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Investing and Shaping the future of Indian Gaming

CHIMERA VENTURE CAPITAL

Chimera is focused on making concentrated investments into early stage games/game adjacent startups in India.

Investing and Shaping the future of Indian Gaming

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India Focused

Early Stage Gaming/Game Adjacent startups

10 million USD Fund Size

The Story of Chimera

“This combination of early stage investing , building and scaling gaming start ups and understanding the tremendous opportunity to invest in high quality game / adjacent companies in India gave birth to Chimera.”

Market Opportunity

India has a potential user base of over half a billion people, and many high quality gaming startups however  there are very few Gaming focused investors and that creates a significant opportunity for Chimera.

The Indian gaming industry clocked
$3.1B and
 growing.
in FY23, and is set to hit $7.5 Bn by FY28

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We believe that providing the support through an ecosystem focused on being a thought leader and leveraging industry and geographical connections will be invaluable to our investment positions. Chimera is focused on making concentrated investments into early stage games/game adjacent startups in India.

Current Investments / Capital Deployment Strategy

Current Investments
First cheque

India has a potential user base of over half a billion people, and many high quality gaming startups however there are very few Gaming focused investors and that creates a significant opportunity for Chimera.

Follow on cheque
The follow-on cheque plan spans three years, focusing on 5 key deals at $1 million each. In Year 1, there are no follow-on deals. In Year 2, 2 to 3 follow-on deals will be made, totaling $2-3 million. Similarly, in Year 3, another 2 to 3 follow-on deals will occur, also totaling $2-3 million.

An online marketplace for prepaid gaming cards generates $1 million monthly by leveraging price differences, with a 15-second fraud-checkout aiming for $5 million by year-end.

An End-to-End LiveOps company, with 84 years of EA experience, is relaunching IPs and partnering with Nexus to offer full development and support services.

Follow on cheque
The follow-on cheque plan spans three years, focusing on 5 key deals at $1 million each. In Year 1, there are no follow-on deals. In Year 2, 2 to 3 follow-on deals will be made, totaling $2-3 million. Similarly, in Year 3, another 2 to 3 follow-on deals will occur, also totaling $2-3 million.

Building a “TikTok for games” with 300+ hyper-casual titles, adding one daily. A shared coin system links games for tournaments, using a B2B2C model for bite-sized play.

70% of deployable capital in our 5 winners to drive a high fund performance.

Capital Deployment

First cheque

India has a potential user base of over half a billion people, and many high quality gaming startups however there are very few Gaming focused investors and that creates a significant opportunity for Chimera.

Follow on cheque
The follow-on cheque plan spans three years, focusing on 5 key deals at $1 million each. In Year 1, there are no follow-on deals. In Year 2, 2 to 3 follow-on deals will be made, totaling $2-3 million. Similarly, in Year 3, another 2 to 3 follow-on deals will occur, also totaling $2-3 million.
Follow on cheque
The follow-on cheque plan spans three years, focusing on 5 key deals at $1 million each. In Year 1, there are no follow-on deals. In Year 2, 2 to 3 follow-on deals will be made, totaling $2-3 million. Similarly, in Year 3, another 2 to 3 follow-on deals will occur, also totaling $2-3 million.
70% of deployable capital in our 5 winners to drive a high fund performance.

The Ecosystem

Game Developers
Marketing/ growth Providers
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Technology providers
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Mid - Late Stage VC’s
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Our strategy goes beyond investments, focusing on cultivating connections and networks that drive holistic growth.

Team Members

Managing Partner

Krish

  • Ex-Founder/CEO of gaming startup based in Singapore
  • Experience in early stage investing for 3+ years
  • VC Experience working for a VC and web3 startup

Head of finance

Akash

  • Over 31 yrs exp in various industries and regional companies in the areas of Strategic growth management
  • Experience in setting up start up operations,, fund raising, risk mitigation, business performance, mergers & acquisitions, family Office & investments

Executive advisor

Sadiq Ahameds

  • Sadiq is the founder of Lysto , a social hub for gamers, funded by Tiger Global, Square Peg, Hashed and leading angels in the industry.
  • 19+ years in digital payments and gaming across India & SE Asia.
  • Was of founding team Qwikcilver—Asia’s largest gift card and prepaid platform which secured investments from Accel, Helion, Amazon, and Sistema.

Advisor

Anurag Srivastava

  • Co-founder of Jungle Ventures, a top VC firm in Southeast Asia with $1B+ in assets.
  • Co-founded multiple startups; featured on The Peak Power List and Tatler’s Asia’s Most Influential.
  • Jungle Ventures is a leading venture capital firm in Southeast Asia and India.

Advisor

Ramakant Sharma

  • Co-founder and COO at Livspace, India and SEA’s largest Home interiors and renovation platform.
  • He is a prolific angel investor and mentor for many technology startups.

Chimera is focused on building the future of Indian gaming and would love to have you involved. For inquiries please reach out to Krish@chimeravc.com

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