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Metasports Interactive: Capital Raising
Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has backed Metasports Interactive, parent of mobile cricket strategy game Hitwicket. Investment size and valuation were undisclosed. The startup has raised over $23M cumulatively, including a $20M round from London-based Metica in April.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
- Who
- Metasports Interactive · Gaming · India
- What happened
- Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has backed Metasports Interactive, parent of mobile cricket strategy game Hitwicket. Investment size and valuation were undisclosed. The startup has raised over $23M cumulatively, including a $20M round from London-based Metica in April.
- When
- 2026-11-03
- Source
- The Hindu BusinessLine
- So what
- Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else.
The leadership read
Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Metasports Interactive, a raise in Gaming funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Metasports Interactive hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 104.6 (Hot) — up 3.6 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is rising (+1.7pts).
Metasports Interactive: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Gaming median of 1 across 5 tracked companies; 2 tracked across 190 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Executive Search →
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