Seed to early growth fund research profile
Centre Court Capital is a specialist India venture fund for sports, fitness, wellness, gaming and interactive media. It backs technology and infrastructure businesses that serve athletes, leagues, federations, fans and participation-led consumer markets.
At a glance
Research profile
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Investment lens
Centre Court Capital uses a seed to early growth approach across Sports technology, fitness and wellness, gaming and interactive media.
Current evidence
Centre Court’s current site identifies Mustafa Ghouse and Alok Samtaney as founding general partners and publishes a portfolio including Michezo, Quidich, Stupa Sports Analytics and PlayReplay. Public company and media announcements document 2024–2025 investments in Stupa and Michezo, while current portfolio data records further 2026 activity.
Strategy
Seed to early growth
Sector focus
Sports technology, fitness and wellness, gaming and interactive media
AIF structure context
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
Centre Court’s current site identifies Mustafa Ghouse and Alok Samtaney as founding general partners and publishes a portfolio including Michezo, Quidich, Stupa Sports Analytics and PlayReplay. Public company and media announcements document 2024–2025 investments in Stupa and Michezo, while current portfolio data records further 2026 activity.
Investor questions
Centre Court Capital is covered in Rupeia's venture capital research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Seed to early growth, with a sector focus of Sports technology, fitness and wellness, gaming and interactive media. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category I AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to Centre Court Capital in the reviewed public sources: Michezo, Quidich, Stupa Sports Analytics, PlayReplay. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
Centre Court led Michezo’s approximately $2.5M pre-Series A in 2025, co-led Stupa Sports Analytics’ $3.3M pre-Series A in 2024 and identifies Quidich and PlayReplay in its current portfolio. Fund-level returns are not publicly disclosed. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: Fund I launched with a ₹350 crore target / approximately $42M, anchored by Sajjan Jindal’s family trust; final corpus and vehicle terms are not publicly disclosed in the reviewed record.. Public terms or access information: Pre-seed through early growth investments in sports technology, fitness and wellness, gaming and interactive media; cheque sizes and reserve policy are not publicly disclosed.. Current fees, minimum commitment and availability must be confirmed for the exact named vehicle in its fund documents.
The current source record names Mustafa Ghouse (Founding General Partner); Alok Samtaney (Founding General Partner). Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review stage concentration, follow-on reserves, company failure rates, dilution, exit timing and the gap between paper valuations and realised distributions. The current open diligence point is: Final Fund I close, current deployment pace and fund-level realised performance are not publicly disclosed; attributable portfolio and manager evidence are available..
2026-10-14: Centre Court’s current site identifies Mustafa Ghouse and Alok Samtaney as founding general partners and publishes a portfolio including Michezo, Quidich, Stupa Sports Analytics and PlayReplay. Public company and media announcements document 2024–2025 investments in Stupa and Michezo, while current portfolio data records further 2026 activity.
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