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Best Gaming Companies in Pune, India

The 49 best Gaming companies in Pune, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: JetSynthesys.

49companies tracked
$95.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GAMING × PUNE

Our analysis of 50 Gaming companies

$3.0b in tracked funding; 85% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

50companies analysed
85%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2021median founding year
210kcombined LinkedIn audience
86%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Pune

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1JetSynthesys
Provider of digital entertainment experiences across gaming, esports, music, and sports
60Moat top 25%Funding top 27%Product top 29%Customers top 29%
All 13 signals ▾
Moattop 25%
Fundingtop 27%
Producttop 29%
Customerstop 29%
Techtop 32%
Markettop 36%
Fin. healthtop 41%
Talenttop 46%
Growthtop 48%
Newstop 48%
Innovationbottom 37%
Globalbottom 37%
Patentsbottom 28%
Moat: Top 2% by revenue among 206 tracked Mobile Gaming companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10
Funding: Raised $84.7M across 11 rounds · 11 rounds over 14 yrs (0.8/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$85M16 mo agoSeries BRajan Navani
Co-Founder & CEO
2010WordPressMySQLPHP+241 award
2SuperGaming
Developer of multiplayer online games and a game server platform
53Talent top 23%News top 26%Funding top 36%Customers top 39%
All 11 signals ▾
Talenttop 23%
Newstop 26%
Fundingtop 36%
Customerstop 39%
Moattop 39%
Producttop 40%
Fin. healthtop 49%
Markettop 50%
Growthtop 50%
Globalbottom 45%
Techbottom 44%
Talent: 7 named leaders on record · 7 C-suite/founder profiles curated
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 11 tracked, 2 types) · +600% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$7M12 mo agoSeries BChristelle Dcruz
Co-Founder
2017WebflowPlyrYouTube+151 award
3Operon Origins
Provider of NFT based card game
$2M56 mo agoFunding RaisedNeil
CEO
2021
4June Software
Mobile app gaming studio
$1M168 mo agoDeadpooledSaurabh Jain
Ex-Co-Founder
2008
5Rolocule
Game development and research studio
$207K170 mo agoAcquiredRohit­ Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO
2010
6MetaShop
Developer of AI platform converting video and images into 3D models
$203K32 mo agoSeedSophiya Jagannathan
Co-Founder & CEO
2022
7CricInShots
Official website of mobile cricket game
$175K47 mo agoSeed2020Apache HTTP ServerAmazon Web ServicesSendinblue+2
8June Gaming
Mobile game development company
$125K169 mo agoSeedSreejit Jayanthan
Co-Founder
2008Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+5
9Nodding Heads Games
PC games developer
$44K96 mo agoSeedShruti Ghosh
Founder
2017Cart FunctionalityWixSentry+131 launch
10Tegro
Online marketplace for trading digital assets
37 mo agoSeedNavneet Waraich
Co-Founder & CTO
2022SentryNode.jsRadix UI+16

Top 11 Gaming companies in Pune

#1
Series B · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2010 · 181 employees
$84.7Mraised

Provider of digital entertainment experiences across gaming, esports, music, and sports. The business delivers content and engagement opportunities for young audiences. It operates interconnected ecosystems focused on gaming, esports, entertainment, and sports. The business model includes digital platforms, products, and services.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 25%
Funding
top 27%
Product
top 29%
Customers
top 29%
Tech
top 32%
Market
top 36%
Moat: Top 2% by revenue among 206 tracked Mobile Gaming companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 4 patents
Funding: Raised $84.7M across 11 rounds · 11 rounds over 14 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2025)
Product: 12 distinct product lines · 6 published apps (15.0M installs) · Company stage: Series B
Audience (LinkedIn): 57k LinkedIn followers — 27.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series B$1.9M
  • Mar 2024Series B$3M
  • May 2023Series B$3M
  • Aug 2022Series B$11.3M
Founders & team
Rajan NavaniCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Rising Sun Holdings, Cyza Agro And Stud Farms, Pratithi Investments, Serum Institute of India, N+1 Capital, Helitrope
Tech stack
Adobe FlashAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAws Certificate Manager
#2
Series B · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2017 · 139 employees
$6.8Mraised

