NOVEMBER 20184The swarming youth population of India is one of the first factors that work in its favour, when talking about eSports. Collectively with the country's growing technology market, the eSports industry has a strong foothold in recent times. With a current value of $700 million, the industry is fast becoming a global phenomenon with a rise comparable to that of cryptocurrencies. eSports have been slow to develop in India, unlike the U.S. and South Korea. It began a decade ago with local tournaments in neighbourhood cyber cafes. However, it is now shaping up as a major organized competition with a large amount of capital being thrown in.India has been seeing a lot of action in the eSports sector. 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 Startups in Gaming & eSports" in our current edition. The list features start-ups that are targeting the industry and are expected to make waves this year. In essences, the road to glory for these start-ups is brightly lit!Do let us know your thoughts...Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorStart-ups are looking forward to making eSports mainstream in India Visualisers Veena R Piddannavar S Sivasankar SuanyasiliconindiasiliconindiaEDITOR'S NOTE Vol 4 · Issue 4 - 3 · November 09, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Hridkamal Roy Lakshmi G Pooja Devi Pavithra V.H Sales & Marketing Abinas Patnaik Garima Anand Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe Cover price is ` 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 © 2018 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 PerumalSr. Manager Sales & Marketing Ravi Kalgi SEPTEMBER 201647
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