Matiks raises $3.1 Mn in pre-Series A round led by Tanglin Ventures

The Bengaluru-based maths-focussed mobile gaming platform Matiks has secured $3.1 million (about Rs 27 crore) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Tanglin Ventures along with participation from Info Edge Ventures and other angel investors including boAt co-founder Aman Gupta, Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini, and Anil Goteti.

The fresh funds will be allocated to expand its team, ratchet up marketing, enhance product offerings, and enter new geographies, Matiks said in a press release. 

Co-founded in Sept. 2024 by Sudhanshu Bhatia, Mohan Kumar, and Sushant Timmapur,  Matiks provides mobile games that enable users to test their mathematical skills. It also lets users compete against each other. 

As per market research, India’s gaming industry is currently valued at about $3.8 billion and is expected to reach the $9.2 billion mark by FY29. 

According to the company, it offers features like live 1v1 and multiplayer math duels, daily challenges, global leaderboards, and personalized progress tracking to make math practice engaging and fun for users of all ages. The platform  offers games across different categories, with focus on speed, memory, puzzle, among others. It also runs weekly contests to enable higher engagement.

Matiks allows users to add friends, and even has a discord community. It has just launched a paid ‘Creators Programme’ which lets users form a community on the platform. 

Currently, the startup claims to have around 1 Lakh users and has crossed 50K downloads on the Google Play Store.