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Top 50 eSports Startup Investors in India (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in India eSports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in India eSports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Lead Invest
VC Fund
3 India, United States Seed, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $82k–$1.7M
SucSEED Indovation
VC Fund
3 India, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $4k–$1.1M
Dream Sports Investments
VC Fund
2 India Series A eSports, Analytics, Fantasy Sports $50M–$50M
Tharun Dhariwal
Angel
2 India Seed, Angel eSports, Gaming, Retail $245k–$850k
Mumbai Angels
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $115k–$3M
Orbit Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech $100k–$12M
PointOne Capital
VC Fund
2 India, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Fashion, B2B, EdTech $88k–$3M
Unicorn India Ventures
VC Fund
2 India, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $250k–$12M
JetSynthesys
VC Fund
2 India, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Gaming, Video Games, MMO Games $750k–$19M
Aman Mishra
Angel
2 India Seed eSports $1k–$1.2k
Info Edge
VC Fund
2 India, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $390k–$34M
Vasim Akram
Angel
2 India Seed eSports $1k–$1.2k
TopYa Aspac LLC
VC Fund
2 India Seed, Pre-Seed EdTech, Sports, eSports
SOSV
VC Fund
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Peak XV Partners
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $1.6M–$63M
Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, China, India Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $6M–$230M
Good Game Investments
VC Fund
2 India Seed, Series A Gaming, eSports, Internet $59k–$10M
peercheque
VC Fund
2 India, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, SaaS, Software $300k–$4.8M
Rajesh Mane
Angel
1 India, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Financial Services, Mobile $150k–$2.5M
Kwan Entertainment & Marketing Solutions
VC Fund
1 India Seed, Angel Gaming, Apps, Content
Makers Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Video Games, Online Games $2M–$80M
Maninder Gulati
Angel
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech $332k–$20M
Lakshmi Narayanan
Angel
1 India, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports $31k–$16M
Abhijeet Pai
Angel
1 India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Financial Services $500k–$6M
Courtside Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Sports, Gaming, Fitness $1.3M–$45M
India Quotient
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Internet, Software, E-Commerce $450k–$32M
Kalaari Capital
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Internet $800k–$25M
Venu Palaparthi
Angel
1 India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Sports $3M–$18M
Dhruv Chitgopekar
Angel
1 India, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Gaming, Content, eSports
Manu Midha
Angel
1 India, United States, Pakistan Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel FinTech, Trading Platform, Apps
Trevor Wright
Angel
1 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Gaming, Information Technology $1.3M–$10M
NuVentures
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, InsurTech $250k–$42M
SRI Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning $500k–$10M
Kunal Shah
Angel
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $350k–$17M
Anjali Hegde
Angel
1 India Angel Gaming, Content, eSports
Base Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Brazil, United Kingdom Series A, Series C, Series E Software, FinTech, Financial Services $9.5M–$500M
Intex Technologies
VC Fund
1 India Angel Gaming, Content, eSports
Khalid AlTawil
Angel
1 Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Gaming, eSports $165k–$1.2M
Sandeep Tandon
Angel
1 India, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Financial Services, EdTech $810k–$10M
Christopher Sargunam
Angel
1 India Seed EdTech, Sports, eSports
Boman Irani
Angel
1 India Angel Gaming, Content, eSports
North Base Media
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Series B Digital Media, Advertising, News $75k–$23M
Shamsher Singh
Angel
1 India Pre-Seed Sports, eSports
Aarin Capital
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Education, Biotechnology, E-Commerce $220k–$25M
Raveen Sastry
Angel
1 India Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Education, Internet, Information Technology $250k–$1.8M
Rajan Anandan
Angel
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $30k–$17M
First Cheque
VC Fund
1 India, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Internet, Information Technology $130k–$3M
Archana Priyadarshini
Angel
1 India, United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel SaaS, Financial Services, Internet $178k–$3.1M
Lightbox
VC Fund
1 India, United Kingdom Series A, Series C E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Internet
KOMLAY Group
VC Fund
1 India Seed Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
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Lead Invest
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 3 investments in India eSports startups