Developer of multiplayer online games and a game server platform. The company develops and publishes various games across multiple platforms. It also provides a platform designed to support multiplayer game development and operations. The platform offers tools and infrastructure for game developers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 23%
News
top 26%
Funding
top 36%
Customers
top 39%
Moat
top 39%
Product
top 40%
Talent: 7 named leaders on record · 7 C-suite/founder profiles curated
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 11 tracked, 2 types) · +600% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $6.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Aug 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 60k LinkedIn followers — 28.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series B$15M
  • Feb 2025Series A
  • Mar 2023Series A
  • Aug 2021Series A$5.5M
Founders & team
Christelle DcruzCo-FounderRoby JohnCo-Founder & CEOSanket NadhaniCo-Founder
Investors
Dream Incubator, AET Fund, Better Capital, Bandai Namco Entertainment 021 Fund, 1Up Ventures, BAce Capital
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCore-JsGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#3
Seed · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2022 · 1 employees
$202.7Kraised

Developer of AI platform converting video and images into 3D models. The platform facilitates the creation of 3D assets from visual inputs. It offers solutions for generating 3D models suitable for various applications. The technology supports integration with existing 3D software.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 581 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$100K
  • Jul 2023Seed$44.2K
  • Jul 2022Seed$158.5K
Founders & team
Sophiya JagannathanCo-Founder & CEOMukul IngleCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
100X.VC, Shavdia Ventures, Sat Industries, Google
Tech stack
UbuntuNginxPwa
#4
Funding Raised · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2021
$1.9Mraised

Provider of NFT based card game. Operon Origins is a gameFi NFT collectible card game where players can discover the operon metaverse to transfer, trade, or collect NFTs.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021ICO$1.9M
Founders & team
NeilCEO
Investors
BBS Finance, Oddiyana Ventures, Vespertine Capital, WealthUnion
#5
Seed · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2020 · 9 employees
$174.5Kraised

Official website of mobile cricket game. It provides a strategy-based game where users have to manage cricket cillectibiles. It offering unique experiences such as cricket card collectibles and play-to-earn mechanics. The main game blends sports strategy with collectible card mechanics, much like Hearthstone but themed around cricket, with PvP battles and leaderboards.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$174.5K
Investors
Antler, Atal Innovation Mission
#6
Deadpooled · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2008 · 147 employees
$1.1Mraised

Mobile app gaming studio. It builds multiple educational apps such as Grammar app, Fractions app, GRE flashcards, and more. Its mobile app is available on Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2012Angel$1M
  • May 2012Seed$120K
Founders & team
Saurabh JainEx-Co-FounderSreejit JayanthanEx-Co-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Raptor Group, Orthogonal Thinker, ACE Ventures
#7
Acquired · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2010 · 1 employees
$207.3Kraised

Rolocule Games is a game development studio creating realistic, casual and social video games for tablets and smartphones. Focussed on console gaming using the smartphone. Its Flick Tennis game for Android has 100k+ installs as per Play Store stats. Also has Badminton, Motion Tennis and Dance Party games in its portfolio for iOS and Android. Received angel funding from Mumbai Angels and Blume Ventures in May 2012. Founded by Anuj Tandon and Rohit Gupta (senior roles at software startups). Awards - November 2012: Winner - NASSCOM Top 10 Emerging Companies, March 2012: Winner - "People's Choice Award" at the 8th IMGA International Mobile Gaming Awards, February 2012: Nomination - "Best Sports Game" at the 8th IMGA International Mobile Gaming Awards.

Funding rounds
  • May 2012Seed$323.2K
Founders & team
Rohit­ GuptaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Blume Venture, Mumbai Angels, Telefund, Tempus Capital, Rheinpark Holdings, IIMA Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapApache Http ServerJqueryGoogle Font ApiProduct Hunt
#8
Seed · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2008 · 155 employees
$125Kraised

Mobile game development company. It focuses on developing games based on puzzles and casual games. Some of the games developed by the company are Think, Guess The Celeb, and many more. The games are available on the Google Play Store and Apple store. It generates revenue through the advertisements, in-app purchases, and paid games.

Funding rounds
  • 2012Seed$125K
Founders & team
Sreejit JayanthanCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator
Tech stack
BootstrapGodaddyGoogle WorkspaceIisIsotopeJquery
#9
Seed · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2017
$43.8Kraised

PC games developer. It has developed an action game named aji: An Ancient Epic which is based in ancient India. The game is available on the Steam platform. It monetizes through one-time app purchases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2018Grant (prize money)
  • Nov 2017Seed$43.8K
Founders & team
Shruti GhoshFounderIan MaudeCo-Founder / Game Artist
Investors
Unreal Engine
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Analytics Enhanced EcommerceGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#10
Seed · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2022 · 13 employees
$100Mraised

