2022年12月22日

Rooter今天宣布已在由Lightbox、March Gaming和Duane Park Ventures領投的a輪融資中籌集了2500萬美元(約合18.5億盧比)，9Unicorns、ADvantage、Capital-A和Goal Ventures也與包括IeAD Sports & Health Tech Partners在內的現有投資者一起參與了這輪融資。由Piyush Kumar和Dipesh Agarwal創立的Rooter已成為印度遊戲類別中最大的玩家，每月活躍用戶850萬，下載量超過3000萬，自2020年10月以來，它成為穀歌Playstore“體育”類別中的第一名應用程序。該公司通過其視頻和電子競技比賽廣泛覆蓋排行榜冠軍遊戲，包括《BGMI》、《Free Fire》、《Valorant》和《使命召喚》等。每月約有100萬獨立用戶在Rooter平台上創建遊戲內容，該公司的目標是通過其遊戲和電子競技平台建立下一個50萬職業遊戲主播的基礎，成為印度創作者經濟的主導企業。根據RedSeer和Lumikai發布的一份報告，到2025年，印度預計將擁有7億遊戲玩家。Rooter創始人兼首席執行官Piyush表示:“在過去的18個月裏，隨著印度手機遊戲市場的迅速發展，Rooter一直在以驚人的速度增長，來自國內外投資者的新資金注入隻是對我們工作的驗證。”“我們的主播社區在我們的平台上見證了驚人的參與度，這讓我們在過去6個月裏增加了收入。Dipesh和我期待著與我們的支持者合作，讓Rooter在未來兩年內成為該國最大的遊戲公司。”Lightbox合夥人Sid Talwar表示:“遊戲是下一代社交媒體的未來。92%的Z世代和千禧一代玩遊戲。 And these ‘gamers’ are more engaged, more invested, and far more eager to contribute to gaming platforms than any traditional social media user today. Rooter is working to enhance the online experience of this community. And we’re excited to partner with them on this journey.” “Rooter’s differentiated streaming platform and unique value proposition to users have put it at the forefront of the gaming industry in India,” said Gregory Milken, Managing Partner at March Gaming. “The availability of cheap, fast, and reliable mobile data in India has resulted in a massive explosion of streaming services and digital content, and we believe Rooter is best-positioned to capture this expanding market as the clear platform of choice for game streaming. We are thrilled to make our first investment in India and look forward to partnering with Piyush and his team to both fuel the company's next phase of growth and strengthen its position as India’s largest streaming platform for gaming and e-sports." Salil Bhargava, Director at Duane Park said, “we have closely followed the gaming business in India for several years. We believe the game streaming business in India will see explosive growth. Over the last 18 months, Piyush and the team have proved their ability to emerge as the platform of choice in this space. We are delighted to partner with Rooter on this journey to shape the future of the Indian game streaming market.” Through this funding round, the company also facilitated the secondary sale for a few of its shareholders and an exit route for a few employees through ESOP buyback. Rooter is looking to almost double its team size by hiring across divisions to add to its 55-member team based in New Delhi. A&W Capital, a UK-based boutique investment bank, was the exclusive financial advisor and Delhi-based Ahlawat and Associates was Rooter's legal counsel on this deal. Share this article: