without waiting for new instructions. Detail isn’t his focus, but the structure allows others to manage it.
The company’s ambitions remain broad. The $1.45 billion target is presented with minimal elaboration. Expansion beyond Brazil is underway, though future markets have not been publicly named. “The whole world,” is how Kiziloz puts it. What matters more than the geography is the method, rolling out, responding to data, formalising as needed. The approach is not improvisation; it is sequencing.
There is little emphasis on visibility. The company doesn’t announce every milestone, and Kiziloz doesn’t seem concerned with positioning himself within industry narratives. His goals are personal, the business an extension of that. “I want to prove myself wrong,” he says. The rest, recognition, response, attention, registers as peripheral.
Whether Nexus reaches its revenue goal on time is yet to be seen. But it is progressing without many of the external mechanisms typically associated with growth at this scale. No capital raises. No strategic partners disclosed. Just a structure designed to keep building forward.
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