# Tharun Dhariwal

> Tharun Dhariwal is a seed investor in Chennai backing eSports, Gaming and Retail. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tharun-dhariwal-a60449146/

Tharun Dhariwal is a seed investor in Chennai focused on eSports and Gaming. Partner. Venture Catalyst.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$850k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eSports | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Sports | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NewsReach | 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 | 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. | $207K | Angel | Jul 06, 2020 |  |
| GabbarDeals | GabbarDeals is an omnichannel mobile phone retail brand. | $850K | Seed | Jun 15, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $600K | Seed | Aug 27, 2018 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IIMA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ciie-iim-ahmedabad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JITO Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jito-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mumbai Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mumbai-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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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 is Tharun Dhariwal's check size?

Tharun Dhariwal typically joins rounds of $600k–$850k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tharun Dhariwal participates in.

### 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.

### 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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