Startup to Scaleup | Spotlight on Gamerji: Esports Platform Revolutionizing Competitive Gaming in India

India's gaming industry has seen rapid growth and transformation over the past decade, becoming one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for gaming globally. With a vibrant community of over 500 million gamers, the country is witnessing an unprecedented surge in mobile gaming, esports, and competitive gaming platforms. To talk more about the industry insights, Avni Raja from BusinessHook interviewed the founder of Gamerji, Soham Thacker.

About Gamerji

Gamerji is a platform built to help gamers level up from amateur to professional by offering tournaments that allow them to compete, share content, and win prizes.

With a user base of over 9.5 million and 400 daily tournaments across 22 different titles, including BGMI, Free Fire Max, and Call of Duty Mobile, the platform is designed for serious gamers.

In this exclusive conversation, Avni Raja speaks with Gamerji’s co-founder Soham Thacker about how this startup is transforming gaming industry, its global expansion and the new generation gamers.

Soham told that his entrepreneurial journey began after he moved to India in 2012, following his Computer Engineering degree from the U.S. Before founding Gamerji, he successfully launched F20 Cohort, Fantasyji, Fixpocket, and Deniso Foods. This experience helped him understand the gaming landscape and build Gamerji into the powerhouse it is today.