Lead Angels is India's first angel network focused on IITs.Founded by a team of three originally from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay including a retired professor, a recent graduate and an incubator manager.The network members provide time and money to disruptive startups across India. Its members are successful entrepreneursacross different sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$1.7M; Angel $82k–$698k
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kidbea — Kidbea is Asia's first Spill-proof & sustainable fashion-tech brand exclusively for kids. We make "certified organic, spill-proof, anti-bacterial, breathable, and softest" kids products. We aim to provide non-toxic sustainable products to the children and a relaxed parenting to every toddler's parent.
  • Fundamento — Measure and develop critical future-ready behavioral skills so you can achieve unparalleled success in your careers
  • EventBeep — EventBeep is an online events platform that provides all events information to students.
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SucSEED Indovation
VC Fund · Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India · 3 investments in India eSports startups

SucSEED Indovation offers access to capital for deep tech startups to scale and grow. SucSEED supports early-stage deep tech and tech-driven startups providing solutions to the large-scale needs of India and with the potential to serve global emerging market needs too.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $140k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $4k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • SportVot — Watch the latest live sports with scores, highlights, and your favourite sports players from India. Latest sports updates online from tennis cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball, volleyball, and all other sports
  • We360.ai — We360.ai is an employee monitoring and tracking software that tracks employee's activity and enhance productivity.
  • Fire AI — Discover FireAI, a no-code AI business intelligence platform that explains why metrics change with causal analysis, alerts and real-time insights.
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Dream Sports Investments
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Dream Sports Investments makes investments in sports-tech businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Analytics, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $50M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FanCode — Live Cricket Match Streaming Online & Cricket Highlights & Videos with FanCode. Get Live Scores & Coverage, Ball by Ball Commentary, News, Fantasy Tips, Schedule, Videos, Match Highlights, Replays of ICC Cricket matches & more.
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Tharun Dhariwal
Angel · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Partner. Venture Catalyst.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Gaming, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $245k–$850k
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chai Waale — Chai Waale operates a tea-focussed quick-service restaurant brand. Chai Waale offers a range of specialty teas in both hot and cold variants, and serves savoury foods including noodles, sandwiches and Indian dishes such as poha and khakhras.
  • TournamentOS — TournamentOS is the flagship product of Adya Sports Tech Pvt. Ltd. The aim of this innovative idea is to digitize sports and make its organization as transparent and efficient as possible. It creates a collaborative environment for everyone involved in sports to connect with each other including players, coaches, tournament organizers, referees,venue owners, fans, sponsors and more. The solutions TournamentOS presents to current issues in sports events and organization is what led it to being awarded the “Best Startup in Sports Sector” by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
  • NewsReach — NewsReach is a leading press release company that distributes to maximize brand exposure and engagement. Elevate your message with us.
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Mumbai Angels
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Find the best online casino in India for real money in 2026. Compare bonuses, UPI payments, and withdrawals. Play smarter, start here.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 268
  • Round size: Seed $324k–$3M; Angel $115k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Gramiyaa — Discover Gramiyaa wood cold pressed oils, As Seen on Shark Tank India. Fully traceable, fresh-packed cooking oils delivered across India.
  • Insta Health — Insta by Practo is the best software for the Hospital Management System. It empowers you with a platform to run financial, clinical & operational processes
  • goStops — Book affordable hostels across India with goSTOPS. Stay in dorms or private rooms, meet travellers, and enjoy Gen Z vibes, social stays in top destinations.
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Orbit Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in India eSports startups, 35 in the past 12 months