Online marketplace for trading digital assets. It is an online marketplace for users to sell and purchase in-game virtual assets or items.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed
Founders & team
Navneet WaraichCo-Founder & CTOSiddharth MenonCo-Founder & CEOSanket NadhaniCo-Founder
Investors
Polygon Ventures
Tech stack
Node.JsReactEmotionVercelNext.JsHsts
#11
Funding Raised · Pune, Maharashtra · founded 2012 · 1 employees
raised

Cympl Studios is a mobile game development studio. It specializes in developing casual games. Some of the games developed by the company include Masala Madness, Super Krishna Crush & Captain Solo, etc. These games are available on Android & iOS platform. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Grant (prize money)
Founders & team
Ratikant BeheraCo-Founder
Investors
Google
Tech stack
DiviGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3JqueryJquery Migrate

Funding & investor landscape

$95.2Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
24disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Andreessen Horowitz2 rounds
Google2 rounds
Y Combinator2 rounds
100X.VC1 rounds
1Up Ventures1 rounds
32-Bit Ventures1 rounds
ACE Ventures1 rounds
AET Fund1 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Artha India Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Rajan Navani
Co-Founder & CEO · JetSynthesys
Christelle Dcruz
Co-Founder · SuperGaming
Roby John
Co-Founder & CEO · SuperGaming
Sophiya Jagannathan
Co-Founder & CEO · MetaShop
Mukul Ingle
Co-Founder & CTO · MetaShop
Neil
CEO · Operon Origins
Saurabh Jain
Ex-Co-Founder · June Software
Sreejit Jayanthan
Ex-Co-Founder · June Software
Rohit­ Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO · Rolocule
Shruti Ghosh
Founder · Nodding Heads Games
Ian Maude
Co-Founder / Game Artist · Nodding Heads Games
Navneet Waraich
Co-Founder & CTO · Tegro
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 105,650 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding flat · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · India

How research on Gaming Technology is moving in India

A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 88 India-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202220232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 81% → 81% across 2022–2025.
top research entities
  • Chitkara University5
  • International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad5
  • Vellore Institute of Technology University5
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay4
  • Microsoft Research3
leading researchers
P. J. Narayanan · Lei Yang · Yu-Chiu Tse · Pedro V. Sander · Jason Lawrence · Diego Nehab · Sriram Kashyap · Rhushabh Goradia
Breakthroughs33 · 38%
▲ 0%→44% share
1 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→44% of field), led by Real-time rendering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Real-time rendering1→6
  • Rendering (computer graphics)11→15
  • Game engine1→4
Landmark Image-based bidirectional scene reprojection · 38 cites
Advancements39 · 44%
▲ 0%→44% share
1 median citations54% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→44% of field), led by Game engine.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Game engine2→11
  • Video game development1→4
  • Rendering (computer graphics)10→12
Landmark Game Development using Unity Game Engine · 26 cites
Concerns8 · 9%
▲ 0%→3% share
7 median citations38% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→3% of field), led by Rendering (computer graphics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)5
  • Computer graphics (images)4
  • Game engine3
  • Ray tracing (physics)2
  • Graphics pipeline1
Landmark Efficient management of last-level caches in graphics processors for 3D scene rendering workloads · 23 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · India

Where gaming tech is researched across India

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Delhi-NCR7 · +0.46
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)
Mumbai6 · +0.23
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Opportunity · Game engineConcern · Rendering (computer graphics)
Hyderabad6 · +0.80
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Advancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Radiance
PATENT SIGNAL · India

Who's filing gaming tech patents in India

India gaming tech patent filing is steady — 8 filings from 8 assignees (2016–2024), led by SOUL Vision Creations, Kalra Nitin, Pathak Ashish; annual filings 1→1.

8 filings8 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2024
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2024)
top patent filers
  • SOUL Vision Creations5
  • Kalra Nitin2
  • Pathak Ashish2
  • Prakash RAVI2
  • Setia Lokesh2
  • Bluestack Systems2
  • JAIN Nikita1
  • Vinnakota Devicharan1

Common questions

How many Gaming companies are there in Pune, India?
Radar tracks 49 indexable Gaming companies headquartered in Pune, India that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming companies in Pune, India?
The Gaming companies in Pune, India on this list have raised a combined $95.2M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming company in Pune, India?
JetSynthesys is the highest-funded Gaming company in Pune, India, with $84.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming companies in Pune, India are funded?
9 of the 49 Gaming companies in Pune, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming unicorns are there in Pune, India?
None of the Gaming companies in Pune, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Pune, India Gaming companies?
The most active investors in Pune, India Gaming companies on this list include Andreessen Horowitz, Google, Y Combinator, 100X.VC, 1Up Ventures.
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