At Best Startup India we track over 400,000 Indian startups and over 1,800,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 95 Sports companies in Maharashtra. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Sports Companies & Startups (Maharashtra)
FanCode
FanCode is a multi sport aggregator platform for every sports fan, focusing on long trail sports content and contextual commerce.
Founder(s): Prasana Krishnan, Yannick Colaco
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Analytics, eSports, Fantasy Sports
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Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform with 10 Crore+ users playing fantasy Cricket, Football, and Kabaddi.
Founder(s): Bhavit Sheth, Harsh Jain
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Information Technology, Sports
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Elevar Sports
Elevar Sports is a direct-to-consumer sports brand.
Founder(s): Aayush Tapuriah, Kunal Kunal
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sporting Goods, Sports
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BookMyShow
BookMyShow is an Indian online ticketing service for cinemas, theaters, and sports.
Founder(s): Ashish Hemrajani, Parikshit Dar, Rajesh Balpande
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, Event Management, Events, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Online Auctions, Social Media, Sports
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PlayerzPot
PlayerzPot is a fantasy gaming platform.
Founder(s): Mitesh Gangar, Yogesh Doiphode
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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KOOH Sports
KOOH Sports is a new age Sports Education, Training & Technology Company
Founder(s): Prabhu Srinivasan, Susir Kumar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Education, Sports, Training
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SportZchain
SportZchain is a blockchain-based fan engagement platform to connect fans and sports teams.
Founder(s): Sankara Subramanian, Siddharth Jaiswal, Vinayak Yannam
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Blockchain, Sports
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SportzVillage
SportzVillage through its subsidiaries has built an ecosystem of relationships across federations, media, sponsors
Founder(s): Jitendra Joshi, Saumil Majmudar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Events, Sports
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Pocket Aces
Pocket Aces is a digital entertainment company focused on mobile video.
Founder(s): Aditi Shrivastava, Anirudh Pandita, Ashwin Suresh
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, eSports, Gaming, Information Services, Media and Entertainment, Video
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Dota2boost
Global Esports is a Professional eSports Organization
Founder(s): Mohit Israney, Rushindra Sinha
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports is an esports organization.
Founder(s): Rohit Jagasia
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: eSports
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Play Games24x7 Pvt Ltd
Real Money Skill Gaming, Daily Fantasy Sports, Casual Gaming
Founder(s): Bhavin Pandya, Trivikraman Thampy
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Online Games, PC Games
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Locobuddy Mobile Technology (Sportobuddy)
A world that celebrates the power of sport. After all, it has been envisioned and created for the love of the game.
Founder(s): Sandeep Madhavan, Sunil Kukadia
Location: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Gamification, Gaming, Sports
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Premier India Football Academy
Premier India Football Academy offers football training services like camps, coaching, and tournaments.
Founder(s): Anjali Shah
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Sports, Training
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Dream Sports
Dream Sports is a sports technology company with brands such as Dream11, FanCode, DreamX, DreamSetGo and DreamPay in its portfolio.
Founder(s): Bhavit Sheth, Harsh Jain
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Shape (School Health and Physical Education)
Shape is a technology interface platform that provides researched-based physical education and sports academic curriculum.
Founder(s): Kurush Sidhwa, Nitin Bellara, Raju Deb
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: EdTech, Education, Sports
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Yorozuya Gaming
Group of Gaming & Metaverse companies who create Gaming & Metaverse solutions, large scale events and esports ips, publishing, nfts and more
Founder(s): Anup Dustakar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Blockchain, eSports, Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Video Games
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TicketPlease
TicketPlease provides platform to buy tickets,
Founder(s): Jimmy Mistry
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Events, Internet, Music, Sports
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Sportz Interactive
Sportz Interactive is leading sports data, content & solutions company.
Founder(s): Naveen Aranha
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Analytics, Broadcasting, Sports
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Topps Sports & Entertainment
Topps is a producer of sports and non-sports themed trading cards.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
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Racquets 4 U
Racquets 4 U is a professionally-run online racquet sports store.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Sporting Goods, Sports
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Exceed Entertainment
Exceed Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment management company.