Orbit helps scale breakthrough startups from around the globe across emerging and frontier markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 540
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $2.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
  • Cypien AI — Cypien learns your brand and visitor behavior, then composes segment-specific content, visuals, product order, search, landing pages, and UI.
  • MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
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PointOne Capital
VC Fund · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Pre-seed/Seed focussed VC investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, B2B, EdTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Pre-Seed $88k–$550k
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UGX.ai — Connect, process, and optimise industrial operations across manufacturing, OEM, and clean energy with UGX.AI.
  • Hycosys — Engineering roles across turbomachinery, combustion, structures, materials, and manufacturing.
  • Raana Semiconductors — India's only private Czochralski crystal growth company - growing Silicon, Germanium, Nd:YAG, and Lithium Niobate single crystals for semiconductors, defence, and photonics.
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Unicorn India Ventures
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Discover how Unicorn India Ventures invests in AI, Semiconductors, SpaceTech, Robotics and frontier technologies to help ambitious founders build globally impactful companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$2.7M; Series A $723k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $11M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Ikin Global — Discover IKIN's smart locks for enterprises. Secure assets with our Smart GPS lock, container lock, bolt seal, and more. Enjoy live tracking and access control.
  • Qube Health — QubeHealth simplifies Employee Healthcare Benefits management for the Biggest Companies in India
  • Bioscan Research — Founder, Bioscan Research Former Scientist, Defense R&D
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JetSynthesys
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Our aim is to build world class digital products, platforms and services in India, with a goal of impacting the daily digital lives of 1.3 Billion Indians. A billion+ reaching for their mobiles, we reach them through our products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, MMO Games
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NODWIN Gaming — NODWIN Gaming is a global entertainment leader, specializing in youth culture, esports, gaming, music, anime, comics & comedy.
  • Kratos Gamer Network (KGeN) — Discover KGeN, where gaming meets the future. Dive into a world of cutting-edge technology and immersive experiences, designed for the next generation of gamers. Join us and redefine the way you play
  • Assiduus Global — Scale your brand worldwide with Assiduus Global, a Cross-Border E-Commerce accelerator offering AI-driven growth and brand protection.
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Aman Mishra
Angel · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Aman Mishra

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$1.2k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flame Esports — Flame Esports is an organization that aims to provide opportunities in the world of esports games.
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Info Edge
VC Fund · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Info Edge is an internet company that manages and operates online job portals. The company's mission is to address the middle east job market and have launched a Gulf version of the recruitment site. The company also launched a career counseling and guidance site, a professional networking site, and an education classified site.It wasfounded in 2016 and headquartered in Uttar, Pradesh.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $390k–$3.5M; Series A $2M–$8.7M; Series B $3.4M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Aisle — Aisle connects the new generation of single independent Indians from around the world looking for meaningful relationships.
  • Gnani AI — Empowering businesses to build Multilingual Conversational AI for customer service automation and omnichannel analytics.
  • Yes Madam — Yes madam ( Notion online solutions Pvt Ltd.) is a customer focused tech platform, which aims to disrupt every service sector and provide complete transparency in each and every services on our platform with the help of technology . For us - the customers comes first , employees second , and we comes in the end .
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Vasim Akram
Angel · Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

An Entrepreneur & Student

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$1.2k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flame Esports — Flame Esports is an organization that aims to provide opportunities in the world of esports games.
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TopYa Aspac LLC
VC Fund · Wilmington, Delaware, United States · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Venture Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NacFun — Art, craft, drawing, dance & music online competitions for students with prizes 2021. NacFun online contest in quiz, gk, sports, fun activities for kids adults
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in India eSports startups, 75 in the past 12 months

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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Peak XV Partners
VC Fund · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

We help the daring build legendary companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 851
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$11M; Series A $5.8M–$27M; Series B $10M–$63M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.3B in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Clouted — Clout Kitchen is THE Virality Engine for brands and creators, designing data-driven viral campaigns with distribution marketing.
  • PowerUp Money — Select, review, and rebalance your mutual funds with expert advice & 20 years of data. PowerUp Money helps you keep your portfolio in top form.
  • Neo Asset Management — India's Premier New Age Asset Management and Financial Advisory Firm #neogroup #DoGood
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in India eSports startups

We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2411
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$50M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$230M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Island — Meet Island, the Enterprise Browser that gives you control over SaaS governance, visibility and productivity. Secure your critical data and apps with Island.
  • Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
  • Faire — Faire helps local stores discover and try thousands of unique items risk-free.
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Good Game Investments
VC Fund · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

Good Game Investments is an Angel investment firm that Invests in Gaming, Sports and Esports ventures across the world

