NOVEMBER 20194 Vol 5 · Issue 11 - 1 · November, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Aparna Roy Lakshmi G Monica Pallavi J Riya Sethi Sales & Marketing Ashu Sethi Arya Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/subscribe Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Mohana Krishnan S.SivasankarSr. Manager Sales & Marketing Virupakshi PattarThe swarming youth population of India is one of the first factors that work in its favour, when talking about eSports. With its massive population and hundreds of millions of potential gamers, India as an eSports market is brimming with potential. With more investments coming in the next years, it is expected that by the end of the next decade, India can be among the most powerful sporting nations, both in terms of performance and revenue. By 2023, analysts predict that the market would be worth $5.5 Billion. Thus, there will be several opportunities to build businesses around sports. In essence, the road to glory for these start-ups is brightly lit! In fact, the sector is among the bright spots for investors focusing on India, where the youth-dominated population has a major role in making it popular. As the middle-class gains rapid access to smart objects, online gaming, professional eSports, and mobile gaming, is becoming a burgeoning industry with opportunities galore for start-ups in the eSports sector. These Indian start-ups are increasingly producing engaging virtual games, which leads to a rise in the number of gamers in the country. While children around 10 years of age enjoy playing games based on cartoon characters, older people spend long hours in front of the screen playing all kinds of virtual games from Football to Kabaddi. As users are experimenting with different virtual games, every eSports start-up is trying its best to retain its users and attract more people by employing various marketing strategies and techniques.Identifying such enthusiastic start-ups, we have featured list of "10 Best eSports Startups" in our current edition. The list features start-ups that are targeting the industry and are expected to make waves this year. We also recommend you to read our cover story on SoStronk, a leading competitive eSports platform built by gamers, for gamers.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorThe eSports Market in India is Brimming with PotentialEDITOR'S NOTEsiliconindia
< Page 3 | Page 5 >