Founder(s): Afsar Zaidi
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Event Management, Hospitality, Sports
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Gamer Tweak
GamerTweak is where passionate gamers find everything they need to know about video games. We cover Video Game News, Guides, Features & more
Founder(s): Vignesh Rao
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: eSports, Gaming, Video Games
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Heelium
Heelium is a health & fitness solutions company with primary focus on safety, performance and sustainability.
Founder(s): Prateek Sharma, Siddharth Jain
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Sporting Goods, Sports
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FanDuniya
FanDuniya is the authority for fantasy cricket. We exist to ensure that our users win.
Founder(s): Ramkumar Venkatasubramanian, Viswanath Kommalapati
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Sports
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NEO Sports
NEO Sports Broadcast Private Limited is an Indian sports broadcast network, which started its operations from October 2006.
Founder(s): Harish Thawani
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Autocar India
Autocar India is published as a monthly magazine and currently enjoys the highest readership among automobile magazines in India.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Sports
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Procam International
Procam International is sports management company, live television programming and promotion of sporting events.
Founder(s): Anil Singh, Vivek B. Singh
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Event Management, Events, Social Media, Sports
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Women’s CricZone
Women’s CricZone is a news publishing company.
Founder(s): Yash Lahoti
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Sports
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Star TV Network
They constantly push boundaries and redefine what’s possible when the worlds of sport, technology and entertainment collide.
Founder(s): Sanjog Gupta
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Information Technology, Sports
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Fanspole
Fanspole allows users to create contests and play public as well as private games.
Founder(s): Aniket Shinde, Hardik Gondaliya
Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Internet, Online Games
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Sunrise Candles
Sunrise candles manufactures diffrent variety of candles.
Founder(s): Bhavesh Bhatia
Location: Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Manufacturing, Social Media, Sports
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Eventraveler
Eventraveler is a platform for planning trips to and around major live events across the world.
Founder(s): Abhinav Sharman, Navin Sharma
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Events, Music, Sports, Travel
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KheloMore
KheloMore is a digital platform bringing together the largest community of recreational and semi-professional sports participants.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Binca Games
Binca Games is offers a diverse mix of fascinating games that are available across India and some parts of the UK.
Founder(s): Rubianca Wadhwa, Sahil Wadhwa
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Online Games, Sports
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The Coach Crew
Online platform that connects athletes to the best coaches and coaching organizations around them.
Founder(s): Divesh Nathani
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Sports, Training
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Cereble
Cereble designs consumer electronics and software for sports and healthcare.
Founder(s): Anjali Bhagwat, Indrajeet Patil
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Apps, Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Software, Sports
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AA Gaming
AA Gaming was founded and established with the motive of providing a whole new virtue to the Gaming and Esports Industry of India.
Founder(s): Akash Dhangar
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: eSports, Gaming
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Indian Runners
Running, Cycling & Walking Events and Challenges including Marathons and Endurance events across India.
Founder(s): Himani Kuntal, Prashant Choudhary
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Exaltic Nutrition
Exaltic Nutrition is a sports nutrition company.
Founder(s): Vishal Surve
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Nutrition, Sports
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UACTIV
A mobile-first social networking and discovery platform for sport and fitness enthusiasts.
Founder(s): Atish Chhabria, Bhavik Mehta
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Social Network, Sports
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GQ India
GQ India tells you what a man’s got to do: style, gadgets, sports, cars, women, the good life. Top-shelf editorial content, 24/7.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Lifestyle, News, Sports
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Indian Gaming League
IGL is the premier eSports platform in India that professional-level online competitive gaming, in addition to our IGL pro league.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: eSports, Gaming
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SportyBeans
SportyBeans is a multi-sport program for preschoolers.