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $59k–$3.4M; Series A $720k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stan — Stan has built a platform that allows esports fans to collect, play and trade digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their favorite esports players and content creators, through which they can win physical and virtual world perks and rewards such as getting a chance to meet their favorite players.
  • One Impression — One Impression helps you seamlessly activate and scale your Influencer Marketing Campaigns all in one place
  • Stupa Sports Analytics — A sports technology company building a full-stack platform for sports, combining SaaS, AI-led media, and data infrastructure to help federations, clubs, and athletes worldwide operate, monetise, and grow.
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peercheque
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in India eSports startups

peercheque is an early stage venture firm that invests in the most exciting Indian technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.4M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cookd — Cookd provides step-by-step cooking lessons and kits for kitchen meals.
  • Nyayanidhi — Reforming India's Litigation/Judicial System
  • Quash — Quash is a developer tool built to automate the bug reporting process by capturing screenshots, recordings, crash logs, and more.
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Rajesh Mane
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • Blowhorn — Grow your brand with same day delivery on our network using full stack solutions for all your logistics needs
  • Impact Guru — ImpactGuru is a No.1 crowdfunding platform in India offering fundraising solutions for medical treatments, emergencies, NGOs & startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign now!
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Kwan Entertainment & Marketing Solutions
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

KWAN Entertainment & Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. operates as an entertainment and marketing company in India. The company offers services in the areas of casting, talent management, fashion and modeling, sports management, and live entertainment. It owns a network of brands, ad.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Apps, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • Gamezop — Gamezop develops HTML5 games. HTML5 games do not have to be installed as apps and are not tied to any particular operating system (i.e. these games work across Android, iOS, Windows, etc.). These games are device-agnostic as well and can run on feature phones, smartphones, desktops, smart TVs, in-flight entertainment systems, etc. The companyleverages the distribution network of various messengers, browsers, entertainment apps, telecom operators, and gaming websites to publish its games. These distribution partners get access to a rich product suite (APIs, SDKs, white-labeled PWA, bots, revenue, and analytics dashboard) during and after integration with Gamezop.
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Makers Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in India eSports startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 149
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $6.7M–$50M; Series B $13M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $250M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Bold Games — We are building mobile games to reach millions. Join our team!
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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Maninder Gulati
Angel · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$4M; Pre-Seed $332k–$1.3M; Series A $5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Peeko — Browse baby apparel, toys, diapers, food and everyday essentials from Peeko.
  • Bachatt — Bachatt is a daily savings led financial services platform. Bachatt aims to address a critical need for over 30 crore self-employed individuals in India. while self-employed individuals earn daily, their expenses often require large, infrequent payments, creating a major cash flow challenge. This, coupled with the inherent variability in dailyearnings, makes managing finances extremely difficult.Our vision is to become their trusted daily savings partner, helping them establish financial discipline. This strong foundation will then unlock access to a suite of financial products (loans, high-yield instruments, insurance, etc.) at more favorable terms.
  • Dodo Payments — Monetisation Engine for AI-native and SaaS businesses, launch and scale globally with payments, billing, and compliance built in.
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Lakshmi Narayanan
Angel · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $338k–$16M; Angel $34k–$2M; Pre-Seed $31k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • QpiAI — QpiAI - Building Next-Generation AI Solutions and Quantum Software
  • AGNIT Semiconductors — AGNIT Semiconductors offers ultra-efficient GaN RF solutions with Epi wafers, components & modules for telecom, defense & strategic applications.
  • Clean Core Thorium Energy — Clean Core Thorium Energy develops advanced nuclear fuel for existing reactors.
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Abhijeet Pai
Angel · Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Abhijeet Pai is founder of Gruhas Proptech.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$3.5M; Series A $500k–$6M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WedMeGood — WedMeGood is an online platform that allows its users to connect to each other and create a plan for a wedding. Its platform enables its clients to create accounts and browse for a photographer. The company utilizes vendors, marketing collaborations, and wedding submissions. Wed Me Good was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Haryana, India.
  • The 1% Club — Achieve financial independence by joining The 1% Club community. Upskill to manage money by networking events, Sharan's finance courses and financial tools.
  • SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
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Courtside Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Courtside Ventures is the leading early-stage fund focused on Sports, Lifestyle, and Gaming. We invest in passionate entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Gaming, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Series A $5M–$45M; Series B $10M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.7M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Packz — Open premium digital sports and Pokemon trading card packs, win rare collectible cards, and get them shipped to your door or cash them out instantly
  • System Labs — System is a modern longevity and preventative care platform that delivers science-backed treatments and support - entirely online. From hormone health to metabolism, we help you take control of your long-term wellness with expert-led care and convenient delivery.
  • Rythm Health — Rythm is the world's easiest blood test.
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India Quotient
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

