Mobile Premier League

Mobile Premier League (also known as MPL) is a mobile e-Sports platform based in India. It is operated by Bangalore-based Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Users can compete in multiple skill based mobile gaming tournaments on MPL. It was launched in September 2018 and as of February 2021, the app has a user base of more than 60 million.
History
Mobile Premier League was founded in September 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran Garimella and Shubham Malhotra, who earlier founded Consumer Electronics company CREO.
Funding
On 8 November 2018, it was announced that MPL has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital.
In February 2021, the company raised US$95 million in a Series D funding round led by Base Partners, Composite Capital, Go-Ventures, Founders Circle, Moore Strategic Ventures, Play Ventures, RTP Global, SIG and Telstra Ventures.
Operations and Partnerships
On 15 April 2019, MPL signed up as a member of All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), which focuses on setting regulations and policies to govern the gaming industry in India.
Game formats
MPL is a platform where users can signup to play skill-games and win cash prizes in return. Users can choose to play from three different formats of games.
Tournaments
When playing in a tournament, users need to submit their high-score to rank high on the leader-board. Users can play a game multiple times in a tournament, only the highest score of each user is considered for final leader-board calculation.
1-vs-1 battles
Some games on MPL platform are available to be played against real players in 1-vs-1 mode. In this two player format, user scoring higher or finishing the game first takes home the winning amount.
Fantasy Sports
Through SuperTeam fantasy sport platform, MPL gives its users an option to create a virtual team and join contests for upcoming live matches. Real life performance of selected players determine the points scored by the team created. Users are rewarded prizes based on the final ranking of their teams in a contest.
Collaborations
In March 2019, MPL signed up Virat Kohli as their brand ambassador.<ref name="brandequity"/>

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