[Funding alert] Podeum Secures $1 Mn From Titan Capital, Others

The pre-seed round of $1 million for Podeum, a platform for connecting sports creators and fans, has been closed by a number of investors, including Titan Capital, RTP Global, Point One Capital, Bharat Founders Fund, Sujeet Kumar (co-founder of udaan), Ganesh Krishnan and Srini (co-founders of Growthstory), Harsh (Fynd), and others.

The money will be invested in products to expand the fan offering and utilised to further develop the ecosystem of sports creators, as per reported by BW Disrupt.

Podeum is a live engagement platform that cricket fans can utilise completely free of charge!

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Speaking about the funding raised, Ayush Prashant, Co-founder, and CEO of Podeum, said, “Podeum is more than doubling engagement volumes month on month, with creators fueling the growth in the number of fans. We are extremely happy to have associated with these eminent leaders in our journey ahead. Our vision is to build for sports creators and fans as what twitch has built for the gaming ecosystem.”

Ayush Prashant, Dhananjay Mishra, Mayank Sharma, and Parthsarthi launched Podeum in 2022. The best online community for sports fans in India is being built by them.

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Commenting on the investment made, Bipin Shah, Partner, Titan Capital, said, "We are glad to partner with Podeum and its fantastic team who are working towards building the most promising app for sports lovers. We see a huge potential in their idea and are happy to back their vision of building a vertical social media for sports fans and experts."

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About Podeum

Users can search for, join, host, and participate in "Pods" on Podeum. Sports experts, athletes, and fans can all host Pods, which are open to joining. The user can take advantage of the live match games, fan conversations, trivia, analysis, memes, and more here.

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