Skip to main content
The Entrepreneur Story logoThe Entrepreneur Story
BUSINESS·2 min read·Dec 03, 2020

Pocket Aces raised Rs 100 Cr from Sequoia, 3one4 Capital, others 

Pocket Aces, a Mumbai-put together advanced amusement organization centered with respect to portable video, on Tuesday, reported that it had raised Rs 100 crore from Sequoia India, DSP Group, 3one4 Capital, and different speculators The organization intends to use the new assets to put resources int

Cover image forthcoming
Cover image forthcoming · Plate 01 · Photographed for The Entrepreneur Story

Pocket Aces, a Mumbai-put together advanced amusement organization centered with respect to portable video, on Tuesday, reported that it had raised Rs 100 crore from Sequoia India, DSP Group, 3one4 Capital, and different speculators

The organization intends to use the new assets to put resources into substance, innovation, and ability. It will increase its social circulation by beginning three new substance diverts in the following a year. The firm plans to hit a run pace of one billion month to month video sees on unique substance by 2020

Ashwin Suresh, Anirudh Pandita, and Aditi Shrivastava, Co-authors of Pocket Aces, stated

“With gigantic entrance of portable web in India and an enormous shopper base hungry for neighborhood content, we accept that there has never been a superior opportunity to construct a huge substance business here. We are eager to make new diversion alternatives for another India!

Pocket Aces, which has made the absolute most mainstream long-structure shows in India, for example, Little Things, What The Folks, and Adulting, will fabricate capacity to make upwards of 30 long-structure shows a year. The organization will likewise keep on putting resources into its esports application, Loco, with an intend to hit 50 million clients in the following two years. Additionally, it will reinforce its senior initiative group and put resources into preparing and culture advancement as it sets out on its next phase of development

In 2016, Sequoia had put $3 million in the organization

Shailesh Lakhani, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India Advisors, stated

“Pocket Aces has surpassed desires in making a great blend of portable well disposed, verbose, and intuitive substance contributions. They are building a genuinely effective business in India’s detonating advanced media outlet, and Sequoia India is excited to keep supporting Ashwin, Anirudh, Aditi, and the whole group.

Established in 2013 by Ashwin Suresh, Anirudh Pandita and Aditi Shrivastava, the organization cases to scaled viewership by 25x and adaptation by 15x. Today, its socially dispersed channels, FilterCopy (short recordings), Gobble (food and way of life recordings), and Dice Media (long-structure recordings) clock roughly 500 million month to month video sees

A year ago, the firm had declared the dispatch of its esports application, Loco, which has more than 15 million enlisted clients, with dynamic clients going through more than 30 minutes every day on the application. The organization has become stronger to 145 with workplaces in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi

Pranav Pai, Managing Partner at 3one4 Capital, stated

“The Pocket Aces group has utilized their profound experience and grounded sympathy for their crowd’s utilization conduct and tastes, to work among the biggest and most saw content portfolios in the nation.”u, . . ” , . . ” , . . rtfolios in the nation.”

operatorsfounders2026
No. The desk answers

Reader questions.

About Pocket Aces raised Rs 100 Cr from Sequoia, 3one4 Capital, others  — five of the most-asked, in the desk's own words.

  1. 01What is this story about?
    Pocket Aces, a Mumbai-put together advanced amusement organization centered with respect to portable video, on Tuesday, reported that it had raised Rs 100 crore from Sequoia India, DSP Group, 3one4 Capital, and different speculators The organization intends to use the new assets to put resources int
  2. 02Who wrote it?
    Sheena · Staff. 2 min read · Dec 03, 2020.
  3. 03Is this sponsored?
    If a piece is, the disclosure sits above the cover image and again in our public transparency report. This one carries no commercial disclosure.
  4. 04How do I get the rest?
    Subscribe to The Briefing for a Wednesday letter from the desk, or browse by category from the top navigation.

Continue reading

Detailed view of organized electronic circuit boards in a production setting.
Capital

SK Hynix's $26.5B IPO: A New Titan in the AI Chip Era Founders Take Note

A group of young professionals brainstorming ideas in a startup office setting.
Capital

Ground State Ventures Closes €75.2M Quantum Fund for Europe

Tony Loeb, co-founder of 10minutes.news, laughing with a notebook during his cover story interview
Founders & operators

The Ten-Minute Revolution — how Tony Loeb simplified an entire industry's future.