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Top 50 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Esports startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in September 2025

Investor	eSports India investments
SucSEED Indovation	3
Lead Angels Network	3
Info Edge	2
SOSV	2
Mumbai Angels	2
Unicorn India Ventures	2
TopYa Aspac LLC	2
SAMBAVANATH Group	1
Hike	1
RTP Global	1
GameWith	1
SRI Capital	1
Courtside Ventures	1
We Founder Circle	1
March Capital	1
Times Internet	1
Kwan Entertainment & Marketing Solutions	1
Astarc Ventures	1
North Base Media	1
Kalaari Capital	1
Urmin Group	1
First Cheque	1
Rockstud Capital	1
Sequoia Capital	1
Smile Group	1
Pivot Ventures	1
Makers Fund	1
Peak XV Partners	1
Aarin Capital	1
India Quotient	1
Orbit Startups	1
Potential Ventures	1
Intex Technologies	1
Base Partners	1
Alpha Wave Global	1
GVFL	1
Trifecta Capital Advisors	1
Venture Highway	1
Alpha Wave Global	1
Argor Capital	1
Denlow Private Trust	1
JetSynthesys	1
Baldota Family Office	1
ADvantage	1
Saswat Ventures	1
Krafton	1
Capital A	1
Goal Ventures	1
Global Play Media	1
KOMLAY Group	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

GameEon Studios — GameEon Studios is a creative game development and publishing company that specializes in creating games for an exciting and meaningful experience.
Beat22 — Beat22 is an industry organization that provides computer infrastructure to music and sound creators so they may market, offer, monetize, and license their original beats and sounds.
Str8bat Sport Tech Solutions — The str8bat cricket bat sensor is a lightweight, pocket-sized motion sensor that gives you instant, visual and actionable insights into your batting. Get

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Healspan — At Healspan, we're dedicated to simplifying healthcare operations, particularly in claims management. Our tech-driven platform ensures hospitals can focus on what matters most - providing quality care.
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty
Nitro Commerce — Interested in turbocharging your sales with AI-enabled commerce? Discover the power of Nitro today.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nexstem — We create brain-computer interfaces using EEG to convert brain signals into commands to control technology using your thoughts. Transcending biological limits.
Rumik.ai — Rumik.ai is an innovative AI company focused on creating AI beings that connect with humans on a deeply personal level. Their philosophy is that "the future of AI isn't artificial—it's human." rumik aims to bridge the gap between technology and human emotion by developing AI that can understand intent, infer emotions, andconverse naturally in multiple Indian languages.
LegitQuest — An online legal research platform with Indian case laws. Research on Indian Cases, Judgments & Acts with AI enabled, User friendly product features.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

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.

Mumbai Angels is an angle stage investment firm. Mumbai Angels has served as a breeding ground for both plug-in businesses for larger corporations and financial investors seeking incubated businesses ready to scale.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Gramiyaa — Pure, fresh cold-pressed cooking oils that bring out the natural flavors in your home cooked food, making meals delicious. Shop cold pressed groundnut, coconut, sesame and mustard oils from Gramiyaa.
Hemptyful — Hemptyful's hemp seed-based goods include dips and cold-pressed oils made from premium hemp seeds, providing a high supply of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and critical components for a healthy and balanced diet
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty

Unlock the Power of Innovation with Unicorn IVC - a leading venture capital firm committed to fueling innovation and transforming businesses. We are seed funding company for startups which visionary entrepreneurs pioneering innovations across sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kluisz.ai — Kluisz.ai is an enterprise AI startup building an autonomous, AI-native private cloud platform designed to simplify and secure the operation of enterprise and AI workloads across hybrid, on-premise, edge, and sovereign cloud environments.
Netrasemi — Netrasemi is a semiconductor company that designs and develops system-on-chips.
PeLocal Fintech — Pelocal Fintech Private Limited offers digital solutions to empower local businesses and facilitate consumer payments.

Venture Capital

Investment focus

EdTech, Sports, eSports
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

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

SAMBAVANATH Group

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
Seed
India

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.

Hike team is building the Rush Gaming Universe.

Investment focus

Portfolio highlights

WinZO — WinZO is a mobile e-sports social gaming platform that offers monetary benefits and prizes to players.The platform offers nearly 70+ games including carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based questions. WinZO hosts all its games on a single platform across multiple formats in 12+regional languages and 60% of content on our platform is consumed in non-English languages.It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore.