Founder(s): Kapil Sareen, Karan Sareen, Suchint Joshi
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Children, Fitness, Sports
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Playex
Playex is a fantasy gaming exchange where fantasy shares of an athlete are bought and sold.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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Playex
Playex is a fantasy gaming exchange where fantasy shares of an athlete are bought and sold.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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GoPlayr
Marketplace for sports, fitness & wellness activities
Founder(s): R.D Shwetang, Shreyas Shenoy, Vrunda Karmarkar
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Marketplace, Sports
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Board of Control for Cricket in India
Board Of Control For Cricket In India is the earliest recorded reference to cricket in India.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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MySportsAdda
MySportsAdda is an online portal providing online bookings and enrollments for sports and fitness facilities
Founder(s): Ankit Jain, Nikhil Singh
Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Sports
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GamersForte
GamersForte is an E-sports company dedicated to online gaming platform for Gaming tournaments
Founder(s): Deepak Singh, Sam Shaikh
Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, eSports, Gaming, Online Games
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OSCAR
OSCAR uses sports to teach life skill, positive values and enable active citizenship.
Founder(s): Ashok Rathod, Stuart Christie
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Sports
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The Sports Gurukul
The Sports Gurukul is an Indian physical education, professional sports & fitness development and training organization.
Founder(s): Jay Shah, Paresh Kothari
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Education, Fitness, Sports
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Toyam Industries
Toyam Industries is involved in activities in various fields like sports, MMA promotion, fashion, fitness, films and others.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fashion, Film, Media and Entertainment, Sports
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GameIzon
Revolutionize how fans watch games by helping fans connect over their favorite games in real time
Founder(s): Bal Heroor, Nandan Narasimha Umarji
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Social Media, Software, Sports, Video Games
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Super 8
Daily Fantasy Cricket – India
Founder(s): Venkatesh Kanchan, Vipul Kapadia
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Mobile Apps, Sports
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Michelle Poonawalla Fine Art LLP
Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Activities
Founder(s): Michelle Poonawalla
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Art, Recreation, Social Impact, Sports
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Sports Tech Acceleration Program
Sports Tech Acceleration Program is an accelerator program for sports technology companies.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Business Development, Sports
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Nimbus Communications
Nimbus Communications is a India-based media and entertainment production company.
Founder(s): Harish Thawani
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Music, Sports
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Golden Jeeto
Golden Jeeto is one of India’s fastest emerging fantasy sports platforms, which offers the perfect blend of fantasy sports games.
Founder(s): Ratul Sethi
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Sports
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Tap Cube Studios
HTML 5 Gaming Company
Founder(s): Taral Patel
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Casual Games, eSports, Online Games
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Dinakaran
Dinakaran is a online portal that offers latest and updated all tamil news related to movies, business, sports.
Founder(s): K. P. Kandasamy
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Internet, News, Publishing, Sports
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MondoBoard
An app which makes it easier for you to find sports partners near you.
Founder(s): Arvind Eashwar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Apps, Mobile Apps, Software, Sports
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CricketBio
CricketBio is a platform, where we are sharing lots of information regards the cricket sport, CricketBio is blogging website.
Founder(s): Mahendar Prajapati
Location: Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Blogging Platforms, Cricket, News, Sports
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Fitrangi
India’s Complete Adventure Portal
Founder(s): Yunus Dange
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Communities, E-Commerce, Leisure, Sports, Travel
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CRIC-TEN.in
CRIC-TEN.in provides live ball-by-ball coverage of all domestic and grassroots level tournaments.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Internet, Sports
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GoalSquad
GoalSquad manufactures, sells and distributes licensed sports merchandise.
Founder(s): Aashay Shah
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Nation of Sport
Nation of Sport is the premier source of sports journalism covering every aspect of sport and its development in India.
Founder(s): David Rajan, Jonathan Rego
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Social Media, Sports
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Adventures365.in
India’s Biggest Adventure Marketplace
Founder(s): Rohan Khedkar
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Adventure Travel, E-Commerce, Internet, Leisure, Marketplace, Sports
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Female Cricket
Female Cricket is the first-ever platform dedicated to women’s cricket around the World.
