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Gaming / media

Capital for games, interactive entertainment, content platforms, and media-tech businesses.

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01 — Context

What this thesis means

Gaming and media investors back studios, platforms, tools, and distribution businesses in interactive entertainment and content. Hits are power-law; so funds look for teams that understand retention loops, live ops, IP, or distribution advantages — not only a single launch spike.

In India, mobile-first audiences, creator ecosystems, and global publishing ambitions all show up in theses. Diligence asks about D1/D7 retention, payer conversion, content pipeline, and whether growth depends on paid UA forever.

Pitch the engagement loop and the economic engine. One viral moment is not a thesis; a system that produces repeatable audience or hit potential is.

02 — Fit

Who it fits

  • +Game studios, gaming platforms, and media-tech founders
  • +Teams with retention or creator/audience proof
  • +Products with a path beyond a single title or format

What to prepare

  • →Retention and monetisation metrics
  • →Content or title pipeline realism
  • →UA strategy and payback assumptions
03 — Capital map

Funds with this thesis

Accelerator

100Unicorns

Be the 'Y Combinator of India' — provide initial capital plus committed follow-on to idea-stage startups, supporting them across their first three funding rounds before connecting them to large VCs for growth capital.

$250K – $3M
Venture Capital

AdvantEdge Founders

Help founders get the advantage they need to build their vision

$100K – $1M
Angel / Individual

Ankush Sachdeva

Ankush Sachdeva focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Venture Capital

Anthill Ventures

Anthill Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups at Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A, focusing on founders building scalable businesses in Web3, Health Tech, Consumer Internet, CleanTech, and PropTech with strong product-market fit potential.

$100K – $1M
Angel / Individual

Anupam Mittal

Back scalable, innovative solutions to real-life problems across tech and consumer/D2C; an operator-investor who mentors founders on building and scaling, with a sharp eye on unit economics.

$50K – $500K
Angel / Individual

Ashish Hemrajani

Ashish Hemrajani focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Venture Capital

Audacity Ventures

Audacity Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.

$500K – $5M
Corporate / CVC

Bertelsmann India Investments

Bertelsmann India Investments backs growth-stage technology and consumer businesses in India, with particular conviction in education, media, and digital commerce where the Bertelsmann global network can add meaningful strategic value.

$5M – $30M
Angel / Individual

Bhanu Pratap Singh

Bhanu Pratap Singh focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Syndicate / Network

BlueLotus Ventures

BlueLotus Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups across a wide range of sectors—from SaaS and FinTech to DeepTech and Web3—writing pre-seed and seed cheques through a syndicate model that brings together engaged co-investors alongside capital.

$100K – $150K
Corporate / CVC

Brand Capital

Brand Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Corporate / CVC relevant to Indian founders.

Seed · Series A
Syndicate / Network

Cloud Capital

Cloud Capital backs early-stage Indian startups across a wide range of sectors, writing syndicate-style cheques at Pre-Seed through Series A with a preference for SaaS, FinTech, DeepTech, and emerging technology categories.

$100K – $150K
Venture Capital

Disruption Fund

Disruption Fund focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.

$12K – $90K
Angel / Individual

Divyank Turakhia

Divyank Turakhia focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Corporate / CVC

Dream Sports Ventures

Dream Sports Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across Gaming / Media, operating as a Corporate / CVC relevant to Indian founders.

$1M – $100M
Venture Capital

Eternal Capital (India)

Eternal Capital backs early-stage technology companies in India building enduring businesses, with a focus on SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B sectors at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages.

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

Eximius Ventures

Eximius Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups at Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A, with a focus on capital-efficient businesses across SaaS, FinTech, Web3, HealthTech, and emerging sectors like CleanTech and the Creator Economy.

$100K – $500K
Angel / Individual

Gaurav Munjal

Back passionate founders with disruptive ideas in early-stage technology, drawing on edtech and consumer-internet operating experience to mentor on product and scaling.

$50K – $200K
Angel / Individual

Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Syndicate / Network

IAMAI Angel Network

IAMAI Angel Network focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Syndicate / Network relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Venture Capital

JSW Ventures

Partner with technology entrepreneurs building scalable businesses that leverage digital disruption

$1M – $4M
Angel / Individual

Kavin Mittal

Kavin Mittal focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.

Pre-Seed
Venture Capital

Kira Studio

Invest in gaming, Web3 and FinTech founders at the earliest stage

$10K
Venture Capital

Leo Capital

Leo Capital backs early-stage technology startups across India and Southeast Asia at the Pre-Series A stage, with a focus on capital-efficient businesses in SaaS, FinTech, Consumer Internet, and emerging verticals like SpaceTech, CleanTech, and Web3.

$500K – $3M
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