A global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing founders who use technology to reimagine how the world works like Datadog, DeliveryHero and Cred.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Tazapay — Experience Tazapay's best-in-class global payment solutions for businesses. Our extensive network supports cards, local payment options, and bank transfers in over 173 countries, ensuring seamless collections, secure holding, and efficient payouts worldwide.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
Archestra.AI — Enterprise-grade platform enabling non-technical users to safely leverage AI agents and MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers with security guardrails and compliance.

GameWith is an online game information community that provides its users with hints and tips for smartphone games. Its initial focus is providing strategy guides for the rapidly expanding (and updating) mobile gaming market. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.

Investment focus

Gaming, eSports, Video Games
Seed, Corporate Round
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Game Server Services — Game Server Services is an asset, game keeps important player data such as billing currency and character level.
GamingMonk — Choose from a variety of more than 30+ games on MPL. Download the app now and experience online gaming like never before.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Meddo — Meddo (Arctern Healthcare) are re-defining how primary and secondary healthcare is provided in India through a connected care delivery platform.
Fakespot — Fakespot spots, analyzes and identifies fake reviews and counterfeits - helping you out when buying stuff online.
Brown Foods — Brown Foods is to produce “real cow’s milk” in a laboratory.

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

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Kabata — Full workout comprehension. Data-driven coaching. Gamified progression. Welcome to the next generation in connected fitness.
Eternal — Eternal provides lifelong athletes with an expert team of health and performance advisors to keep them going in the activities they love for as long as possible.
Eternal — Eternal provides lifelong athletes with an expert team of health and performance advisors to keep them going in the activities they love for as long as possible.

WeFounderCircle - Seed Fund by founders, for founders. Backed by a community of successful founders & strategic angels, we help raise seed funding of $100K-$150K to early-stage founders

Investment focus

Education, Software, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Oben Electric — Oben EV is an electric vehicle company developing new electric 2-wheelers in-house with indigenously developed components to deliver high quality products for the Indian market & founded by IIT Kharagpur & IIM Bangalore Alumni.Oben’s vision is to use technology as a tool to become the market leader by developing reliable, performanceoriented, and connected electric 2-wheelers with world class designs for the customers.
Crib — Crib is building India's first digital ecosystem aimed at redefining how landlords operate, tenants stay and market sells.
Supplynote — End-to-end supply chain management tool to track inventory, orders, payments and suppliers online

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Suki — Suki is an AI-powered voice assistant and platform for healthcare. We lift the administrative burden from clinicians by automating documentation and coding, and empower partners to build with our technology.
Altana — Connect to the only dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain.
Lila Sciences — Lila Sciences is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to support research in life sciences, chemical sciences, and materials sciences. It develops AI-driven tools and autonomous labs to improve research efficiency and facilitate scientific discoveries. The platform is designed to enhance various aspects of the scientific method andcontribute to advancements in technology and innovation.

Times Internet builds premium digital products that simplify and enhance the everyday lives of people. We are India’s largest digital products company with presence in a wide range of categories across news, entertainment, marketplaces and transactions.Many of our products are market leaders and iconic brands in their own right. TOI, ET,Cricbuzz, Gaana, MX Player, Dineout, Indiatimes, MensXP, iDiva, NBT, Gradeup among others are products that bring you closer to your interests and aspirations. Website - http://www.timesinternet.in Industry - Internet Company size - 1,001-5,000 employees Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana Type - Privately Held Founded 1999 Specialities e-commerce, Advertisement Solutions, News and Entertainment, Start-up acceleration, Music streaming services, AdTech, Merger & A, Acquisition, Sports, Classified, and Startup Investment

Investment focus

Apps, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
Pocket FM — Listen to Audio Books, Podcasts and read Novels on Pocket FM. We bring you over 10k+ popular audio shows in multi languages. Best audiobooks app
ShareChat — ShareChat is India's own social network in 14 Indian languages Install ShareChat from Google Play Store for FREE!

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Apps, Content
Seed, Angel
India

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 — Play free online games without downloading them on Gamezop. 200+ free games to play, including action, adventure, arcade, puzzle, racing, and more. Play now!

Astarc Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital (VC) fund based in India. It is a sector agnostic fund which invests across all geographies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Zypp Electric — Zypp Electric is an EV delivery app that operates in the last-mile space. Zypp is working to convert all deliveries for e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food verticals to go electric with an e-scooter sharing app. Making last-mile delivery more affordable, time-saving, and with zero emission. Zypp, through its continuous efforts to invest andstrategize toward the mission of zero-emission, has become the first EV logistics player to turn into an EBITDA-positive business.
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.
CytoReason — CytoReason is a tech company developing a computational model of the human body. The company collects proprietary data from pharma companies and uses it to simulate human diseases – tissue by tissue, cell by cell. With CytoReason’s massive database and AI-led platform, pharma and biotech companies identify new opportunities, shorten trial phases,reduce development costs and increase the likelihood of approval. To date, six of the world’s top ten pharma companies use CytoReason’s technology.

