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    New VC fund Lumikai to seed home grown gaming studios, entrepreneurs

    Indian teenagers participate in an e-sports league, usually playing games ranging from FIFA to Call of Duty to Fortnite.

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    First dedicated capital pool for India sees global media and tech companies log in as investors, aims to deploy $2 lakh - $2 million across 20 early stage companies

    MUMBAI: When a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, who had early on in her career helped GDF Suez in a 7.8 billion pound acquisition, met a former Google hackathon winner last November in Hyderabad on the side lines of a gaming conference, both realised “2 plus 2 equals 5 when it comes to their common passion: gaming.”Eight months later, that unique equation is bearing fruit - A brand new venture fund Lumikai, the brainchild of Salone
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