Gaming
Bebetta levels up leadership with Saatvik Goel and Manoj Bojja to double its user base
MUMBAI: For a platform that thrives on gameplay, Bebetta isn’t playing when it comes to growth. The gamified engagement startup has strengthened its leadership board with two big-name hires: Saatvik Goel joins as chief marketing officer, and Manoj Bojja takes over as chief technology officer.
The appointments signal a serious play by the company to scale from its current 15 million users to 30 million by year-end. Founder Meet Shah believes this leadership upgrade is less about titles and more about turbocharging the company’s mission—merging gaming with real-world rewards.
“India is on the cusp of revolution in gaming”, said Shah. “With Saatvik and Manoj joining the team, we bring in deep expertise across marketing and scalable tech systems—core pillars for our gamified engagement model & future plans”.
Goel steps in with a record of aggressive growth strategy. At Eloelo, he led a 500x spike in the DAU base and scaled marketing operations across digital platforms. He also left a mark at Doubtnut and Bluestack by boosting ROAS and user engagement with digital-first thinking.
“It’s an exciting chapter”, said Goel. “I am committed to steering our marketing vision towards building an authentic community of gaming enthusiasts… and establish Bebetta as India’s largest gamified entertainment platform”.
On the tech side, Bojja brings over a decade of engineering firepower from Gameberry Labs, Moonfrog Labs, and Gameskraft. With a vision of handling millions of concurrent users, his focus will be on building robust, AI-backed, scalable infrastructure.
“It’s exhilarating to join Bebetta at such a pivotal moment”, Bojja said. “We’ll build a secure, flexible architecture that supports growth while embedding AI to enhance user journeys”.
Founded in 2023, Bebetta has quickly evolved from 10,000 new users a day to over 35,000 daily signups.
The app’s hook?
Turning every tap into a reward.
Gaming
MTG gaming chief Benninghoff joins NODWIN board as esports firm primes for IPO
The Gurugram-based esports firm is pursuing a public listing, has returned to profitability and is growing revenues by 42 per cent
GURUGRAM: NODWIN Gaming is moving fast. The Gurugram-based gaming and esports company has launched a pre-IPO fundraising round, appointed UBS as lead adviser for both the round and a subsequent public listing, and landed a heavyweight board director, all in one go.
The new board member is Arnd Benninghoff, executive vice president of gaming at Stockholm-listed Modern Times Group (MTG), who has overseen the group’s strategic investments and portfolio growth since 2014. He is no stranger to building things: Benninghoff has founded and built fifteen companies, served as chief digital officer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, managing director of SevenVentures, and chief executive of Holtzbrinck eLAB. He began his career as a journalist at Deutsche Presse Agentur and various TV networks, holds a Diplom-Kaufmann in business and administration from the University of Münster, and previously sat on the board of Edgeware AB.
The numbers back the ambition
NODWIN is not pitching a story without substance. The company has returned to EBITDA profitability and posted a 42 per cent year-on-year revenue surge, reaching $58.5m in the first nine months of FY2026. The pre-IPO round will combine a primary issuance to fund global expansion through organic growth and acquisitions, alongside a secondary sale to give existing shareholders some liquidity.
Akshat Rathee, co-founder and managing director of NODWIN Gaming, said Benninghoff understands “the entire lifecycle of the gaming and media ecosystem, from the boots-on-the-ground reality of building startups to the strategic complexity of managing multi-billion dollar global portfolios.”
Benninghoff, for his part, said the company “sits at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and technology, making it one of the most exciting players in the global gaming landscape today.”
A portfolio built for the global south
Founded in 2014 by Rathee and Gautam Virk, NODWIN has quietly assembled one of the more compelling esports portfolios outside the Western hemisphere. Its properties include DreamHack India and Comic Con India, and it recently acquired StarLadder, the Ukraine-based tournament organiser behind premier events in CS:GO and Dota 2. The company also serves as a long-term strategic marketing partner for the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), the world’s most prominent fighting game tournament, helping push it into new geographies.
Its geographic focus spans South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Backers include Nazara Technologies, KRAFTON, Sony Group Corporation, JetSynthesys, and the founders’ investment vehicle Good Game Investments.
What comes next
With UBS running the books, a board freshly reinforced with European media and gaming expertise, and revenue heading in the right direction, NODWIN is laying the groundwork deliberately. The esports industry has burned investors before with big promises and thin margins. NODWIN’s return to profitability, combined with a real portfolio of owned intellectual properties across gaming, music and youth culture, gives it a more credible runway than most. The IPO clock is now ticking.