India Quotient is a new type of early stage investor. We fund companies building disruptive businesses aimed at Indian consumers. We're creating a powerful network of start-up enthusiasts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 211
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$3.2M; Series A $2M–$9.9M; Series B $4.7M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $130M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Utsav — Utsav provides a digital platform for organisations and their followers to share information, book online pujas, and even have prasad delivered to their homes.
  • FAB BAG — FAB BAG (www.fabbag.com) is a beauty/grooming discovery and subscription platform. Every month thousands of members sign up to receive expert-recommended full and travel-sized products from top global brands that they can sample at home. Member benefits also include discounts on sampled products and detailed information on how to use theseproducts. FAB BAG also has an extensive range of premium & prestige products for sale online and frequently hosts offline workshops and product launches in collaboration with beauty brands.Launched in 2012 under the brand "Vellvette" (www.vellvette.com), the company rebranded to FAB BAG (www.fabbag.com) in late 2013.
  • Vingo — Verified people, easy listing, sell quickly, bid smartly, safe payments, doorstep delivery.
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Kalaari Capital
VC Fund · Bangalore, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Kalaari is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India.Kalaari Capital invests in the unknown Indian entrepreneur who is poised to become tomorrow’s global leader. They are India’s leading investor in early-stage businesses, nurturing them throughevery aspect of growth on the transformative journey toward success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 255
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$4M; Series A $2M–$10M; Series B $5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Microqual — Microqual
  • Attero — Attero is a group dedicated the recycling of the electrical and electronic industry. To do justice to the name "Attero" (which means "waste" in Latin) Recycling, they look at e-waste as an important resource that can be made useful instead of shunning it as a social and environmental burden. As a reflection of their belief inwhat they do, Attero Recycling is the only e Waste recycling company in India which does complete processing of E Waste with zero landfill. Attero promises close technical collaboration with a leading US company for mechanical separation, a first-of-its kind indigenous metallurgical process developed in the separate R&D division, an highly automated facility for integrated e-waste recycling at Roorkee spread over 100,000 sqft.
  • Robosoft Technologies — Robosoft Technologies is a digital transformation company blending strategy, design, engineering & AI to craft connected digital experiences for global enterprises.
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Venu Palaparthi
Angel · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Venu Palaparthi is the Chief Operating Officer of DriveWealth. He previously worked at Patomak Global Partners as a Managing Director. Venu Palaparthi attended The University of Texas at Arlington.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$3M; Series A $18M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YourPhysio — Fix Health (Previously YourPhysio) combines AI with physiotherapy expertise. 70+ best physiotherapists have done 100,000+ sessions online, in clinic & at home. Quality assured by BTA, UK.
  • Juno — On-ramp to more than 20 chains with no holding period on crypto withdrawals
  • American Cricket Enterprises — American Cricket Enterprises is a strategic partner of the professional T20 cricket league.
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Dhruv Chitgopekar
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Dhruv Chitgopekar is the founder and CEO of BigBang.Social. He previously worked at Mirabilis Advisory as a Senior Consultant. Dhruv Chitgopekar attended Sri Venkateswara University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Content, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Praan — Praan builds the world's most advanced air purification technologies for commercial and industrial applications.
  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
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Manu Midha
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Manu Midha is the Founder and CEO of Arnifi. He previously worked at Fincobox as a Founder and CEO. Manu Midha attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Trading Platform, Apps
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OpsLyft — Automate FinOps with context-led, AI-powered insights and actionable fixes that help engineering teams optimize cloud costs efficiently.
  • Tournafest — Tournafest™️ is the one-stop destination created by the gamers for the gamers. Tournafest is reinventing the Esports ecosystem with a seamless and motivating platform where gamers can enhance their skills with a network alike.
  • Hamilton Practice — Patient and Practice Management Platform
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Trevor Wright
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in India eSports startups

