Rooter

NEW DELHI: As India gears up to soak in the fever of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, leading game streaming and eSports platform Rooter is hosting the largest Cricket eWorld Cup tournament in the country. 

Running from 16th October through to 13th November, the cricket-based eSports event will be powered by 1XBet, and feature eight teams named after some of the top participating nations. After the Rooter Independence Cricket League hosted during the Asia Cup, this is the company’s second major cricket IP of the year, where the prize pool has been doubled to Rs 1 million.

Jan 25, 2019 12:01
HYDERABAD: Anthill Ventures, a venture capital firm having offices in Hyderabad, New York and Singapore, along with a consortium of investors, has pumped in Rs 10 million in Rooter, India’s first social sports engagement platform, Economic Times reports.
Nov 19, 2018 18:11
NEW DELHI: In a move which underlines its push to build on its recent growth momentum, Rooter, the world’s first live sports social engagement platform, has brought a young and dynamic marketing and sales talent, Suhail Kapur on board as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).
Oct 30, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: leAD Sports, the sports entrepreneurship platform backed by the adidas’ Adi Dassler Family Office (ADFO), is looking to build a strong connect with Indian sports start-ups through ADvantage, its $70-million Series A sports tech fund, Economic Times reports.
Oct 24, 2018 12:10
NEW DELHI: Rooter, the world’s first sports social engagement platform from India, has announced its plans to launch its mobile app in several Indian and international languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, German and Italian. The app is already available for Hindi, English and Arabic users owing to its increasingly strong presence in the Middle East, besides India.
Sep 12, 2018 13:09
NEW DELHI: Rooter, India’s first-of-its-kind live sports social engagement platform has signed up former India opener and popular Hindi commentator, Aakash Chopra for the upcoming Asia Cup 2018 in the UAE to be the face of the app. 
Aug 27, 2018 17:08
MUMBAI: Rooter, the Indian live sports social engagement startup has secured a Rs45 million investment in its pre-Series A round of fund raising from a consortium of investors called Venture Catalysts which included the likes of Aviva Life Insurance’s chief customer marketing and digital officer, Anjali Malhotra, Economic Times reports. 
Aug 17, 2018 17:08
NEW DELHI: Indian live sports social engagement platform Rooter has been chosen amongst the finalists of the 2018 leAD Sports Accelerator Program.  Under the program, leAD provides high-potential sports start-ups, from seed to fully-functioning profitable ventures, access to input sessions and opportunities for personal mentorship, strategic business networking, direct investment, and follow-up investment.
May 30, 2018 15:05
NEW DELHI: Dabang Delhi Kabaddi Club, the Delhi franchise of Vivo Pro Kabaddi, has announced Rooter as its official fan engagement partner, ahead of the players’ auction for Season 6.  The live social sports engagement platform will host a prediction game for Dabang Delhi KC during the auctions, enabling fans to predict their Dabang squad.
May 16, 2018 15:05
NEW DELHI: Sports social gaming platform Rooter has launched a new and improved version of its app, Rooter 3.0.  Featuring a flexible user interface, the latest update makes several new additions to the platform, most prominent of them being the introduction of a Sports Social Feed and the first-ever Live Fantasy Game in India for cricket.