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.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Figr — Figr is a startup that uses artificial intelligence to transform the product design process. It reduces friction in the creation of digital products by leveraging AI to improve design research, rapidly iterate interfaces, and collaborate with the goal of making product design more accessible.
Triple Tap — Triple Tap is a game development studio, specializing in creating engaging titles.
Deconstruct — Looking for 100% authentic dermatologically tested skin products? Build your skincare routine with Deconstruct's evidence based products for best results. Check now!

Urmin Group is a fully-integrated branded packaged food manufacturing and processing corporate specializing in FMCG products. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, the company boosts of dedicated production of premium quality food products, skilled technologists and state-of-the-art production facility.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Tea, Food Delivery
Seed, Funding Round, Series C
India

Portfolio highlights

GamerJi Esports — Gamerji is an online eSports gaming platform where tournaments are created for different games such as PUBG, Call of Duty Mobile, Free Fire, Asphalt 9, WCC Rivals, Clash Royale etc. Users participate in these tournaments which are conducted by the team of Gamerji and depending on their performance, stand a chance to win real money and prizes.Gamerji is an online eSports gaming platform based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India and founded by Soham Thacker and Valay Patel in Dec 2018.
WebEngage — WebEngage offers CDP, Omnichannel Campaign Manager and Web & App Personalization Engine - to help brands boost their revenue from existing customers.
DevX — DevX - Coworking Office Space & Start-up Community in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and More Locations

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wuri — Transform your ideas into stunning videos with AI-powered editing. Create professional videos in minutes.
30 Sundays — Book personalized international tours, adventures, and accommodations designed specifically for couples. Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries, and special celebrations.
BitScale — BitScale enables growth teams to create scalable AI operations. Bitscale is developing a new form of UI that allows sales and marketing professionals to automate their manual procedures, making them 10X more successful.

Rockstud Capital is an early-stage sector-agnostic venture fund, focusing on pre-Series A stage. It focuses only on India-based investment opportunities, typically having a ticket-size of US$ 0.5 million; prefer companies that are operational for atleast 18-24 months, having minimum revenue of INR 1 crore.

Investment focus

Software, Industrial Automation, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

trezi — Trezi is an immersive design collaboration platform for architects, designers & building product manufacturers that allows people to work remotely using AR and VR.
The Money Club — Money Club is a registered digital AI chit fund platform in India which lets you create peer-to-peer chit fund clubs. Download the safe & secure app now!
Fabheads Automation — Fabheads is India's leading carbon fiber part manufacturers & developed Asia's first continuous carbon fiber 3D printers.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
STARK — STARK is a technology-driven defence company with the mission to deliver the systems that Europe and NATO need now.
Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Smile is Asia’s leading platform that builds internet businesses with passionate entrepreneurs. We partner with fast-growing companies for their expansion and invest in disruptive companies.Business Building We build and operate companies across multiple domains such as digital media, consumer internet, SaaS and more. We operate Tyroo, APAC’sLargest Multi-Screen Performance Network and SingleInterface, a location-based marketing company for multi-location enterprise retail brands. Some notable ones are as follows: -> Quasar sold to WPP -> SVG Media sold to Dentsu Aegis Network -> Squad Digital sold to Scan GroupPartnerships (Katalyzers) We partner with fast growing technology companies to expand their business overseas. Our partnerships include Airbnb, WPP(Prodigi/Hogarth India), WPP Africa and moreInvestments We enable entrepreneurship by investing in disruptive companies. Our investments include Letsbuy.com, HackerEarth, Scoopwhoop, Yumlane, Rapido, Wealthy, The Man Company, Bira 91, Little Eye Labs and more Say Hello! info@smile.co.in

Investment focus

Internet, Advertising, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nexstem — We create brain-computer interfaces using EEG to convert brain signals into commands to control technology using your thoughts. Transcending biological limits.
Moonrider — Moonrider is an electric tractor technology company focused on developing heavy-duty electric tractors designed to reduce farming costs and improve operational efficiency for farmers and fleet operators. With a focus on reliability and reduced upfront cost of ownership, Moonrider tractors enable sustainable farming practices with a mission toenhance farm profitability and productivity.
Hapbee Technologies — Hapbee is the next generation of wearable wellness technology. Chemical-free and satisfaction guaranteed to improve your sleep, energy and mood. Naturally fall asleep faster, stay asleep all-night, improve your REM sleep and wake up feeling refreshed. Manage your focus and mood without stimulants or drugs.

