G2 Esports, a team within the burgeoning sport, has announced a funding round, with one of the investors being current FC Barcelona midfielder André Gomes. This funding round will be used to assist the expansion of G2 Esports and will be used primarily to grow the current talent pool of players. Other investors include Eric […]
Axiomatic, an esports-focused investment vehicle comprised of professional sports team owners from the NHL and NBA, will count The International 7, a Dota 2 tournament held earlier this month, as its first major win after acquiring a controlling stake in Team Liquid last September. The European-based team made history Aug. 12 as the first ever […]
In September, Formula 1 will dive head-first into esports with the arrival of the Formula 1 Esports Series. Set to be an annual competition, it will crown a Formula 1 Esports Champion Expert. The Formula 1 Esports Series is a partnership between Formula 1, esports company Gfinity and racing games developer Codemasters, which is releasing the 2017 […]
Esports has become such big business that mobile platform Skillz is the country’s No. 1 private company for growth by one recent estimate and the Paris 2024 Olympics organizers are considering its inclusion as a medal event. Those are just a pair of sample headlines from this month, so it’s little wonder that Nielsen, the […]
Esports’ meteoric rise over the last five years has been astounding. Leading the charge is Skillz, a mobile esports platform with over 12 million active gamers. Inc. Magazine recently released its annual Inc. 5000 list, ranking the top privately held U.S. companies by overall revenue growth over a three-year period, and Skillz was at the […]
