| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.11.2025 | WinZO promoters used 'deceptive' algorithm to cheat gamers: Enforcement Directorate | - |
| 26.11.2025 | Assets From Online Cricket Betting Are ‘Proceeds Of Crime’: Delhi HC | SUMMARY
Delhi HC has ruled that ED can seize assets linked to online cricket betting as the profits come under the money laundering act
The order comes hot on the heels of the ED sealing assets of over INR 500 Cr from betting startups like ... |
| 24.11.2025 | ED Freezes INR 523 Cr Assets Linked To WinZO, Gameskraft & Pocket52 | SUMMARY
The agency has frozen about INR 505 Cr in bank balances, bonds, FDs and mutual funds linked to WinZO under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
ED has also seized Gameskraft’s eight escrow accounts, holding around INR 18.57 Cr, a... |
| 18.11.2025 | ED Raids Gameskraft, WinZO Offices Over Complaints Of Algorithm Rigging | SUMMARY
ED carried out searches at the offices of Gameskraft and WinZO across Bengaluru, Delhi and Gurugram today
The action followed FIRs from users who claimed that the gaming platforms manipulated their algorithms to put players at a dis... |
| 26.08.2025 | Following ban, RMG operators scramble for a backup plan Dream11 cofounder and CEO Harsh Jain has hinted at exploring different verticals including sports analytics, AI-driven products and services, an... | Real-money gaming companies are now looking to explore different categories and newer markets after the Indian government imposed a blanket ban on such games.
Dream Sports, which runs the popular Dream11 real-money game, is exploring the fi... |
| 24.08.2025 | WinZO to enter US, launches short video content format | - |
| 22.08.2025 | Real-Money Game Operators Crash Out From India Dream11 users are now getting in-app notifications that the platform will no longer offer cash games and contests. | The Indian government's new gaming bill has sent the real-money game players in a tizzy with many formally announcing shutting down or moving out business from the country.
For the uninitiated, the new bill defines RMGs as "an online g... |
| 21.08.2025 | Knock out for real money games in India? Is the game over for real-money games in India? | India is tightening the noose around the real-money online gaming industry with a new legislation.
On Wednesday, India's Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tabled 'The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming ... |
| 20.03.2025 | India's Online Gaming Boom: A USD 9.1 Billion Industry in the Making Web3 gaming has potential, but experts believe it's not fully ready yet. "Web3's biggest challenge is balancing in-game econom... | The Indian gaming industry is on fire, and the numbers prove it. In 2024, the industry was valued at USD 3.7 billion, but it is set to more than double to USD 9.1 billion by 2029, according to the India Gaming Report 2025 by WinZO and IEIC.... |
| 11.09.2024 | Lessons On Building Start-ups From Ground Zero The start-ups have become overly obsessed with matching the competition said Paavan Nanda, co-founder, WinZo Games | Start-ups are the biggest force behind the world's economy and founders are the base. The more agile founders become, the more relevant they stay to the real conditions and the situation—start-ups become fundamentally strong. With every pas... |
| 12.06.2024 | WinZO And Hike’s Court Battle Over Alleged IP Rights Violation Heats Up | SUMMARY
In an order passed last month, the Delhi High Court has directed WinZO and Hike to submit the source codes of their apps, WinZO and Rush
WinZO filed a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking i... |
| 26.04.2024 | Gaming Startup WinZO’s FY23 Revenue Surges Nearly 3X To INR 674 Cr | SUMMARY
The Delhi NCR-based gaming major had reported an operating revenue of INR 233.89 Cr in FY22
Despite the increase in operating revenue, WinZO’s net loss zoomed 1.9X to INR 710.15 Cr in FY23 from INR 370.1 Cr in the previous fiscal ye... |
| 09.10.2023 | WinZO lança app no Brasil e investe US$ 25 milhões no mercado local | A WinZO, plataforma global de jogos, lançou seu aplicativo no Brasil, com um portfólio de mais de 100 jogos de habilidade, com o objetivo de agregar ao ecossistema de jogos no país. A empresa agora pretende investir US$ 25 milhões em tecnol... |
| 04.08.2023 | India’s billion-dollar gaming industry braces for GST challenge | GamingNews
Lokesh Choudhary · 4 Aug 2023 · 2 min readIndia’s billion-dollar gaming industry braces for GST challenge
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India’s billion-dollar online gaming industry is bracing for slower growth after a tax panel app... |
| 29.06.2023 | WinZO anuncia fundo de US$ 10 milhões para fomentar ecossistema brasileiro de jogos | A WinZO, plataforma de jogos indiana, anunciou um fundo focado no Brasil de US$ 10 milhões para apoiar o crescimento de jogos, conteúdos e desenvolvimento de tecnologia ligada ao ecossistema de videogames. O investimento será feito através ... |
| 20.03.2023 | WinZO Launches $50 Mn Gaming Fund To Invest In Startups | WinZO would invest in startups across all forms of interactive entertainment – game developers and publishers, content creation, live-ops, and security
WinZO will invest up to $10 million in a startup from the fund and expects to invest at ... |
| 02.07.2021 | Gaming startup WinZO raises $65 million from Griffin Gaming Partners | Pune MirrorFounded in early 2018 by Paavan Nanda, WinZO partners with third-party developers to host games on their Android app.
