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§ Private Profile · New Delhi, India
WinZO is a technology company.
WinZO has raised $101.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at WinZO.
WinZO was founded in 2018 by Paavan Nanda (Co-Founder) and Saumya Singh Rathore (Co Founder).
WinZO has raised $101.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
WinZO operates a social gaming platform aggregating a diverse portfolio of skill-based games and entertainment. It offers users a unified application for various interactive experiences, emphasizing a social and vernacular approach to digital entertainment. The platform integrates different game genres, aiming for broad user appeal.
The company was co-founded in 2018 by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore. Nanda, who also serves as CEO, recognized a significant opportunity within the Indian gaming landscape following the country's digital expansion. This insight led to the creation of a platform designed to cater to the evolving demand for localized digital entertainment.
WinZO primarily serves a wide audience across India, providing accessible gaming experiences tailored to local preferences. Its vision centers on leveraging technology and fostering deep audience engagement to shape the future of interactive entertainment in the region, defining how users experience digital games.
Key people at WinZO.
WinZO has raised $101.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $65.0M Series C in July 2021.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2022 | Bombay Play | $7.0M Series A | Vani Kola | Advantedge VC, Amea Ventures, LEO Capital, Salone Sehgal, PlayCo |
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2021 | $65M Series C | Griffin Gaming Partners | Baseline Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, GFT Ventures, Harrison Metal, March Capital | Announced |
| May 1, 2021 | $13M Series B | — | Bain Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Courtside Ventures, Makers Fund, The Stuart Partners | Announced |
| Sep 1, 2020 | $18M Series B | Makers Fund, Courtside Ventures | Animoca Brands, Foobar.vc, Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Starbridge Venture Capital, Trajectory Ventures, Virginia Venture Partners, David LAU KEE, JOI ITO, Paavan Nanda, Revant Bhate, Saumya Singh Rathore, Siddharth Patel, Swapna Gupta, Finadvantage, IndigoEdge Advisors, Rahul Garg | Announced |
| Jul 22, 2019 | $5M Series A | Kavin Bharti Mittal, Rahul Garg | — | Announced |
WinZO is India’s largest social gaming and interactive-entertainment platform that hosts a marketplace of casual and skill-based games and serves a mass audience across India’s smaller cities and languages, monetizing primarily via micro‑transactions and competitive tournaments[1][3].
High-Level Overview
As a portfolio company profile (concise): WinZO builds a localized multiplayer gaming marketplace (Android/iOS) that aggregates 100+ third‑party games for consumers in multiple Indian languages, serving casual and semi-competitive players who seek low-cost, social gameplay and cash-prize tournaments; it solved the problem of limited, culturally‑relevant gaming options in Bharat and demonstrated rapid user growth and transaction volume across millions of users and billions of plays per month[1][3].
Origin Story
Core Differentiators
Role in the Broader Tech Landscape
Quick Take & Future Outlook
Quick take tied back to the opening hook: WinZO turned an insight about underserved, vernacular gamers into a large-scale platform by combining a marketplace of partner games, micro‑transaction economics, and localized distribution—positioning itself as a leading play on India’s mass-market gaming opportunity while expanding monetization and distribution options for smaller developers[1][2][3].
WinZO was founded in 2018 by Paavan Nanda (Co-Founder) and Saumya Singh Rathore (Co Founder).
WinZO has raised $101.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
WinZO's investors include Griffin Gaming Partners, Baseline Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, GFT Ventures, Harrison Metal, March Capital, Bain Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Courtside Ventures, Makers Fund, The Stuart Partners, Animoca Brands.