Founder · ARC

Jobin Joseph

Co-founder of ARC, a gaming hardware company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruGaming Hardware
Raised to date
$1.1M
1 round on record
Latest round
Pre-seed
$1.1M · September 2026

About

Jobin Joseph is Co-founder of ARC, a gaming hardware company based in Bengaluru. ARC's most recent disclosed round was a Pre-seed of $1.1M in September 2026.

Compiled from StartupFox records · updates as coverage is published

Company

ARC
Gaming Hardware · Bengaluru · Active

ARC is the consumer gaming brand of Bengaluru-based Zenalli Innovative Technologies, building the ARC X1, a handheld games console designed for India and other emerging markets. Founded by Jobin Joseph and Kaustubh K. Jadhav, it has been in development for over a year and evaluated x86 architectures before settling on ARM, powered by Qualcomm, on the reasoning that performance-per-watt rather than peak power is what makes a handheld affordable and comfortable to hold. The device runs OWL OS, a fork of the Android Open Source Project rebuilt around a controller-first interface with system-level

Funding
September 2026Pre-seed$1.1MChimera VC (co-lead), MIXI Global Investments (co-lead), Dhruv Vohra
Company profile →1 round on record

Journey with ARC

2 milestones
  1. Jul 2026Milestone

    Emerges publicly as India's first home-grown dedicated gaming handheld maker after 14 to 18 months in development, opening a two-phase public beta in which waitlist members test controls, comfort, battery life, frame rates and game compatibility.

  2. Sep 2026Milestone

    Announces a strategic partnership with Qualcomm Technologies covering the ARC X1 and a broader lineup of gaming hardware for India and emerging markets, built around performance-per-watt rather than peak power.

Also building ARC

KKKaustubh K. JadhavCo-founder→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 8 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
ARC Raises ₹10.5 Crore to Build a Console, an OS and a Supply Chain at Once

Quick answers

Who is Jobin Joseph?

Jobin Joseph is a Co-founder of ARC, a gaming hardware company based in Bengaluru.

Who founded ARC?

ARC's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Jobin Joseph and Kaustubh K. Jadhav.

How much funding has ARC raised?

ARC has raised $1.1M across 1 disclosed round on record. The latest was a Pre-seed of $1.1M in September 2026, with Chimera VC (co-lead), MIXI Global Investments (co-lead), Dhruv Vohra.

Where is ARC based?

ARC is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Jobin Joseph?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Jobin Joseph; the most recent is “ARC Raises ₹10.5 Crore to Build a Console, an OS and a Supply Chain at Once”.

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