Pune: WinZO, an online gaming and entertainment platform, has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round le... |
| 02.07.2021 | Indian gaming platform WinZO raises $65 million led by Griffin Gaming Partners | Indian multi-player gaming and entertainment platform WinZO on Friday said it has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners.
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| 02.07.2021 | WinZO raises $65M in Series C round led by Griffin Gaming Partners | WinZO, the gaming and entertainment platform, has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total tally of capital raised by the company to $90 million. Griffin is making its... |
| 02.07.2021 | India’s WinZO raises $65m funding led by Griffin Gaming Partners | Premium
WinZO, a gaming and entertainment platform, on Friday said it has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total capital raised by the company to $90 million. This i... |
| 02.07.2021 | WinZO Raises $65 Mn In Series C Round | July 2, 2021 3 min read
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Gaming and entertainment platform WinZO, on Friday, announced to hav... |
| 02.07.2021 | WinZO raises $65 million in funding led by Griffin Gaming Partners | Advertisment
“We are excited to make Griffin Gaming Partners’ first investment in India backing WinZO, the company behind the largest social gaming app in the country,” Nick Tuosto, co-founder of Griffin Gaming Partners, said.
“We saw in ... |
| 02.07.2021 | WinZO raises $65 million in series C led by Griffin Gaming Partners | WinZO raises $65 million in series C led by Griffin Gaming PartnersPremiumWinZO is currently offered in 12 languages, unlocking demographics that have historically gone underserved. (Photo: Getty Images) 1 min read . Updated: 02 Jul 2021, 0... |
| 02.07.2021 | India’s WinZO raises $65m funding led by Griffin Gaming Partners | WinZO, a gaming and entertainment platform, on Friday said it has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total capital raised by the company to $90 million. This is Griffi... |
| 02.07.2021 | WinZO raises $65 mn in Series C round, led by Griffin Gaming Partners | WinZO, the gaming and entertainment platform, has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total tally of capital raised by the company to $90 million. Griffin is making its... |
| 02.07.2021 | Esports platform WinZO raises $65 mn in Series C round | Joseph Rai 2 Jul, 2021
WinZO on Friday said it has raised $65 million (Rs 483.4 crore) as part of its Series C funding round, less than two months after messaging platform Hike exited the vernacular social gaming platform.
The Series C roun... |
| 10.04.2021 | Gaming Platform WinZO Games Raises $9.5 Million In Debt Funding | WinZO Games, a real-money gaming platform, has raised Rs 69 crore or $9.5 million in debt round from Courtside Ventures, Makers Fund and The Stuart Partners.
First reported by Entrackr, the regulatory filings reflected that WinZO would use ... |
| 10.04.2021 | WinZO Games Raises $9.5 Million in Debt Funding Round | New Delhi: Real money gaming platform WinZO Games has raised Rs 69 crore or $9.5 million in debt round from Courtside Ventures, Makers Fund, and The Stuart Partners. This comes seven months after the Delhi-based startup raised $18 million r... |
| 06.11.2020 | WinZO launches Game Developer Fund II; to invest $5M to fund Indian game developers | WinZO, a New Delhi-headquartered e-gaming startup, on Friday launched its Game Developer Fund II worth $5 million (Rs 37.5 crore).
Last year, the social gaming platform had announced its Fund I worth $1.5 million, where it received over 250... |
| 06.11.2020 | WinZO launches $5 mn Game Developer Fund II | Debangana Ghosh 6 Nov, 2020
Tictok Skill Games-owned vernacular esports platform WinZO Games on Friday announced the launch of a $5 million Game Developer Fund II, to fuel the pandemic-induced surge of interest in the Indian gaming ecosyste... |
| 06.11.2020 | [Funding Alert] WinZO Announces Second Game Developer Fund Worth $5 Mn | November 6, 2020 3 min read
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New Delhi-based social gaming platform WinZO on Friday announced... |
| 14.09.2020 | Winzo Closes $18M Series B Funding | WinZO, a New Delhi, India-based gaming app, raised $18m in Series B funding.
