Anuj Tandon 🇮🇳
@Anuj_Tandon
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Gaming CEO & Investor (India & MENA). Current - CEO Gaming @JetSynthesys - Previous - Head of Corp Dev at KRAFTON, Co-founder Rolocule, Yoozoo, #MUFC , Fauji Kid
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#ThrowbackThursdays
The day I met our PM
@narendramodi
one of the biggest moments of my life.
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Coming Soon! Thank you for 20 Million Pre-registrations in 2 weeks.
#Krafton
#IndiakaBattlegrounds
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Krafton is going to be investing more in India and Indian startups. Also less than 10 days we are at 16 Million DAU of BGMI in India - plus
@hisohn
is moving. Our investment team is also growing. Great overview of our plans.
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Krafton 's second investment in India is to back India's own game streaming platform - Loco. Its great to back
@anipandita
&
@ashwinsuresh
as Lead investors in their Seed round as they build this rocket ship. Photo from better times along with
@hisohn
(1/2)
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@ruima
This is us on a Yoozoo company offsite with Lin Qi (4th from left standing) and Xu (2nd from right standing) 2 years before the incident. No one could have predicted it. Lin was a visionary and so much more 😭
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Wow! More than 350,000 people watching Battlegrounds Mobile India first esports tournament on
@YouTubeIndia
10x more people in Hindi than English. Apart from Cricket no other sport demands this viewership in India?
#IndiaKaGame
#BGMI
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BGIS explainer video by
@8bit_thug
@lameboredghini
& the Experiment. All the best to the Publishing team & the teams for the first eSports tournament for Battlegrounds Mobile India -> Can register here
#BGMI
#IndiaKaGame
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As the grand finals of the BGMI master series culminates this weekend - Viewership of this tournament is surpassing the viewership in India of "traditional" sporting events!
#IndiaKaBattlegrounds
#Krafton
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India Series for Battlegrounds Mobile India announced by our publishing team. Starts in August - ends in October 10th - 1024 teams will qualify initially - Prize Money of Rs 1 Crore. Let the eSports games begin!
#IndiakaGame
#BGMI
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Next week would be my last in KRAFTON India as Head of Corp Dev & investments (India & MENA) - Its been a privilege that in a stint of 1.9 years I had the opportunity to build an ecosystem in India for Gaming+ (M&E+Tech) & hopefully created an impact. A short gratitude 🧵(1/n)
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Congrats to the Publishing team of BGMI less than 10 days.
#battlegroundsmobileindia
#IndiaKaGame
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So its official now
@hisohn
has taken a one way ticket to India (Bengaluru) as Krafton's India CEO - big show of our intent for Indian market. Welcome Sean. (link in Korean)
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Congrats to the entire team of Publishing at Krafton. BGMI - Battlegrounds Mobile India
#IndiaKaBattlegrounds
is
@GooglePlay
Best Game of 2021 in India. 💪✌️
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Overlooking the beautiful Cubbon park in Bengaluru. KRAFTON India office got unveiled today. Container studio design theme, great views, different themes of meeting rooms, breakout spaces, gaming rooms, healing rooms, full cafe/kitchen & just that game studio vibes. We are HIRING
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I am not sure how many have noticed - but interestingly
#3
in the top grossing list of Games in India is Genshin Impact which if sustains would be making approximately $6 Mn a month from Indian users. What is good and bad about this a small thread 🧵 (1/n)
#IndianGaming
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And in less than 12 hours -
#1
Game on Apple App Store India. Battlegrounds Mobile India
#IndiaKaGame
So Battlegrounds Mobile India on iOS is here 👇
#BGMI
#IndiakaGame
congrats to the publishing team.
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Small career update - I am excited to join Rajan
@NavaniRajan
and the team of Jet as their CEO Gaming. Truly believe we are in the cusp of something big wrt gaming in India and Jet has the right intent to take this opportunity forward.
Read More here ->
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@UtdPlug
Gutted - he wasn’t even born when we won our treble and still was the only player trying to preserve one of our greatest legacies.
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Feeling blessed to have contributed to our beloved Pune City in this fight against Covid19 pandemic. We procured and donated 10,000 N95 masks to Indian Red cross society that will be used by frontline health workers in Pune district. Thank you Yoozoo Games for this.
#Grateful
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Krafton today has announced a AAA multiplayer mobile Battle Royale Game for India - BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA. Super Stoked that we will bringing a fresh experience for Indian mobile gamers and supporting esports.
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Less than 50 days - 5 Crore+ downloads. Congrats to the publishing team. Battlegrounds Mobile India
#BGMI
#IndiaKaGame
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Thank you to the KRAFTON India team for an amazing farewell and the wonderful gift. Signing off. 🙏
Next week would be my last in KRAFTON India as Head of Corp Dev & investments (India & MENA) - Its been a privilege that in a stint of 1.9 years I had the opportunity to build an ecosystem in India for Gaming+ (M&E+Tech) & hopefully created an impact. A short gratitude 🧵(1/n)
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16 years ago today - 25th July 2005 - first day of the first proper job in corporate world - Infosys Mysore.
