Esports gaming platform Gamerji has raised $ 1.1 million in its pre-Series A round led by Unicorn India Ventures. The round also saw participation from Stadia Ventures, Urmin Group family office and existing investors.
Gamerji plans to use the fresh funds to enhance tournament organization technology, build social features for the gamers & and expand to MENA and south east Asia, the startup said in a press release.
Founded in 2019 by Soham Thacker, GamerJi is an esports tournament platform where users can play tournaments of their favorite games, host matches, communicate, share content and win prizes.
The Ahmedabad-based startup claims that it is currently serving 2.3 million gamers from India and has conducted more than 29K tournaments till date. According to the company, it has increased its user base by 3X and is conducting more than 200 tournaments every day for more than 15 titles, since its seed round in Dec 2020 .