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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

We only invest post revenue.

We help in finding revenue

We help in raising capital for our investee companie

We typically stay for 2 rounds

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

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. 

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.

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. 

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

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 

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.

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.

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 

Lumika invests at the confluence of technology, culture and new media.

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.

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

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 

*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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