WinZO is a vernacular mobile e-Sports gaming platform in India. It is available in 12 regional languages of India.^[1] WinZO Games is operated by TicTok Skill Games Pvt. Ltd. WinZO in December, 2020, has unveiled its new brand awareness campaign that highlights and celebrates the small yet gratifying winning moments of Bharat. The campaign with Tagline & Hashtag – 'Jeetne mein Kick hai'

History[edit]

WinZO is an Indian real money gaming platform that is now offering new games to enjoy even with your mobile. These new games are arcade themed games like metro surfer, stupid birds, car racing, space hunter, bear run, howzzat, fly balloon and rummy on its platform, taking the total number of games available on the app to over 40. WinZO is a platform for users to play skill-games in multiple formats and win cash prizes in return. WinZO Baazi is a format where users choose a game and can join a group of participants. Users can compete with each other in real time and winner is announced on basis the highest scorer. 24.7 Tournaments.

WinZO was co-founded by Paavan Nanda, an IIM Calcutta alumnus who also co-founded ZO Rooms & Zostel, and Saumya Singh Rathore who was earlier with The Times Group.^[2]

In July 2019, WinZO Games announced that it has raised $5 Million in Series A funding led by Kalaari Capital and Hike.^[3] WinZO in September 2020 raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Makers Fund and Courtside Ventures. The company has raised over US$23 million in funding to date.WinZO has grown 10 times in the last 12 months

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WinZO currently has 30 million user base across India.^[4] WinZO has grown ten folds in 2020. WinZO has also set-up a fund of $5 Million to support Game Developers in India.^[5][6]

WinZO announced the launch of Game Developers Console in January 2020 where Gaming Studios and Independent Game Developers across the globe can launch their games on the platform.^[7]

In March 2020, WinZO announced a strategic partnership with Tencent Games India to host PUBG Mobile e-Sports in local languages in India.^[8]

In September, 2020, WinZO launched its Fantasy sports platform that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football and kabaddi.

WinZO in November 2020 partnered with Nextwave Multimedia to host their widely popular cricket game WCC (World Cricket Championship) on WinZO.

Game Formats[edit]

WinZO is a platform for users to play skill-games in multiple formats and win cash prizes in return. WinZO hosts 70+ games on a single platform across multiple formats in 12+ regional languages and 60% of content on our platform is consumed in non-English languages..

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WinZO Baazi[edit]

WinZO Baazi is a format where users choose a game and can join a group of participants. Users can compete with each other in real time and winner is announced on basis the highest scorer.

WinZO World War[edit]

WinZO World War is a unique format where users choose a game and can join a Team. The teams compete with each other in real time and winners are announced on basis the highest scorer.

24x7 Tournaments[edit]

In tournaments, users need to enter tournament only once and can play games multiple times. For the winner announcements, only the best score of each user is counted.

1-vs-1 Matches[edit]

In this format, two players play their

WinZO Fantasy Sports[edit]

In Fantasy Sports, WinZO provides a platform for its users to create a virtual team of upcoming sports events. Points are allocated to the virtual teams based on the real life performance of the players. At the end of the event, users are rewarded basis the ranking of their team.

Awards & Recognition[edit]

2020: Digital Startup of the Year by Entrepreneur India

2019: Startup of the Year - Technology by Entrepreneur India^[9]

2020: Inc42 Startup Watchlist: Indian Media & Entertainment Startups To Watch Out For In 2020.^[10]

2020: SutraHR - '100' Top Startups in India.^[11]

2020: Businessworld Techtors 2020.^[12]

References[edit]

1. ^'WinZO raises $5 million in Series A Funding from Kalaari and Hike'. The Economic Times. 22 July 2019.
2. ^'Exploring gaming in the vernacular with WinZO'. www.telegraphindia.com.
3. ^'Kalaari, Hike lead $5 mn Series A bet on vernacular gaming platform WinZO'. VCCircle. 22 July 2019.
4. ^''We had to build credibility' - Times of India'. The Times of India.
5. ^'Exploring gaming in the vernacular with WinZO'. www.telegraphindia.com.
6. ^'WinZO raises $5 million in Series A funding from Kalaari and Hike'. Economic Times Tech.
7. ^'A game developers console for creators of modern-day games to get better returns'. www.moneycontrol.com.
8. ^'PUBG Mobile, WinZO join hands to bring free tournaments in 10 Indian languages, Rs 1 crore prize money every month'. Hindustan Times. 24 March 2020.
9. ^'AWARD WINNERS'. www.entrepreneurindia.com.
10. ^'Startup Watchlist: Indian Media & Entertainment Startups To Watch Out For In 2020'. www.inc42.com.
11. ^'THE FOLLOWING ARE THE '100' TOP STARTUPS IN INDIA 2020'. www.sutrahr.com.
12. ^'Over 15 Tech Disrupters Awarded At BW TechTors 2020'. www.businessworld.in.

Success and failure

Success was easy and quick for Paavan Nanda in the ventures he started but one failed acquisition brought everything to a grinding halt. Zo Rooms, Zostels were some of the enviable start-ups founded by Paavan Nanda. Burying the past, moving forward and bouncing back was critical at this juncture and for that matter bouncing back faster. Scounting around for fresh ideas and concepts though difficult but was not impossible for this young entrepreneur.

Gaming and entertainment platform.

The gaming idea seldom goes wrong. First, Paavan needed to understand that there are more than 300 million Smartphone users. Second, knowing well the huge number of users gaming for hours on end. Third, there is no age, education, literacy criteria – anyone and everyone is gaming. Last but not the least – research proved that there was not one single Indian company that monetized and made it big. Paavan sensed a great opportunity, grabbed it and that’s how WinZo Games took shape. Teaming up with his good old friends Chanchal Kurele and Saumya Singh who had the right mix of education and experience took it to the next level.

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An analysis of what kind of games Indians love was another important angle he needed to focus on. Being an ardent Poker fan himself and seeing the poker and card gaming trend, Nanda started to create pilots. People have different mind-sets while gaming – some play for the heck of it and some were in it to make money and some others to gain knowledge or skills. Diverse cultures, languages, entertainment tastes, lifestyles – all this made this intelligent entrepreneur offer the games in various languages. Today WinZo APP boasts of 5 million subscribers operated via Tictok Skill Games Pvt Ltd. The reach is gone far beyond the interiors of the country. From Ninja, temple runner, rummy, teen Patti, and other card games, quizzes, brain development games, crosswords, carom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based questions in 8 different languages and 8 more are in the pipeline. The final aim is to reach 100 plus games.

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WINZO APP - For a gamer winning cash and rewards has no limits. Some make a few thousands while others go on to making lakhs. It can get quite addictive but that’s the name of the game in today’s tech-savvy generation.

The gamers’ subscription fee or top up their wallets goes into a prize-pool via paytm or bank accounts. This pool money is distributed among the top performers on the basis of their ranks and skills. The partnered brands give away discount vouchers as rewards too.Only way to know is to try WINZO APP.

Gaming Frenzy

Gaming is here to stay for a long long time. India’s smartphone base has surpassed 400 plus million mark and is growing faster than one can imagine. Gaming is the only platform that seems to have over-taken the TV watching time. Infact the lower income strata people who used to play Ludo, cards, carom on the streets is soon moving to gaming on smartphones.

Expect more from Winzo

WINZO is sure to reach the No. 1 option platform sooner than later. The final goal is to get the popular Google games into WINZO’s platform and steadily make it into a full-fledged entertainment platform. Both in-house development of games and partnering is the way it goes. WINZO has infact received a couple rounds of funding and are keenly watching to expand to SAARC, Asian and African countries.

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