I am entrepreneur and operator. In the past, I co-Founded and sold Vitrue to Oracle for $300 M. I also co-Founded and sold Black Bag Advertising to WPP for $14 M. I was also on the founding team At Flycast Network which had an IPO and was later acquired for $2.2 B. I am currently an angel investor with company exists totaling over $1 B so far.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.5M; Series A $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ByteBrew — Trusted by over 2500 Game Developers! ByteBrew is the world's most powerful all-in-one game analytics platform that houses all your mobile game's analytics, retention, monetization tracking, player progression, remote configs, a/b testing, custom event tracking and attribution measurement in one lightweight SDK - all 100% free.
  • HYPOTHETIC — Hypothetic builds technology and tools to benefit 3D creators. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
  • Axie Infinity — Axie Infinity is a virtual world filled with cute, formidable creatures known as Axies. Axies can be battled, collected, and even used to mine tokens through gameplay.
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NuVentures
VC Fund · Bangalore, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, InsurTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$5.3M; Series A $2.5M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Misfits — Misfits engages in the business of healthier soda beverage products.
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
  • Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
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SRI Capital
VC Fund · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in India eSports startups

SRI Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on funding innovative startups primarily in India and the US. We will also consider global startups that are looking to enter the Indian consumer market.Our three main areas of interest are: (1) Enterprise software and deep tech: We are interested in Indian/US startups developingapplications and technology for sale to the US enterprise and/or SME market, preferably in a subscription model with built-in scalability for rapid growth. We like capital efficient product development teams, led by technology founders, serving niche market segments. (2) Indian consumer market: Indian startups that are looking to capitalize on the Digital India story to bring innovative products and services to middle income Indian consumers are interesting to us. We especially like startups that fully leverage India Stack. (3) Cross-border innovation to serve the Indian consumer market: We realize that there is terrific IP and tech in the Nordics, Israel, and elsewhere. Given our deep ties to India and our networks there, we would love to fund startups that are well positioned to serve the Indian consumer market.We are usually the first institutional investor in a company. We invest between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for a meaningful minority interest and are happy to lead the round. We are active investors, providing support to the founders beyond just a board role. We may provide additional capital as a bridge or as a part of Series A, capping our investment in any one company at $5,000,000.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Bizverse — Bizverse aims to build a virtual reality environment, a metaverse for business activities,
  • Brown Foods — Brown Foods is to produce “real cow’s milk” in a laboratory.
  • SoftWear Automation — SoftWear Automation, Inc. is an Atlanta-based machine vision and advanced robotics startup disrupting the $1.1 trillion apparel and textile industry. The company’s revolutionary, patented, fully-automated Sewbot technology was developed over nine years of R&D in collaboration with Georgia Tech and funding from DARPA, the Walmart Foundation,and Private Venture Capital.
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Kunal Shah
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups, 19 in the past 12 months

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 330
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $350k–$2M; Series A $4.7M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Iztri — Professionally Pressed Clothes; Your clothes delivered back to you within 24 hours; with an elevated experience
  • Vaaree — Get Upto 60% Off, Buy home decor, kitchen, and garden products online in India. Vaaree offers Popular Bedsheets, Lamps, Pooja Essentials, Cozy Comforters, and more at the best prices.
  • Profound — Get your Profound AI Rep and unlock stronger collaborators, richer opportunities, and sharper hires
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Anjali Hegde
Angel · Delhi, Delhi, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Anjali Hegde is the Executive Director of Udayan Care.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Content, eSports
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
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Base Partners
VC Fund · São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1 investments in India eSports startups

