The Company was originally incorporated as `Nazara.Com Private Limited' on December 8, 1999 at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, and was granted the certificate of incorporation by the RoC. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Nazara Technologies Private Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon change of name was issued by the RoC on July 4, 2003. the Company was converted into a public limited company and the name of the Company was changed its name to `Nazara Technologies Limited'. A fresh certificate of incorporation was issued by the RoC on December 13, 2017. The change in name of the Company from Nazara.Com Private Limited to Nazara Technologies Private Limited was undertaken to align the name of the Company with the increase in the scope of the business operations.
Major events and milestones of the Company : 2004 - Launched java games pay per download with BPL and Hutch - Signed an exclusive agreement with Sachin Tendulkar for three years
2005 - First round of investment by WestBridge - Signed an exclusive agreement with M.S. Dhoni
2006 - Commenced work with telecom operators such as Tata Teleservices Limited and Vodafone
2007 - Second round of investment from WestBridge - Commenced work with Bharti Airtel, one of the telecom partners
2008 - Signed an exclusive wireless content distribution agreement with Electronic Arts Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. to market, distribute, reproduce and sublicense its contents in India through specified distribution channels
2009 - Launched the subscription based `Games Club' model on Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited
2011 - Commenced business operations in the Middle East and established an office in Dubai
2013 - Commenced business in Zambia, Uganda, Nigeria, Singapore, Mauritius and Kenya
2015 - Commenced the Freemium business in India - Signed licensing deal with Virat Kohli and Hrithik Roshan and executed exclusive licensing agreement for Chota Bheem*
2017 - Acquisition of 52.38% the paid-up equity share capital of Next Wave
2018 - Acquisition of 54.99% the paid-up equity share capital of Nodwin Gaming and launch of eSports business of the Company
2019 - Acquisition of 100.00% of the paid-up equity share capital of CrimzonCode - Acquisition of 62.53% of the paid -up equity share capital of Sports Unity - Acquisition of 63.90% of the paid-up equity share capital of Absolute Sports - Acquisition of control in Halaplay
2020 - Acquisition of 50.91% of the paid-up equity share capital of Paper Boat
2021 - Investment of Rs.1,000.00 million by Instant Growth Limited in the Company - Investment of Rs.1,098.46 million by Krafton, Inc. into Nodwin Gaming
2019
-Gaming firm Nazara acquired Sportskeeda.
2023
-Nazara Launched Game Publishing Division For Indian Game Developers.
2024
-Nazara Technologies partners Government of Telangana to Launch Nazara AI Center of Excellence (CoE)
-Nazara & Lysto sign LOI to launch The Growth Protocol.
-Nazara announces five investments totalling INR 196 Crores to drive growth across Gaming and Entertainment.
-Nazara integrates with ONDC Network to Launch "gCommerce" in India, Unlocking a new era of In-Game Monetization.
-Nazara Technologies Approves Merger of its wholly owned subsidiary, Paperboat Apps.
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