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Bengaluru’s Startup Hub Image Takes a Hit After Controversy Around Ban on Online Gaming: Survey

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According to a study conducted by Startup Business Academy, Bengaluru’s image as a startup hub is set to take a hit following the recent controversy around the ban on online gaming in Karnataka.

Eighty percent of respondents strongly believe that if gaming start-ups shift out of Bengaluru, there will be a huge negative impact on the image of Bengaluru and Karnataka as a start-up destinations.

Startup Business Academy, an organization focused on startup entrepreneurs, conducted a study among 650+ respondents from the startup community, including founders and employees. An overwhelming majority of the surveyed said that not only will the ban affect Bangalore’s image, it will also have a cascading effect on other start-up and IT segments. Around 70 percent of respondents believe that a ban on online gaming will negatively impact other segments of the IT industry and start-ups as well.

A whopping 80 percent of respondents also strongly believe that if gaming start-ups shift out of Bengaluru to other start-up destinations in India because of lack of policy support, there will be a massive negative impact on the image of Bengaluru and Karnataka as a start-up destinations.

In a controversial and highly criticized move, the Karnataka assembly had passed a bill that banned online skill games involving entry fees. Karnataka is home to more than 91 gaming companies and developers, which employ about 4,000 people. The Bill will severely impact these companies, in the form of revenue and job loss, and stifle the growth of this sector. More importantly, this will severely affect Karnataka’s ability to attract tech companies to the state.

Not just policy, 69 percent of respondents strongly feel that Bengaluru will eventually lose its attractiveness for start-ups because of a multitude of compounding factors such as problems of infrastructure, traffic, lack of public transport, and lack of clear startup friendly state government policy. Around 31 percent of respondents attribute that if the trend of overregulation of high growth and investment magnets like gaming continues this will harm the state’s attractiveness. Also, 33 percent of respondents believe that other cities like Delhi NCR, Pune, Chennai, and Hyderabad have started to offer better policies and environments to high-stake start-up entrepreneurs and investors.

Neeraj Kapoor, CEO and Founder, Start-up Business Academy, said, “Karnataka, led by the city of Bengaluru has been India’s flag bearer as a global hub for IT development and start-ups on the back of a vibrant private enterprise led by young, energetic entrepreneurs. The recent developments threaten the State of Karnataka’s pole position as compared to other Indian states when it comes to its friendliness and readiness to drive the next level of growth from IT and related services.”

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