Vishal Gondal
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Vishal Gondal at Ra.One Press Conference in October 2011
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| Born |
Vishal 14 July 1976 Mumbai |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Vishy, VG |
| Alma mater | Mumbai University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur/ Venture Capitalist |
| Home town | Mumbai |
| Title | CEO GOQii, Ex CEO Indiagames |
Vishal Gondal (Marathi: बिशाल गोडांल) (born 14 July 1976) is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder and CEO of GOQii (pronounced Go-Key), and previously founded the game development and publishing company Indiagames, which he sold to DisneyUTV Digital, The Walt Disney Company (India) in 2011 for $100 million.
In 1999, Gondal founded Indiagames, a video game development and publishing company. By 2009 the company had approximately 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, Beijing, London and Los Angeles. Gondal sold a majority of stakeholds (adding up to 76.29% of the company) to TOM online Games, a subsidiary of TOM Online Inc, in 2009 and retained his position as CEO. In 2011, Indiagames was acquired by Disney for around $100m. At the time of acquisition, Indiagames was making an approximate profit of $400,000 on revenues of $11 million.
In 2008, Gondal launched Sweat and Blood Venture group to invest in startups at a seed level. The organization has invested in Instablogs and Docsuggest, among others.
In August 2012, The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd. restructured its digital assets under a new division, DisneyUTV Digital, with Vishal Gondal as its managing director.
In March 2014, Gondal launched GOQii, a fitness technology company based in Menlo Park, California.
Gondal has presented at the INK Conferences in Mumbai.
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