we invest globally in private technology companies and help them win in Latin America, Brazil first.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series C, Series E
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Series A $9.5M–$36M; Series C $90M–$500M; Series E $92M–$245M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $53M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Praso — Praso is a business-to-business platform that connects large food service producers with small shops such as bars, restaurants, cafés, and bakeries, offering a data-driven approach to demand generation, last-mile logistics, understanding purchase behavior, and a credit solution.
  • Liquido — Liquido is an online payment platform developer that provides turn-key mobile payment solutions. The platform of company provides instant transactions, cross-border technical support, and pay-in and pay-out solutions, allowing clients to make payments with ease.
  • Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.
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Intex Technologies
VC Fund · New Delhi, Delhi, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Now Explore a wide range of Consumer Electronics, LED TV, Speakers, Computer Accessories, Washing Machines, Mobiles more at Intex India.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Content, eSports
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
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Khalid AlTawil
Angel · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $165k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
  • Glamera — Glamera B2B2C: SaaS platform to power beauty salons, spa, Gym and barber shops, to optimize sales, booking, marketing, inventory and HR. Glamera White Label: Every service provider can create his own website, to help his customer in pre-booking his services. Glamera B2C: Mobile application for end user to book beauty and wellness appointment.
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Sandeep Tandon
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Sandeep Tandon Co-founded Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2010 and has been its Chief Business Officer since September 1, 2015. Sandeep Tandon serves as Managing Director at Tandon Technology Ventures (Tandon Group).He serves as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at Infinx Services Private Limited. Sandeep Tandon serves as the Chairman andManaging Director at Infinx Healthcare. He oversees the strategy and operations of all group companies. He has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years. During this time he has contributed significantly to the growth of Information Technology exports from India. He was co-founder and a former director of IQBackOffice - a leading Accounts Payable Processing company. He was also a co-founder and Director at Freecharge.com - among India’s fastest growing internet commerce ventures. He is active in the Angel Investor community and serves as a mentor to various technology start-ups. He served as Chairman of the Electronics Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) and is a member of Young President Organization (Mumbai Chapter). Sandeep Tandon completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $810k–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Progcap — Progcap is revolutionising the way financial access is delivered to underserved segments of the Indian retail economy, through specialized financing and technology products that empower small and medium businesses (SMBs) to progress without obstacles.
  • Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
  • ScratchNest — ScratchNest creates technologies from scratch, giving them a personalized touch, and exhilarating user experience. Striving in this direction, ScratchNest stands as the first Indian company to design, develop, and manufacture UHF RFID, NFC, BLE, and Datalogging devices in India. Founded in 2019, we are a culmination of innovation and hard work bya highly brilliant team of IITians consistently striving to provide you with the best worth of your time and money.We aim to extract the most and best out of technology so that the world relishes the power of automation. By developing the never-before technologies in India, ScratchNest aims to lay a milestone in the Make in India campaign.
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Christopher Sargunam
Angel · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Christopher Sargunam

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NacFun — Art, craft, drawing, dance & music online competitions for students with prizes 2021. NacFun online contest in quiz, gk, sports, fun activities for kids adults
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Boman Irani
Angel · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Boman Irani

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Content, eSports
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
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North Base Media
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in India eSports startups

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Digital Media, Advertising, News
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $75k–$5.7M; Series A $1.5M–$7.5M; Series B $2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $500k in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Zaiko — Zaiko is the market leader in providing ticketing technology for live events and streaming shows. Monetize your show, engage fans, user analytic data, memberships, and more.
  • Rappler — Rappler is the Philippines' leading digital media company that's driven by uncompromising journalism, enabled by technology, and enriched by communities of action.
  • Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!
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Shamsher Singh
Angel · Amritsar, Punjab, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Shamsher Singh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shaky Corps — Shaky Corps is an eSports Company that help peoples to play online video games and spirit to reach Brands/Companies name as a brand value to remote location areas.
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Aarin Capital
VC Fund · Bangalore, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Who We Are Aarin Capital is a proprietary venture fund that invests in technology-intensive businesses in life-sciences & healthcare, education and other potentially large India-centric or India-first market opportunities. Technology and differentiation are key to the businesses that we invest in, led by passionate and driven founders. We aim to fund companies that

