GameRamp, a San Francisco- and Bengaluru-based startup building an AI-native operating system for mobile free-to-play games and consumer apps, has secured $5.4 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, with support from South Park Commons, Mixi, DeVC, and several high-profile angel investors.
The company plans to use the capital to expand its engineering and applied AI teams across the US and India, while also accelerating the rollout of two key services. These include Sentinel, a reinforcement learning-based AI platform that delivers real-time personalisation of in-game economies and monetisation, and Grow, an embedded financing tool that provides developers seamless access to capital with a one-click experience.
Founded by Vivek Ramachandran and Sashank Vandrangi, GameRamp enables mobile developers to automate and experiment with monetisation strategies—helping them scale faster and achieve 40–60% higher revenues. Its platform works continuously in the background to optimise user experience and monetisation without disrupting the core gameplay loop.
“Scaling new apps or games has increasingly become hyper-competitive. Developers need to be best-in-class in an array of disciplines outside the core product experience. What if we could turbocharge this with AI?” said Vivek Ramachandran, Co-founder & CEO of GameRamp.
“It isn’t just about improving existing processes; it’s enabling a completely new level of experimentation and insight. Our partners across regions like Vietnam, India, and Turkey are seeing strong results and we are excited to launch globally in the near future.”
By offering a combination of applied AI and embedded fintech solutions, GameRamp is aiming to become a foundational layer for game studios and app developers looking to scale in competitive global markets.
“GameRamp’s team embodies a blend of deep expertise across machine learning, product growth and investing. They have a unique perspective on what it takes to win in hyper-competitive markets, and their obsession with developer outcomes shows in their early customer love. This positions GameRamp to fundamentally redefine how consumer internet entrepreneurs scale in emerging markets,” said Anuj Tandon, Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures.
“As we kick off our deep focus on emerging markets, GameRamp stood out as the obvious partner for one of our first lead investments in the region. Their vision and execution gave us confidence to back them as a global fund.”
With a headquarters in San Francisco and R&D operations in Bengaluru, GameRamp is gearing up for global deployment as it seeks to redefine how apps and games grow, monetise, and scale through automation and AI.
