Bombay Play is focused on hypersocial games.
Bombay Play is focused on hypersocial games.
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India’s Bombay Play raises $7M for instant mobile games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Bombay Play has raised $7 million in a new round of funding, so it can build more instant games on platforms such as Facebook.

The Bangalore, India-based company is focusing on “hypersocial gaming,” or casual games that you can play with your friends, said Oliver Jones, CEO of Bombay Play, in an interview with GamesBeat. Bombay Play has already seen success with more than 40 million players worldwide.

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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.