Tharun Dhariwal
Angel Investor @ Venture Catalysts
Chennai, India
Tharun Dhariwal is a seed investor at Venture Catalysts in Chennai focused on eSports and Gaming. Partner. Venture Catalyst.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Tharun Dhariwal invests in
Stages Tharun Dhariwal invests in
Countries Tharun Dhariwal invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $245k–$850k
Investment Focus
Industry
- eSports 2 (40%)
- Gaming 1 (20%)
- Retail 1 (20%)
- Sports 1 (20%)
- Content 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (80%)
- Angel 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| NewsReach India offers partner publications a digital footprint and monetisation of their content via advertisements and licencing to larger publications. | Seed / Sep 03, 2020 | ||
Chai Waale
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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. | $234.6K / Angel / Jul 06, 2020 | |
| GabbarDeals is an omnichannel mobile phone retail brand. | $850K / Seed / Jun 15, 2020 | ||
| 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. | $244.6K / Seed / Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| 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. | $600K / Seed / Aug 27, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Venture Catalysts
Venture Catalysts is an early-stage investment platform for startups and investors. The company provides continuous capital and development support to its portfolio of companies. It also operates an exclusive community for investors to access the early-stage startup ecosystem.
Venture Catalysts Contacts
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Anil Jain
Co-Founder
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Anmol Jamwal
Angel Investor
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Anuj Golecha
Co-Founder
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Apoorva Ranjan Sharma
Cofounder & President
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Deepak Ahuja
Shareholder & Investor
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FAQ
What does Tharun Dhariwal invest in?
Tharun Dhariwal invests primarily in eSports, Gaming and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Tharun Dhariwal invest in?
Tharun Dhariwal typically joins rounds of $245k–$850k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Tharun Dhariwal's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Tharun Dhariwal took part in.
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When did Tharun Dhariwal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tharun Dhariwal closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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