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Our BackStory and Thesis

Why are we a founder's fund

We are founders that invest in other founders.

 

We like when founders make money. We often offer small exits to founders when others wont

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We only invest post revenue.

We help in finding revenue

We help in raising capital for our investee companie

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We typically stay for 2 rounds

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Goodgame Ventures (also called Goodgame Investments) is a family office of Akshat Rathee and Gautam Virk.

​Building on the success of their informal mentorship activities, they formalized their investment approach through Good Game Investments

Some of our Investment facts

These are our Investments

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Invested: 2015. Reinvested

NODWIN Gaming is a new age youth media company focussing on the global gaming youth

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GodGame Investments has founder level investor status in NODWIN Gaming

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Invested: 2021. Exited: 2021

STAN - India’s Ultimate Gaming & Creator Hub. It connects pro-gamers, creators, developers, brands. Stan wants to be the Discord of India. 

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Devolved with Stan Singapore

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Invested: 2019. Reinvested

Truly Madly is in second Avatar and aspires to be India's best dating & match-making platform for tier 2 cities

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Invested: 2020

One Impression is the world's most advanced & trusted platform for helping brands drive creator-driven initiatives.

Project: RHC

Invested: 2024

Project RHC is a holding company for multiple hospitality and restaurant projects across the world

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Invested: 2018

India's first listed gaming and esports company. Has business across the globe.

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Good Game Investments has had a pre IPO position in Nazara since 2018

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Invested: 2021. Exited: 2024

STAN - India’s Ultimate Gaming & Creator Hub. It connects pro-gamers, creators, developers, brands. Stan wants to be the Discord of India. 

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Exited to Nazara Technologies

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Invested: 2021. Reinvested

StanceBeam is pioneering sports technology company , offering vision solutions like Decision Review System (DRS), Analytics & wearables

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Invested: 2025

1312 Interactive is a publisher who aims to publish great PC games from India to to the world

Invested: 2024

Covah is a high end fusion restaurant lcated in Gurgaon 

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Invested: 2014

Payments processing services for International publishers. Provides aggregation services for Wallet Cards/ Codes/ IAP

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GoodGame has a founder level investor status in NODWIN Gaming

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Invested: 2015. Exited: 2022

Sostronk strated off as a place to play Counter Strike and then evolved into an app that could bring together all your data stats in 1 place 

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Exited to Dream11

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Invested: 2021

Stupa spcialises in the space of Table Tennis with Vision solutions to digitise matches and offer Analytics for broadcast and data ingestion

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Invested: 2024

Shikenso is a video analytics platform designed to get the highest value out of sponsorship in sports/ esports

Congo

Invested: 2024

Congo is a Amazonian themed restaurant in Gurgaon targeting alternate ambiences

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Invested: 2018

Built by founders for founders, BITKRAFT is the global early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.

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​GoodGame is an LP in Bitkraft
 

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Invested: 2019. Exited: 2023

FrontRow was an edtech.

You could learn from the best! Comprehensive courses, taught by your idols.

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FrontRow shut operations in 2023

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Invested: 2020

KukuFM aspires to be India's #1 Audio Stories and Entertainment Platform. They excel in regional podcasts

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Invested: 2019

Studio Sirah wants to Make India-First Core Games. They released their first title Kurushetra (a CCG) based on the Mahabharat

Project: Ledge

Invested: 2025

Project Ledge is an in stealth project for a rooftop and terrace lounge in Gurgaon

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Invested: 2024

India's Pioneering Interactive Media and Gaming VC 

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Lumika invests at the confluence of technology, culture and new media.
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​GoodGame is an LP in Lumikai​

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Beyond The Game

Invested: 2015. Exited: 2018

BTG (NODWIN Cyber gaming and merchandise) was designed to be a merchandising/ retail shop 

 

Devolved out of the NODWIN and Nazara transaction in 2018

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Invested: 2021

New Shop is already India's largest franchised convenience retailer operating 24/7 open omni-channel stores. They have built 100s of stores !

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Invested: 2022

KGEN is building a Web3 stack of The Proof of Gamer™, Owned directl by Gamers.

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Project: BucketList

Invested: 2025

Project Buketlist is a stealth startup for high end travellers to complete bucket lists

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Invested: 2025

Center Court Capital an investment fund for sports, sports tech, wellness, gaming and esports based out of Mumbai

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​GoodGame is an LP in CCC

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Invested: 2018. Exited: 2020*

Vested allows Indians to make alternative investments into US Stocks, INR Bonds, and more 

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*Vested was written off by us as there were no exits available. We continue to hold

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Invested: 2019

Stage is an Entertainment Platform for India's Regional Cultures!

Currently in Haryanvi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri

Anra Homes

Invested: 2025

Anra homes is a land developer devloping multiple vacation home projects targeted at Indian high income families

Project: AgriTech

Invested: 2025

Project Agritech is an investment in India's agritech sector

Meet the Team

All it takes is a few good men

(Sorkin)

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