Details

Last Funding Type

Seed

Last Funding Money Raised

$1.70M

Industries

Content,Digital Entertainment,eSports,Gaming

Founded date

May 20, 2016

Number Of Employee

101 - 250

Operating Status

Active

Rooter is India’s leading game and esports streaming platform (#1 Sports app on the Google Playstore since Oct-20 and is 38th in Overall app ranking on Google). Rooter is also consistently rated 4.6 to 4.8/5.0 stars with 500K+ reviews on Playstore. It sits at the intersection of two large macro-trends – gaming and content, bringing together the community of 450MM+ gaming enthusiasts in the country.

Rooter has an install base of ~50 Mn+. As of Sept 2022, the company has 16.6 Mn+ MAUs and ~1.4Mn+ DAUs, with each active user spending over 35 minutes on the app every day to watch Live streams. This engagement is driven by 15,000+ professional streamers and 1.2MM+ users creating content on the platform, every month.

Rooter is the only platform in Game Streaming category to monetize with current ARR of $5mn (INR 3cr+/ month revenue).

In addition, Rooter now holds media rights to the largest bouquet of Live esports content in India (8,200+ hours/ year) with their most recent partnership with Skyesports, biggest esports tournament organiser in South Asia. They have also partnered with 12 top esports teams in India including the biggest and most popular team- Godlike, who stream exclusively on Rooter, alongside 30 upcoming esports teams and popular game streamers like Indian cricketer, Yuzi Chahal.

Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon after the outbreak of COVID-19, they deciphered the changing needs and witnessed a major shift towards Game Streaming.