Deftouch (fka All Star Games), the Bangalore, India-based game publisher behind ‘King of Cricket’, raised a follow on funding of an undisclosed amount.
The round was co-led by KRAFTON India, Lumikai and T-Accelerate Capital. Early investors included Kalaari Capital and angel investor Arun Venkatachalam.
The company intends to use the funds for scaling their existing games, developing new titles, and hiring talent.
Founded by Ninad Bhagwat and Keshav Sunder, Deftouch is a developer and publisher of hybrid-casual mobile games, with a specific focus on the sports category. Their hit title, King of Cricket, employs a hybrid-casual approach to the cricket genre which has led it to scale to over 10M downloads and a spot in the top 3 cricket games on the Indian Playstore.
As audiences globally gravitate towards shorter format content, the studio’s long-term plan is to use its existing playbook to expand to other sports and geographies over the coming years.
In 2021, the company raised $1.5M from Lumikai and Play Ventures.
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09/10/2024