Pickleball chain GoRally has raised Rs 6.6 crore ($750,000) in its pre-Seed round led by Sujeet Kumar, with participation from key investors including Mohit Kumar & Vatsal Singhal, Viren Singhvi, Kartik Kapoor, Abhishek Goyal, Deepak Singh, Arjun Vaidya, Bharat Founders Fund, an IITD syndicate, and several US investors amongst others.
The proceeds will be used to scale to eight centers and 40 pickleball and 2 padel courts by April 2025. The upcoming centers include the indoor pickle-padel arena GoRally Whitefield, a 40,000 sq ft facility.
Founded last year by Sam Sancheti and Abhinav Shankar, GoRally operates four centers across Bengaluru with 15 courts, including its flagship 15,000 sq. ft. indoor facility near Indiranagar, and a 4000 Whatsapp community.
It will also launch its tech platform this month to streamline the community experience, including its popular ‘Open-play’ game format. The firm will continue to expand its coaching services (its full-time coaches include Karnataka’s top 2 players) and build out its equipment retail business (it already distributes some of the brands like Joola), making it a full-stack player tapping into the recreational sports boom anchored by Pickleball & Padel.
Beyond Bengaluru, GoRally plans to expand to other major cities like Delhi and Chennai later this year through strategic partnerships.