#Throwback
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Special thanks to
@hisohn
& our CEO CH for acting so promptly on our appeal to help India in its fight of the terrible second wave. Krafton has just donated Rs 1.5 Crore ~ $200,000 for its fight against the Pandemic. 🙏
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So Battlegrounds Mobile India on iOS is here 👇
#BGMI
#IndiakaGame
congrats to the publishing team.
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Almost after 5 months stepped out to catch up with friends who happen to be great founders and can bring you to the ground in 5 mins. 🤣 Missed
@BeingPractical
@irohan
@shiladitya
- we might see KD a lot more in Pune.
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@GHATAK_official
@hisohn
All Credit to BGMI Publishing team, they are the OGs and working super hard for this to happen.
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13 years ago when I did my first startup in gaming in India - having an all girls e-sports championship in India was nowhere imaginable. This event by JetSky team gives so much hope about the gaming ecosystem in emerging markets.
Congrats to Shiva, team and sponsors.
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When I said we believe in power of Indian IP we were not kidding around. Absolutely thrilled to announce Krafton's largest investment yet in Indian startups - backing
@ThEbmr
@sahradayi
@siddu23
and entire team of Pratilipi
@hisohn
(1/n)
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India ka Game is launched today by Krafton on Google Play. All the best to the publishing team. 40 Million (4 crore) Pre-registrations 🤯
#BattlegroundsMobileIndia
#IndiaKaBattlegrounds
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Wow - less than 24 hours
#BattlegroundsMobileIndia
becomes the
#1
Free Game in India and
#2
Top grossing game in India on Google Play. Congrats to Krafton BGMI Team.
#IndiaKaGame
Not seen so much of customer love in Gaming.
Is 40 Million Pre-registration number some kind of record for a Mobile Game on Google Play !? Genuinely asking anyone knows any other numbers?
#battlegroundsmobileindia
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Krafton has now invested ~$70 Mn (~ Rs 510 Cr) in
@NodwinGaming
@GetLocoNow
@TeamPratilipi
- 3 Indian startups in less than 6 months from Seed to Series D. We are committed to help build the Interactive entertainment & content ecosystem in India for India and the World.
When I said we believe in power of Indian IP we were not kidding around. Absolutely thrilled to announce Krafton's largest investment yet in Indian startups - backing
@ThEbmr
@sahradayi
@siddu23
and entire team of Pratilipi
@hisohn
(1/n)
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People asking me about iOS (even though I am no where involved in it)
Le me: Who also has iOS
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Things are about to get more busy globally for our Corp Dev and investments team globally as well as India and MENA.
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100 Million (10 Crore) - Thats NOT downloads - these are Registered users in 1 year of its launch with multi million $ revenues. KRAFTON and BGMI is redefining the product market fit and gaming ecosystem development in India. Congrats to the entire team.
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Is 40 Million Pre-registration number some kind of record for a Mobile Game on Google Play !? Genuinely asking anyone knows any other numbers?
#battlegroundsmobileindia
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Congrats to the Publishing team for this - INR 6,00,000 Prize money, 18 teams
#IndiaKaGame
#BGMI
#eSports
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The Gaming eSports sector in India needs active support and encouragement from all game publishers, streaming platforms, tournament organisers. Glad that Krafton publishing team is playing an active role.
The way KRAFTON is helping US,Hats off to them for considering the betterment of the whole Esports ecosystem of India. It gives me immense pleasure + happiness & I cannot express my gratitude enough to them! PUBG NEW STATE is knocking on the doors. INDIA 🇮🇳
@hisohn
@Anuj_Tandon
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11 years ago we lost you Dad. We still miss you Colonel ❤️
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Battlegrounds Mobile India X
@GetLocoNow
=
#IndiakiAfterParty
in
#IndiaKaGame
- great to see synergy with our investment coming through.
@ashwinsuresh
@anipandita
#Krafton
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When someones asks difference between User Acquisition and Retention.
Approaching a girl is easy, anyone can do that. Making her want to stay and talk to you, that’s something else.
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Excited to share about my next career move, I join as - Regional Head (India & MENA) of Corporate Development at KRAFTON. I join the team in building out our Strategy, Investments (Strategic/VC), M&A, New Businesses and more for India and Middle East market. (1/2)
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Congrats to the BGMI publishing team for becoming the top grossing game in India on Google Play in less than 1 year of its launch. ✌️🚀 First Krafton published game to reach
#1
rank in India. Thank you to all the players.
#IndiaKaBattlegrounds
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ICYMI: BGIS registrations were extended its the biggest BGMI esports tournament with prize money of INR 1 Crore (~ $150,000) more details in the link. 1024 teams will qualify. Battlegrounds Mobile India
#IndiaKaGame
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#Indiakabattlegrounds
Top 2 trending videos on Youtube about our Krafton new India focussed BR - Battlegrounds Mobile India 🔥
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Told everyone that this quarter is going to be exciting for Indian gaming industry funding, game launches and we are half way there few more exciting stuff to be unlocked.
