Bharath Venkata Rao Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru Area, India

I am a seasoned professional in the world of sports, specializing in Corporate development and raising Capital both in equity and debt funding, Sports Investment, and serving as a trusted dealmaker and chief negotiator for sports leagues and teams and also trusted advisor for Private Equity and Family offices. My career has been marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence in creating game-changing opportunities for athletes, teams, and brands. We are working with Indian Premier League franchises, Pro Kabbadi League, NBA teams, Italian Serie A, LaLiga team, French Ligue One, English Premier league teams and more. A significant part of my journey involves working with various football & cricket clubs across Europe and India, where I have played a pivotal role in facilitating disinvestment transactions. I understand the unique dynamics of the sports industry and have a proven track record of orchestrating successful deals that bring value to all stakeholders involved.One of my proudest accomplishments has been my involvement in brokering some of the largest endorsement and sponsorship deals for renowned athletes including Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Chris Gayle, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Kartik, Dipika Pallikal, and Robin Uthappa. I've also been instrumental in securing lucrative sponsorship arrangements for teams like the Bengaluru Bulls and IPL teams. Notable examples include securing exclusive rights for Bengaluru Bulls in the Pro Kabbadi League and forging partnerships between Livfast Batteries with MS Dhoni, Nippo Batteries for Rohit Sharma, Remit2India with Virat Kohli, and many more.The list of successful collaborations continues, including partnerships with VST Tractors and Tillers, Green Monk, Ashirvad, Walkmate, Nippon Paint, and Red Bull for Bengaluru Bulls, as well as IONA with Chris Gayle and Tata Motors with Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, and Dipika Pallikal, among others.

Bengaluru Area, India

For over a decade, Gaames Unlimited has been relentless in its pursuit of excellence, trying always to move fast enough to define the new contours of sports management in India.With a differentiated approach, an unerring emphasis on fostering relationships and an unmatched personal touch, we stand today as India's most diversified sporting conglomerate with an array of business verticals and a plethora of satisfied clients.From managing India's largest pool of cricketing stars, to running bespoke sporting academies, providing strategic consulting services to promoters, sponsors, administrators and sporting franchise owners to running licensing programs for the world's most coveted sporting properties, Gaames Unlimited is at the cutting edge of excellence and innovation in the world of sport.We are appointed as the exclusive Licensing and Merchandising agency for the International Cricket Council in the Indian sub continent and the middle east for the next five years. We manage commercial rights of the following cricketers: Ravichandran Ashwin, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Stuart Binny, Michael Clarke, Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vijay Shankar, Baba Aparjith, Baba Indrajith, Shreyas Gopal, Siddhesh Lad, Tanmay Srivastav, Tanay Thyagarajan, Sheldon Jackson, Deepak Hooda, R Samarth, Parthiv PatelI was responsible for driving the Brand distribution in various channels which included Online, Offline and Venues.

Mumbai Area, India

Veriticals handled by Rhiti Sports:-Celebrity Management: Managing sponsorship endorsements of all celebs and generating additional business.Worked very closely with MS Dhoni on various commercial and movie associations. Celebrities are Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Karn Sharma, K L Rahul, Mohit Sharma, Stephanie Rice, Francois Du Plessis and Pragyan Ojha .-M S Dhoni The Untold Story: The Biopic of India's most successful captain. In Cinema Branding, Co Branding, Co Promotions and Marketing of this Movie.-Chennai Super Kings: the current leader in the IPL table,all sponsorship,ground management and managing clients and their related events-Chennaiyin Football Club: the current leader in the ISL table, Marketing, sponsorship, ground management and managing clients and their related events-Ranchi Rays: the new HIL Team, Branding, Marketing and sponsorship related events

Bangalore

MTMPL aims to redefine the fast emerging branded entertainment space and to provide ace class marketing, promotions, licensing, branding & merchandizing solutions besides catering to services like celebrity & talent management, film & publicity designing, exclusive events across brand categories and various genres of movies & television content especially the Regional Indian films and the Bollywood.Managed Narain Karthikeyan for various brand endorsement and Hispania Racing teamConceptualised The Global T20 Canadian Premier league

We specialize in Sports Marketing, Sports Education and Sports Management.

Bangalore

Planning, Promotional Activities, Sales and serviced clients.

Worked as the high performance coach at NCA, for various camps including Zonal Cricket Academy for under19 cricketers in Ananthapur with South Zone and won Hemo Adhikari Trophy in June 2008.

Was involved with marketing of products & services which enriched and groomed future entrepreneurs.

India

Was involved with Sales of various telecommunication products