Gaming tech startup ARC raises Rs 10.5 Cr in pre

Gaming tech startup ARC raises Rs 10.5 Cr in pre-seed round

Bengaluru-based gaming technology company ARC has raised Rs 10.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Chimera VC and MIXI Global Investments

Shashank Pathak08 Sep 2026
14:39IST
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Bengaluru-based gaming technology company ARC has raised Rs 10.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Chimera VC and MIXI Global Investments, with participation from Dhruv Vohra, Director at Meta APAC, in his personal capacity. 

The fresh capital will be used to accelerate hardware engineering, product validation, manufacturing and supply-chain readiness, while also supporting the development of OWL OS and ARC’s gaming software platform. The company will also expand its team, go-to-market capabilities and strategic partnerships. 

Founded by Jobin Joseph and Kaustubh K. Jadhav, ARC is developing ARC X1, a portable gaming system aimed at making dedicated gaming hardware more accessible to Indian gamers. The company is building its own hardware and software stack, including its proprietary gaming operating system OWL OS. 

ARC X1 is built on an ARM-based architecture powered by Qualcomm technology and is designed to support Android gaming, PC-game compatibility and cloud gaming. 

The company has already crossed 50,000 waitlist sign-ups and has collaborated with Qualcomm ahead of its commercial launch. ARC is also involving gamers in early testing and feedback to refine the product before launch. 

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