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#BGMI
gamers everywhere
I would like to sincerly thank all our gamers and friends to enable this! We will continue to fullfil our committment to India gaming industry.
#BGMI
#indiagaming
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Finally we can have relaxing dinner. Great catch up with Ranjeet. Pratilipi 🚀
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So nobody talking about one more unicorn in Indian startup/mature companies ecosystem. This one got its valuation judged in the public markets. Nazara Technologies is now the first public listed unicorn in interactive entertainment space. Congrats
@mittersain
@manishdiesel
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Krafton to be one of the biggest IPOs in South Korea this year. Raising ~ $5 Billion. 🚀
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Less than 1 week after 10 months gap. BGMI is the
#1
Free on both App Store & Google Play Store. Also whats more impressive is its back to being on Top Grossing (most consumer spends on app stores) - FF Max is only available on Google Play for some reason :) and ahead of BGMI.
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So it's been on Top 3 now since June end - so Genshin Impact now has made almost $6 Million in July from Android users in India! I mean... wow!
#IndianGaming
I am not sure how many have noticed - but interestingly
#3
in the top grossing list of Games in India is Genshin Impact which if sustains would be making approximately $6 Mn a month from Indian users. What is good and bad about this a small thread 🧵 (1/n)
#IndianGaming
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As I complete 1 year in Krafton. We have with a very small team invested around $90 Million in India & MENA. Here are my thoughts covered by
@spriyankaET
for
@EconomicTimes
Highlighting our commitment to build a great ecosystem for India in Gaming & M&E.
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Coming Soon!
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Now two games Rummy and Daily Fantasy Sports (Dream11) in India have favourable verdict from Hon Supreme Court of India that they are Game of Skill not chance. Wagering on them is technically allowed? (some states have still stopped Rummy) - Valuations⏫
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Best Battle Royale experience - the next generation of Mobile shooters goes live globally on 11.11.2021 presented by Krafton
#NewState
@PUBG_NEWSTATE
#HypeIsReal
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Happy Birthday to my 8 year old - who decided to dress up as Vincenzo (again) - spillover effect from watching too much Korean drama (K-Drama) in my house by the Mrs and the Internet Schooling.
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The craze of esports is only going to grow in India - what an amazing vibe and crowd energy at BGIS.
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Taking India to the world. We are making bigger bets and corpus is definitely more than $100Mn
#Krafton
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Great Presentation by CH Kim (CEO of Krafton) talking about India MENA strategy and our product pipeline. Krafton - The Way to meet the World
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2022 starts where we left off 2021 for Krafton in India. Our first deal of 2022 is pretty special because its also Krafton's first investment in a Gaming Studio in India - we have invested USD $5.4M in Nautilus Mobile. Covered by ET -> (1/3)
#GamingIndia
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Happy 74th Birthday to Dad - Always grateful for the time I got with him. Wherever he is right now with his drink.
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Announcing our first Indian celebrity partnership with the amazing Sunny Leone for our new game coming soon.
#YoozooGames
#MobileGaming
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Congrats to
@akshatrathee
and
@NodwinGaming
for the Acquisition of OML (Live biz IPs, branding and more) - welcome Ajay to the board & the team. It will be great to see how Gaming and esports combine with music and comedy
@manishdiesel
@hisohn
@mittersain
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Great endorsement ✌🏼 From KOTRA India.
Thank you to Kotra New Delhi for the encouragement for Launch of Battlegrounds Mobile India by Krafton - we will actively partner with the Indian gaming ecosystem and help it grow!
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Super excited to partner with
@KukuFMOfficial
team
@lcbisu
@vinod2292
@vkgyl2432
and lead their $19.5 Million funding along with some great investors.
Read about it here ->
KukuFM are one of the most humble execution first founders in M&E in India. (1/2)
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Incredible news for our team globally - Krafton today got the preliminary for IPO to list in the South Korea Exchange. This will be a big one in the Gaming Industry this year.
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We are hiring for a senior role in Game Publishing in BLR get a chance to work with Aneesh directly for this role.
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Zynga India Alumni have now created two entrepreneurial exits of almost $0.5 Billion in the Indian Gaming industry this year - first one was Moonfrog & now Playsimple . Playsimple would be probably the largest Cash deal in Indian startup ecosystem this year! 🤯
Wow congrats to the
@playsimplewords
team especially Siddharth Jain - Biggest M&A in Indian Gaming $360 Million and more.
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In the last 10 months Krafton has invested as lead investor more than $85 Million in its first year 2021 of operations in India. Absolutely thrilled about what we are trying to build and partner with young and seasoned entrepreneurs alike in Gaming and M&E space.
@hisohn
(1/3)
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Absolutely Nerding Out - as an ex-gaming entrepreneur - CH Kim is a legend in our world. Executive Producer of a genre defining gaming IP that has generated Billions of Dollars worldwide - CEO of Krafton Inc - wonderful to have him visit us in India.
#BGMI
#BattleRoyale
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