Bengaluru-based gaming startup Exiles Interactives has raised $355,000 in a pre-seed funding spherical led by Chimera VC, with participation from Warmup Ventures, IndigoEdge, and angel investor Dhruv Vohra, together with current shareholder Sourav Gupta.

The startup mentioned it’s going to use the funds to speed up the event of Centarius, its upcoming next-generation social gameplay platform, and to strengthen advertising and marketing initiatives.

Centarius is designed as a browser-native platform, enabling seamless social gameplay throughout units with out requiring downloads or installations. It includes a curated assortment of mid-core titles enhanced with aggressive and community-driven experiences that reward engagement and encourage long-term participant retention.

Not like conventional internet gaming platforms, Centarius positions itself as a product-focused ecosystem that prioritises high quality, curation, and significant participant interplay. The platform’s library spans a number of genres, combining social play, competitors, and neighborhood components to ship a extra built-in expertise for players.

Krish Anurag, Managing Companion at Chimera VC, mentioned, “ Exiles Interactive has proven robust early traction, and it’s clear they’re addressing a big unmet want within the browser-based gaming market. The group is deeply keen about gaming and extremely strategic of their method in the direction of the enterprise. They’re well-positioned for development, and we consider Centarius has the potential to change into a number one platform on this area.”

Commenting on the fundraise, Anubhav Bhattacharya, Lead Developer at Exiles Interactives, mentioned, “This funding spherical is a robust validation of our imaginative and prescient, product, and the rising alternative in browser-based gameplay. With Centarius, we’re constructing high-quality, socially partaking video games that anybody can entry, enhanced by neighborhood and aggressive options, and free from the constraints of aggregation or native platforms. This funding will speed up our product growth and increase our advertising and marketing efforts forward of launch.” 

Over the subsequent a number of months, Exiles Interactives plans to collaborate with gaming content material creators throughout TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube to drive consumer development and set up Centarius as a number one identify within the browser gaming area.