Category: Operators Studio

Investing in Gameramp

The backstory behind the Operators Studio investment in Gameramp.

Stoked to share that Operators Studio has participated in the $5.4Mn pre-seed round of Gameramp, alongside BITKRAFT Ventures, South Park Commons, DeVC, and MIXI Global Investments.

Gameramp is building adaptive software for interactive apps, starting with gaming as a vertical. Its suite of APIs and AI Agents empowers gaming companies to deploy their monetization strategy with super-human speed and scale. End outcome – games scale faster and more capital efficiently.

I have known Vivek Ramachandran since his gaming VC days at Z47. He is one of the sharpest minds in the space, combining his venture chops with operating expertise built at EA and Big Viking Games.

While I knew Vivek well, meeting Sashank Vandrangi convinced me that this is one of the strongest founding teams in the space. Sashank’s mind moves at lightning speed and gives wings to his sharp product chops built at the likes of King and MPL.

Btw, this relationship started with a cold DM from Vivek a couple of years back, so yes, quality cold outreach continues to deliver value in this noisy world!

Gameramp fits the ‘India Supply to Global Demand’ theme at Operators Studio. India has an incredible pool of gaming developers & operating talent, and I believe this is the right time to build global gaming-tech companies that leverage this base.

This is also the 2nd gaming-tech portfolio for Operators Studio, after Terra (Gaming platform for global Gen Z).

Cheering for more gaming-tech companies being built from 🇮🇳 for the 🌎!

PS: Gameramp is hiring engineers, researchers, and builders who want to push the edge of what’s possible. If this excites you, reach out to Vivek or Sashank.

Investing in Breakout

The backstory of Operators Studio investing in Breakout’s seed round.

Happy to share that Operators Studio has invested in the $3.2Mn seed round of Breakout, led by Village Global.

I have known Sachin Gupta since 2011 when we first met at the YourStory office in Indiranagar. He was a young IIT Roorkee grad and only a few months into starting HackerEarth. Since then, our paths crossed many times. He moved to the Bay Area a few years after I did, and we kept meeting through our respective journeys.

A few months back, Sachin reached out with just the figment of an idea of leveraging AI to fix holes in the top-of-the-funnel of enterprise sales. We brainstormed, and once he decided to go all-in, I literally became the first commit into what eventually became a marquee seed round.

So happy that Hitesh Aggarwal agreed to partner with Sachin on this journey. He is an incredibly accomplished product leader and a co-founder with very complementary skills.

What is Breakout?

Think of Breakout as an agentic workforce that grows your inbound pipeline by delivering personalized engagement to every website visitor.

Here are some of its key features:

🔸 Personalized Interactions: Breakout uses third-party signals and first-party data to tailor conversations based on visitor personas, offering relevant content and case studies.
🔸 Live Demos: It can deliver interactive demos aligned with buyer interests.
🔸 GTM Insights: Breakout provides actionable insights, such as visitor segmentation, commonly asked questions, and competitor comparisons.
🔸 BANT Discovery: It naturally uncovers Budget, Authority, Needs, and Timeline through dynamic conversations.
🔸 Fast Onboarding: Breakout offers quick setup and easy maintenance, automatically updating its knowledge base.

If this has sparked your curiosity, consider joining the Breakout Growth Program where you will get the first 6 months free, in addition to dedicated onboarding & support, as well as the ability to join their exclusive community of GTM leaders and help shape the product roadmap.

PS: this partnership is another reminder that venture is a game of long-term relationships.