{"id":13472,"date":"2021-01-18T23:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T23:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:36:58","slug":"first-indian-gaming-start-up-files-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/first-indian-gaming-start-up-files-ipo","title":{"rendered":"First Indian gaming start-up files IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nazara Technologies, backed by magnate Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has become popular for its cricket esports games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- <strong>Nazara Technologies<\/strong> has become the first local gaming start-up to go public on the Indian Stock Market,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mumbai-headquartered firm, backed by magnate <strong>Rakesh Jhunjhunwala<\/strong>, has filed documents for an initial public offering with a sale of<strong> 49,65,476 equity shares<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2000, by Nitish Mittersain, Nazara is <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-court-pushes-for-online-gaming-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the largest<\/a><\/em><\/strong> interactive gaming and sports media companies in India, known for its World Cricket Championship, Chhota Bheem and Motu Patlu games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has operations in <strong>over 60 countries<\/strong>, including in Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2020 Plutus Wealth Management and its associates acquired shares worth over Rs 500 crore of the company from WestBridge. It previously attempted to launch an IPO 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nazara Technologies, backed by magnate Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has become popular for its cricket esports games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Nazara Technologies, an Indian interactive gaming and sports media company, is set to become the first local gaming startup to launch an Initial Public Offering on the Indian Stock Market. 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