NearbyPlay helps you discover casual sports and activities around your college, apartment, office, or neighbourhood.
Grounds are available. Equipment is ready. People want to play. Games still don't happen.
One or two cancellations and the whole game falls apart. There's no quick way to fill missing slots on short notice.
Manual coordination through calls and group chats is unreliable and exhausting. Most games get postponed before they start.
After enough failed attempts, people stop trying. The willingness to play remains but the activation energy is just too high.
From conversations across colleges, hostels, offices, and communities, the same pattern kept coming up: people want to play, but coordination breaks the game.
Three steps. No spreadsheets. No group chats.
Pick the sport, time, location, and number of players needed. Takes under a minute.
📲 Available on Android and iOSPlayers are matched by sport, location, and community.
🔍 Matched by sport, time, and communityPlayers confirm, open spots fill faster, and everyone knows where to show up.
✅ Game confirmed. See you on the ground.Cricket, football, badminton, swimming, chess, walks, yoga, or a quick game nearby. NearbyPlay helps your community find people and coordinate the plan.
NearbyPlay works anywhere, but we are starting with dense communities where people already have intent, spaces, and equipment.
Grounds are close. Free time comes in short bursts. Finding five players for a quick match shouldn't take all evening.
Parks, open spaces, and courts already exist. Neighbours who want to play just need a way to find each other quickly.
Lunch breaks, after-office sessions, company campuses. Perfect for recurring casual play with familiar faces.
Starting with Hyderabad communities, then expanding city by city as play density grows.
Most platforms focus on venue booking, structured classes, or fixed schedules. NearbyPlay focuses on casual, short-notice player coordination.
| Platform type | Player discovery | Short-notice games | Casual play | Community-first |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NearbyPlay | Core focus | Built for this | Free to start | Yes |
| Venue booking apps | Partial | Booking-led | Venue/payment-led | No |
| WhatsApp groups | Manual | Slow | Free | Partially |
| Gyms and sports centres | Limited | Fixed schedules | Paid/program-led | No |
Lean, execution-focused, based in Hyderabad.
IIT Kharagpur. Data engineer turned founder. Active organiser of sports sessions across Hyderabad. Leading product, pilot execution, and validation.
LinkedIn →Law graduate with 7 years in the IT industry. Provides legal, compliance, and governance oversight.
Two years as a data engineer. Hands-on with pilot execution, operations tracking, and community onboarding.
NearbyPlay is launching this May on Android and iOS.