# Nazara Technologies

> Nazara Technologies is a VC fund backing Gaming and Digital Entertainment. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 69%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nazara-technologies
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nazaratech
- Website: http://nazara.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nazaragames/

Nazara Technologies is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Gaming and Digital Entertainment. Nazara Technologies develops mobile content in India. The company offers games, multimedia, themes, and wallpapers. It also provides solutions for the development, deployment, targeting, and tracking of promotional campaigns on mobile platforms; and wireless solutions that integrate the content of media companies, marketing messages, and theconsumer reach of wireless carriers. Nazara Technologies was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$19M |
| Series A | $684k–$11M |
| Corporate Round | $496k–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 10 | 34% |
| Digital Entertainment | 4 | 14% |
| Sports | 3 | 10% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 10% |
| Video Games | 3 | 10% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 10 | 34% |
| Seed | 4 | 14% |
| Series A | 4 | 14% |
| Grant | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 18 | 62% |
| Spain | 2 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nitish Mittersain | CEO | 40 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nitish-mittersain |
| Irfan Mohammed | Interim Chief Product Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irfan-mohammed |
| Orla Dermody | Director Advanced Products Portfolio | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orla-dermody |
| Rakesh Shah | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-shah |
| Savio Saldanha | CEO - Nazara Digital | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savio-saldanha |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rusk Media | Rusk Media is a full-stack, mobile-first digital entertainment company that makes serialized video content and social-gaming experiences aimed at young adult audiences. The company produces both scripted fiction and unscripted formats, micro-dramas, live events, and branded content. It owns many of its intellectual properties and distributes themvia its own channels, partner networks, and OTT/social media platforms. It also offers interactive and gaming formats (including UGC gaming and branded ad-games), and leverages data-driven and AI-enabled workflows in production and content strategy. | $10.6M | Series C | Jun 18, 2026 |  |
| Bestplay | BestPlay operates a mobile gaming and rewards platform that allows users to discover casual mobile games and earn incentives by playing and completing in-game challenges. The platform aggregates a selection of third-party mobile games and presents them through a single interface where users can browse recommendations, install games, and track theirprogress. As users engage with these games, they accumulate virtual coins based on gameplay activity and milestones achieved. The company’s core model centers on a “play-to-earn” system, where accumulated coins can be redeemed for rewards such as cash payouts or gift cards, or in some cases donated to charitable causes. It integrates features like personalized game recommendations, reward tracking, and ongoing engagement incentives such as streak bonuses and referral programs. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Bluetile Games | Bluetile Games is a casual mobile gaming studio which leading experts in game design, development, graphic art. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| LearnTube | CareerNinja provides upskilling and job-oriented courses for college graduates. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $10.5M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| ReelSaga | ReelSaga produces short films and content for mobile entertainment. | $2.1M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| NODWIN Gaming | NODWIN Gaming is a gaming solutions company and creator of e-sports events. NODWIN Gaming is a esports company, leading the industry across various games with numerous online and offline competitions. It operates high profile, branded international and esports competitions. | $7.6M | Corporate Round | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| LearnTube | CareerNinja provides upskilling and job-oriented courses for college graduates. | $495.7K | Corporate Round | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Norian Games | Norian Games is developing Aldian of Ancients, a dinosaur survival simulation for PC and console. |  | Grant | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Xigma Games | Xigma Games is an independent game development studio that creates fun, original, and innovative ideas. |  | Grant | Nov 15, 2024 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Nazara Technologies invest in?

Nazara Technologies invests primarily in Gaming, Digital Entertainment and Sports startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nazara Technologies's check size?

Nazara Technologies typically joins rounds of $1M–$19M at Seed, $684k–$11M at Series A and $496k–$28M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nazara Technologies participates in.

### How do I contact Nazara Technologies?

Public channels for Nazara Technologies include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Nazara Technologies?

The team at Nazara Technologies includes Nitish Mittersain (CEO), Irfan Mohammed (Interim Chief Product Officer) and Orla Dermody (Director Advanced Products Portfolio), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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