Flipkart’s former employee’s gaming startup The Gameplay raises seed fund

The Gameplay

The gaming sphere in India is on the rise and everybody, who is or has been a part of this little community is trying to make the most of it. One of those is GnanaShekar. An identity which is familiar to gamers and associates for over a decade.

Shekar, resides in Bangalore and has been an active community guy in this emerging industry. The name echoed, even more, when he took the charge of managing Social Media at Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce store.

The Gameplay
GnanaShekar, CEO, The Gameplay

Ex-Flipkart employee ventures into his own gaming startup – The Gameplay; as the name briefs, it is a digital content startup in the spectrum of gaming and online content generation.

The Gameplay

On demanding comments on the speculations, the co-founder and chief of the startup Shekar quoted: “We’re excited to be part of gaming ecosystem. We are trying to build a platform for gamers and gaming brands & will focus on every game & help amplify every gaming & championship events in India.”

The entertainment aspect of gaming will be explored through the medium of this new startup when it comes live on 2nd of January. The startup has already raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding and will be soon merging with NODWIN Gaming.

The Social Ninja of Flipkart, who also headed the gaming section, will take charge of his office at Delhi on 2nd of January where he will focus entirely on digital content generation in the spectrum of gaming. The initial area of working for The Gameplay would be targetted towards ESL, Novaplay and other NODWIN Gaming events.