The round was led by global interactive entertainment fund Makers Fund based in Singapore, and New York based Courtside Ventures. Kalaari Capital, which first inve... |
| 05.09.2020 | Gaming startup WinZO raises US$ 18M in Series B funding | WinZO was founded in 2018. The startup is one of the most pioneering gaming startups based in India whose revenue is growing at 1500%. It has also witnessed 20 million new user additions in the last 12 months. Post the declaration of lockdo... |
| 04.09.2020 | WinZO raises $18 million in Series B round | Gaming platform WinZO said on Thursday that it had raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Makers Fund and Courtside Ventures. Singapore-based Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment fund, and Courtside Ventures is b... |
| 03.09.2020 | Gaming startup WinZO raises $18 million in Series B funding | Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint Gaming startup WinZO raises $18 million in Series B funding 1 min read . Updated: 03 Sep 2020, 03:08 PM IST Abhijit Ahaskar
With the new round of funding, WinZo plans to improve its content pipeline and engage mo... |
| 03.09.2020 | [Funding alert] Vernacular gaming platform WinZO raises $18M in Series B led by Makers Fund, Courtside Ventures | Delhi-based vernacular gaming platform WinZO has raised $18 million in a Series B investment round led by global interactive entertainment fund Makers Fund based in Singapore, and New York-based Courtside Ventures. Both funds are making the... |
| 03.09.2020 | WinZO raises Rs 133 Cr Series B round, valuation touches Rs 460 Cr | Vernacular real money gaming platform WinZO Games has secured $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Makers Fund and New York-based Courtside Ventures. The Delhi-based company has received fresh capital after a gap of 13 months.
Whi... |
| 03.09.2020 | WinZO Gets $18 Million In Series B Round | September 3, 2020 3 min read
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Indian vernacular gaming platform WinZO on Thursday announced that it has raised $18 million in Series B Round which was led b... |
| - | [Funding alert] Vernacular gaming platform WinZO raises $65M in Series C round led by Griffin Gaming Partners | Delhi-based vernacular gaming platform WinZOon Friday raised $65 million in a Series C round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total tally of capital raised by the company to $90 million. With this new developme... |
| - | Winzo Gives Hike 4X Return After $13 Mn Series B Funding | Vernacular social gaming platform WinZO has given a complete exit to its early investor Hike with four-fold returns on the investment in its Series B round. The gaming startup has raised $13 Mn funding from existing investors Stephan Pagliu... |
| - | Gaming Platform WinZO Announces Game Developer Fund Of $5 Mn | Delhi-based online gaming platform WinZO has announced a $5 Mn (INR 37.50 Cr) fund for the Indian Game Developer ecosystem.
Recently, it raised $18 Mn (INR 132.1 Cr) in a Series B funding round led by Makers Fund based in Singapore and New ... |
| - | Gaming Startup WinZO Launches Indian Game Developer Fund With $20 Mn Corpus | As the online gaming industry, including transaction-based real money skill games and casual games, goes through a record momentum in the country, Delhi-based online gaming startup WinZO has announced a $20 Mn fund for the Indian game devel... |
| - | WinZO announces third Game Developer Fund of $20M | WinZO, a vernacular social interactive gaming platform, on Monday, announced the third edition of its Game Developer Fund (GDF) with the largest ever corpus of $20 million (about Rs 147.2 crore).
The development comes six months after the ... |
| - | Exclusive: WinZO Raises $18 Mn In Series B Round Led By Makers Fund, Courtside Ventures | Online gaming platform WinZO is raising $18 Mn (INR 132.1 Cr) in a Series B funding round led by global interactive entertainment fund, Makers Fund based in Singapore, and New York-based Courtside Ventures. Both funds are making their first... |
| - | WinZO earmarks $25 million investment in Brazil for expansion | WinZO earmarks $25 million investment in Brazil for expansion
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The vernacular social gaming platform, which has so far raised close to $100 million, is going to deploy the funds in ... |
| - | Gaming And Entertainment Platform WinZO Raises $65 Mn Funding Led By Griffin Gaming Partners | Indian gaming and entertainment platform, WinZO has raised $65 Mn in a Series C funding round, led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners, taking the total tally of capital raised by the Company to $90 Mn.
Griffin is making its first e... |
