The Week in Esports 3.01-3.07
BIG RAISES, LOTS OF PARTNERSHIPS
๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ/๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ
๐.๐-๐.๐, ๐๐๐๐
๐๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐
– Theorycraft Games raised $37.5M in Series A
– Giants Esports Team x Deloitte Gaming
– CTRL x The Vitamin Shoppe
๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ค
–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
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๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ + ๐ &๐๐ธ
– Maestro raised $15M in Series B
– Rivalry raised $20M
๐ข๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ข
– G4 brought on Josh Cella, Nicole Cleary, and Umar Hussain to exec team
– Ben Dixon joined board for The Chiefs Esports Club
– Shahar Sorek joined Overwolf as new CMO
๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐
– 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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