Founder(s): Vishal Yadav
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Content Marketing, Cricket, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Social Media, Sports
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Sports Counter LLP
Sports Counter is a technology sports company
Founder(s): Amit Yadav, Pradeep Jaiswar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Media, Sports
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SparUp
SparUp is a sports technology company.
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Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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Cozmicsports
Cozmic Sports offers weekly fantasy football contest and Daily Fantasy Sports for cash and great prizes.
Founder(s): Tom McElligott
Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Events, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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VSI
The largest European producer of nutrition, diet, and functional bar
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Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Food and Beverage, Health Care, Medical, Sports
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Cykal
Community of cyclists. Building India Fit.Eco.Fast.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Internet, Mobile, Social Network, Sports
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Headrush
Headrush is a adventure sports and outdoors company.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Adventure Travel, Amusement Park and Arcade, Sports
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Kamath Residency
Adventure Resort near Mumbai Pune
Founder(s): Gopal Kamath
Location: Nagothana, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Leisure, Sports, Travel
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Tannlines Sports
Sports Accessory Brand for Athletes
Founder(s): Manish Bhanji
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports, Web Design
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Qualead Media
QualeadMedia is a pioneer in Business-to-Business lead generation & demand generation planning & execution since 2010.
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Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: B2B, News, Sports
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BizAnalytix Technologies
BizAnalytix Technologies is the software development company.
Founder(s):
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Retail, Sports
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Kridangan
Kridangan.com is sport web publication. Kridangan means ground for every sport.
Founder(s): Prakhar Rathore, Yogesh Kadvekar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Internet, News, Social Media, Sports
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Choice N Cheers
Bars and pubs finder App & Web App – Discover awesome pubs, pool bars, nightclubs, rooftop, sports, cocktail and lounges near you.
Founder(s): Ritesh Saxena
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Apps, Digital Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine And Spirits
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PitchVision
PitchVision is a sports training and lives streaming platform.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Information Technology, Sports, Training
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Infokeeda
Infokeeda provides online sports tickets.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, News, Sports
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The Knee klinik
The Knee klinik is a Pune-based orthopedic hospital that specializes in joint replacement and sports surgeries.
Founder(s): Asnhu Sachdev
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Sports
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SportsRomeo
Sports Social Network
Founder(s): Ram Odedara
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Social Network, Sports
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Fitnessfundoo
Getting Fit is Fun with Fitnessfundoo.
Founder(s): Anubhav Jain, Rohit Naidu, Shivam Vishwakarma
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Sports
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Fitizen
Fitizen is a fitness and sports training company.
Founder(s): Ankita Asthana
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Sports, Training
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Neha’s NutriFit Clinic
Neha’s NutriFit Clinic is a leading Slimming and Fitness Centre started in 2009 in South Mumbai.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Sports
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3indianmonkeys
3indianmonkeys is India’s Social newspaper . It keeps yourself updated with the latest in the world of Technology , Sports , Entertainment
Founder(s): Chandra Challa
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Sports
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IIT Bombay Racing
IIT Bombay Racing is a student racing organization to promote innovative technologies in the Indian automobile sector.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Education, Racing, Sports
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SmashReport
A Sports Crowd-sourcing Platform
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Crowdsourcing, Sports
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Martini And More
Martini And More featuring people who are pursuing an unconventional profession
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Music, Photography, Sports, Travel
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Gosportify.com
Sports social player finder website
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Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Sports
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GooFooty
The Linkedin for Soccer enthusiasts with a tinge of technology to build the perfect Soccer Resume! #LetsGetReal
Founder(s): Avishek Basu Mojumdar
Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Information Technology, Sports
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SMAAASH
SMAAASH is an immersive and interactive entertainment center that offers a mix of active and passive entertainment and innovative games.
Founder(s): Shripal Morakhia
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Online Games, Sports
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