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Biotechnology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $220k–$12M; Series A $3M–$9M; Series B $4M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • 88academics — 88academics (INDIA) has been established with the social objective of making quality video-based learning material available to ALL Indian students. Technology, connectivity, and social media are rapidly changing the world of Education and we wish to lead the democratization of the tuition industry in India. The current tuition options available inthe market are expensive and cater only to the upper classes leaving students from middle and lower-income families at a disadvantage. We intend to leverage technology to level the playing field.
  • Magic Crate — Magic Crate is an innovative early childhood learning company that is a pioneer and market leader in the area of discovery kits for young children. Magic Crate was set up in early 2014 by young parents from IIT, IIM, NID and Georgia Tech. as a subscription service that delivers activity boxes based on fresh new themes to their customer’s doorstepseach month.
  • Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt. Ltd. — FOODLINK provides catering and banquet management services.
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Raveen Sastry
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Raveen Sastry is a co-founder of Previously, Sastry co-founded Myntraand served the company as head of B2B and indirect sales.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.8M; Angel $250k–$345k; Pre-Seed $250k–$994k
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UniqYou — UniqYou is an AI-driven, real-time fashion and e-commerce company.
  • Circle — A Smarter Way to Shop - Circle It!
  • KayEss Square Consulting — KayEss Square Consulting is a business consulting firm specializing in transaction advisory, corporate services, and restructuring services.
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Rajan Anandan
Angel · 1 investments in India eSports startups

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$3M; Angel $30k–$650k; Series A $3.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Smytten — Discover Trial Packs from 1200+ top brands on Smytten. Explore 250+ lifestyle categories and try sample products across skincare, haircare, makeup, fragrances & more.
  • Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
  • mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.
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First Cheque
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

First Cheque Built and Exited Founders, Product Leaders, Growth Leaders, and also angel investors. A lot of change They bring is in how to think- based on first principles, based on data, building a data driven organisation, setting up teams for performance et al. Most importantly, They will help you graduate to the next level of your journey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$3M; Pre-Seed $130k–$999k
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $4.7M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Lorazzo — India-led, design-first brand creating innovative and smart kitchen sinks online, bathroom accessories, and sanitary ware. Built for modern homes with style, practicality, and budget-friendly pricing. Shop now!
  • 30 Sundays — Book personalized international tours, adventures, and accommodations designed specifically for couples. Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries, and special celebrations.
  • Onpoint — Onpoint is an exclusive rewards and cashback platform that aggregates affiliate commissions and gift card discounts into a single loyalty currency
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Archana Priyadarshini
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Archana Priyadarshini is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Forward Slash Capital. She previously worked at PointOne Capital Fund 1 as a General Partner. Archana Priyadarshini attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Financial Services, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $178k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Threado AI — Threado is the command centre for your online community. Measure engagement, get detailed insights and automate your operational tasks. Get early access!
  • Exprto Live — Exprto connects students with the toppers in their exams through an online platform and get personal and comprehensive preparation guidance on call.
  • Metastable Materials — Metastable Materials which extract metals from end-of-life Lithium-ion batteries.
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Lightbox
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in India eSports startups

Lightbox is a Mumbai based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology-led consumer businesses that are shaping the future of consumption in India.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dunzo — Dunzo is a hyper-local delivery app that connects users to the nearest delivery partner. The delivery and e-commerce company offers services that include delivery of packages, groceries, food, medicines, pet supplies, and more. It strives to advance the retail landscape by providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with digitaltools and solutions to streamline and facilitate eCommerce sales. Dunzo is backed by investors Alteria Capital, Google, Lightbox, Evolvence, LGT Lightstone Aspada, and S Korea's Hana Financial Investment.It was co-founded by Ankur Aggarwal, Dalvir Suri, Kabeer Biswas, and Mukund Jha in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India in 2015.
  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • Zeno Health — Zeno Health is a healthcare brand that makes medicines affordable and accessible to all, we are on a journey to educate Indians about the value of generic medicines
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KOMLAY Group
VC Fund · 1 investments in India eSports startups

KOMLAY Group

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • The Esports Club — Founded in 2019, The Esports Club (TEC) is a leading platform driving esports experiences and grassroots gaming development across India and South Asia, with a team backed by 20+ years of industry expertise.
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eSports Investor funding in India at a glance

Stats across 86 deals from 182 investors.

182
investors
in India eSports startups
86
deals
in India eSports startups
$1.1M
median round
in India eSports startups
40%
lead investors
lead at least one round
34%
Seed
most common funding stage
68/32
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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