{"id":14497,"date":"2021-02-10T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14497"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:55:53","slug":"indian-gaming-startups-attract-new-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-gaming-startups-attract-new-investors","title":{"rendered":"Investment in Indian gaming startups rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capital funds have invested US$438m in Indian gaming startups since April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.-\u00a0\u00a0A boom in online gaming has seen exponential growth in the amount of investment in <strong>Indian gaming startups<\/strong> during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capital funds have invested <strong>US$438m <\/strong>in Indian gaming startups since April 2020, of which <strong>US$107m<\/strong> came in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salone Sehgal of at Lumikai, an early phase investment outfit focused on gaming, said: &#8220;There is equal interest from financial institutions as well as strategic capital looking for <strong>partnerships and acquisitions in India<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The indian gaming startup <strong>Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised US$95m<\/strong> and is now valued at US$800m, putting it<strong> <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mpl-looks-set-to-become-indias-second-gaming-unicorn\" target=\"_blank\">on track for unicorn status<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capital funds have invested US$438m in Indian gaming startups since April 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Venture capital funds have invested US$438m in Indian gaming startups since April 2020, with US$107m in 2021, driven by a pandemic-induced boom. This significant capital inflow, exemplified by Mobile Premier League (MPL) nearing unicorn status with an US$800m valuation, indicates strong financial and strategic interest in the burgeoning Indian iGaming market.","focusai_entities":"Lumikai, Mobile Premier League, MPL, Salone Sehgal","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Outlook?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges might arise from this rapid capital injection into the Indian iGaming market, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and governance frameworks?"},{"label":"MPL Valuation Impact?","query":"How does the valuation trajectory of companies like Mobile Premier League influence the M&A landscape for established international operators seeking strategic market entry into India's gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,16334],"tags":[512,20479],"class_list":["post-14497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igaming-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gaming","tag-online-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14497"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14541,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497\/revisions\/14541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}