The domain name, pivot.asia, beckons the ambitious minds of startups seeking to navigate the ever-changing tides of business in the Asian market. It encapsulates the essence of adaptability, resilience, and strategic maneuvering. An evocati

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round, Convertible Note
India

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.
Power Gummies — Simplifying Good Health for Healthy Hair & Nails, the perfect beach body, & PMS Gummies Vitamins with a Natural Blend of Nutrition & Antioxidants.

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hybe IM — HYBE INTERACTIVE MEDIA (HYBE IM) is broadening the scope of HYBE's entertainment offerings by creating games and publishing them for people all over the world. HYBE IM creates numerous contents and services by combining cutting-edge interactive media technology with music, artists, and entertainment components, resulting in new viewpoints andexperiences.
Rune — Rune is an automated friend or squad finder and voice chat for players on mobile games. Users can hang out and share amazing experiences together. The company builds the future of LFG for mobile gamers.
Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
ASTRO — Situs Belanja Kebutuhan Harian Online dengan Harga Terjangkau dan Kualitas Terbaik. Pesan Kebutuhan Harian di ASTRO Pasti Sampai dalam Hitungan Menit
Bluejay AI — Bluejay is the platform for AI agent quality assurance. Reducing development processes from days to minutes, preventing performance regressions, and identifying issues before entering production.

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

Investment focus

Education, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

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.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Utsav — Utsav App is a Hindu Temple Online Puja & Prasad booking platform. Book Online Puja, Prasad Home-Delivery, Online Darshan, and more.
Blitz — Blitz powers last-mile logistics for D2C brands with 60-min, 2-hour, same-day, and next-day delivery. Scale your quick commerce with our Darkstore fulfillment model for ultra-fast shipping.
Home Essentials — Buy affordable home organization, kitchen items & decor at Home Essentials. Buy durable, stylish, and functional products to enhance your home effortlessly.

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

Potential Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Series C, Funding Round
India

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.
Curefoods — Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market.
BetterPlace — People-centric HR technology, employee benefits management, upskilling platform and workforce fulfilment solution. We help organisations achieve operational excellence.

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Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Angel
India

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.

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

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Series C, Series E
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

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.

Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, whichincludes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy.Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

WizCommerce — WizCommerce is an AI-powered platform that empowers B2B wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers. Sales reps can take orders at tradeshows, online, in the field find hidden upsell opportunities to increase their average cart value. WizCommerce seamlessly integrates with websites, ERPs, CRMs, and accounting systems, helping users manage theirentire data on a single platform.
HUB International — HUB International is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides employee benefits, business, and personal insurance products and services.
Haldiram Snacks — Haldiram is a company that sells Indian snacks and sweets. They have been in business for over 80 years and have a wide variety of products, including sweets, savouries, tea snacks, and instant food.

Gujarat Venture Finance provides seed financing and growth capital to small and medium-sized companies. They concentrated on the job of giving venture financing to innovative start-ups. GVFL's approach is distinct in that it provides broad-spectrum help to its financed companies, ranging from strategic direction to governance support.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Garaaz — Garaaz is an application for all spare parts requirements and a business analysis tool. They manage orders and backorders, along with tracking. They track the pending payments of different parties and manage credit days, credit value, and critical payments.
Genexis Biotech — Transforming Science Into Sustainable Solutions Custom proteins, growth factors, and serum-free media driving advancementsin cellular agriculture, regenerative medicine, and beyond. Our Key Solutions At Genexis Biotech, our products are designed to empower you to create with confidence, knowing that sustainability and performance are always in harmony. Your focus is on providing patients the best possible
GROWiT — GROWiT is India’s 1st D2F Protective Farming Agritech Company and was born with the intention to manufacture advanced and innovative protective farming products that ensure optimum quality and yield for the Indian Farmers.

