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Gaming startup LightFury Games has secured $11 million in funding, including investments from Indian cricketers like MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya. The company aims to build a global AAA cricket gaming franchise, with its mobile-first title, eCricket, slated for a 2026 launch.Listen to this article in summarized format
Other players who invested in the round include Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma and Sai Sudharsan.
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Founded in 2024 by Karan Shroff, Tina Balachandran, who earlier worked at Unacademy, and Anurag Banerjee, formerly associated with Ubisoft Singapore, the company is positioning itself as an AAA-focused studio aiming to build globally competitive titles from India.
AAA cricket gaming franchise refers to a high-budget video game production.
“For us, this is about more than just launching a game. India has long been a gaming market, but now it is starting to build. We want to show that India can create world-class gaming IP (intellectual property) for global audiences,” Shroff told ET.
