Key facts
- Matiks raised $10 million in pre-Series A funding led by General Catalyst.
- The company's daily users grew to over 300,000 by September.
- Matiks has a dual format for its games, allowing users to play against bots or real players.
- The startup is testing a subscription model for game analysis and additional features.
- Matiks has an experimental game creation platform called Jelo.
Matiks, an India-based gaming company, has raised $10 million in pre-Series A funding to expand its math, logic, and brain game puzzle platform. The company has experienced significant user growth, with daily active users increasing from 22,000 to over 300,000 by September, and achieving 2.2 million monthly active users in the same month. The funding round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Indian entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala and existing investors Info Edge Ventures, Tanglin Venture Partners, and Untitled Ventures. Matiks has now raised over $13.5 million to date. Founded by college friends Sudhanshu Bhatia, Mohan Kumar, and Sushant Timmapur, the platform offers games across Math, Puzzle, Memory, and Logic categories, allowing users to play against bots or real players and earn points through challenges and quests. The company is also testing a subscription model and has an experimental game creation platform called Jelo.