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The Week in Esports 3.01-3.07

This Week in Esports

BIG RAISES, LOTS OF PARTNERSHIPS
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ˆ๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ/๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ”ฅ
๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ†๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ†
– Theorycraft Games raised $37.5M in Series A
– Giants Esports Team x Deloitte Gaming
– CTRL x The Vitamin Shoppe

๐Ÿค๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐Ÿค
–ย Esports Entertainment Group (NASDAQ: GMBL)ย xย Kraft Sports + Entertainment
–ย Oakleyย x Scump
– LCS xย Blood Centers of America
–ย Tribe Gaming,ย BIG Esportsย xย Razer Inc.
–ย Evil Geniusesย x Bud Light
–ย Team Vitalityย xย Scuf Gaming
–ย Knightsย x Boost Gaming
–ย Immortals Gaming Club (IGC)ย xย Zoomph
–ย Complexity Gamingย xย Dairy MAX Inc.
–ย Imperial Esportsย xย VOLTZ MOTORS
–ย Ghost Gamingย xย RESPAWN Products

๐Ÿ’ธ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž + ๐— &๐—”๐Ÿ’ธ
– Maestro raised $15M in Series B
– Rivalry raised $20M

๐Ÿข๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐Ÿข
– G4 brought on Josh CellaNicole Cleary, and Umar Hussain to exec team
– Ben Dixon joined board for The Chiefs Esports Club
– Shahar Sorek joined Overwolf as new CMO

๐Ÿ†•๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐Ÿ†•
– Repeat.gg launched its esports tournament platform
– Marquez Valdes-Scantling to launch esports team with help from Subnation Media
– paiN Gaming initiated lifestyle influencer house project

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