Trifecta Capital is India's leading alternate financing platform for startups across their life cycle. It manages three venture debt funds, a growth equity fund and a tech platform which helps startups with treasury management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Series C, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Servify — Servify offers the world's most advanced self-learning post-purchase service platform to deliver great customer experience. Integrating multiple partners of the post sales service ecosystem on a tech-driven unified intelligent platform, Servify provides Device Lifecycle Management Services for all devices that touch our daily lives.
WayCool — global video community
BharatPe — BharatPe is an Indian fintech company that primarily focuses on providing financial services to small and medium-sized merchants. It facilitates digital payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Point of Sale (POS) devices. Additionally, BharatPe offers various services such as business loans and other financial products to empowermerchants in managing their finances.

Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early-stage nascent ideas in technology.We are looking to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance, and all that ‘good’ (butreally really painful) stuff then you’ve reached the right place.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
OrbitShift — Advanced AI operating system for actionable account insights, RFP response generation and targeted sales content
Kintsugi AI — Automating sales tax for businesses globally

Investment focus

Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
Mstack Chemicals — Mstack, powered by Chemstack AI platform is the AI-native company for chemical synthesis and manufacturing. Our platform unifies molecular research, synthesis, and manufacturing into a single, intelligent chemical R&D workflow.
Marea Therapeutics — Marea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm that uses the most recent advancements in human genetics to create first-in-class, next-generation medications for cardiometabolic illnesses.

Argor Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on the fast growing markets of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

ReturnKey — Returns Management for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and more to come. Sync to your e-commerce platform on Shopify, Magento, and Woocommerce.
Vigo Retail — Vigo Retail is an e-commerce platform that provides retail services by connecting suppliers, brands, and distributors.
PickUp Coffee — PickUp Coffee is a start-up that aims to increase the accessibility of espresso and milk-based beverages. PickUp Coffee is located in Taguig, Philippines.

Denlow Private Trust operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round
India

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.

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.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SonicJobs — Apply to your dream position with just one click, with the magic of AI. Sign up with SonicJobs today!
Artium Academy — Artium Academy is an Online Music Education platform that makes learning fun and accessible to people of all ages.
Jet Media Network — Jet Media Network is an exciting new venture between Box to Box Sports Marketing Ltd and JetEngage, part of an established and impressive group called the JetLine group

Baldota Family Office operates as a family investment office.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round
India

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.

ADvantage Sports Tech Fund invests in early-stage technology companies aimed at shaping the future of sports. ADvantage is backed by leAD Sports, an initiative spearheaded by the grandchildren of Adi Dassler to further sports innovation, and global hybrid venture capital platform, OurCrowd. ADvantage is leveraging a strong global network to sourceleading opportunities in the spaces of fan engagement and experience, connected athletes and communities, and derivative sports (eSports, fantasy, and new sports).

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, PaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Israel

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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Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.

Saswat Ventures is a family fund that acts as an investment firm.

Investment focus

News, Gaming, eSports
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

TalkEsport — TalkEsport is a one stop destination for esports news and content coverages. From live scores to esports news, interviews, and videos you..

Create the original. Connect the world.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cashfree Payments — Built for your business payment needs - Collect payments, send payouts, manage international payments, launch your next neo banking product and do a lot more.
Axion — AI driven Custom Libraries, DFM and BEYOND Contact us Our Products Three Design Optimization SW that share a common AI engine. Axion CellAI driven SW to automatically generate customized libraries. Axion DFMAI driven Design for Manufacturing SW that enables yield improvement measurable in silicon Axion XAI driven design optimization beyond chips View all products Why
Ruckus Games — Ruckus Games is to create unparalleled player experiences through style interactivity and emergence.

Capital A is a venture fund for seed to early-stage start-ups.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Financial Services, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Bharatsure — Bharatsure provides an entire set of technology, services, and product infrastructure to power insurance access in India. By bridging the gap between traditional practices and modern technology.
Manastu Space — We at Manastu Space, rationalise space access by developing the world's safest, and most efficient Green Propulsion System & saving Trillion $ space industry with debris collision Avoidance system
Rabitat — Rabitat is a consumer product company that offers creative lifestyle solutions for customers through trusted brands. Merlin Brands was founded in 2016 and was headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Goal Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Digital Entertainment, eSports
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, India, Israel

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.
Bebopbee — BebopBee crafts exceptional, emotive and enduring casual gaming experiences
Loupe — LOUPE is the #1 art streaming platform and service on connected TV and web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of home, ad supported on living room TVs or with a commercial license for public display, and allows users to purchase the artwork, select prints & originals. Loupe launched exclusively onApple TV where it is ranked #1 Lifestyle app around the world, now with 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2M monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theater/home entertainment, interior design, art market, music streaming, and hospitality.

Global Play Media

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round
India

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.

KOMLAY Group

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
Seed
India

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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