Lockdown Brawl is the second game coming from India's Bombay Play.
Lockdown Brawl is the second game coming from India's Bombay Play.
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Bombay Play raises $1 million for social games as India’s game studios blossom

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Bombay Play, a Bangalore, India-based game studio, has raised $1 million to make social games for global markets.

India’s game studio opportunity has been dormant for a long time, even as the country thrives with tech startups growing into big companies with billion-dollar exits. But Lumikai announced its first gaming fund for India in August, and now it is making its first investment into Bombay Play. Lumikai led the round, joining existing investors Playco and Leo Capital.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.