GlobalEsportsFund

Esport is driving growth for technology companies worldwide. Together with GP Bullhound, Finserve is now launching a fund focused on esports.

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Vad fick oss att starta en fond inom e-sport och hur tror vi branschen kommer utvecklas framåt? Läs vår intervju med @savr.

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Electronic Arts and FIFA have announced an expanded esports program around EA's FIFA game franchise.
Players from more than 70 countries are now eligible to compete in FIFA 22 esports, which features both 1-versus-1 and 2-versus-2 competitions. Shares up 3.6% on the news

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FTX crypto exchange FTX to spend $210M over 10 years to rename the professional e-sports team TSM as TSM FTX, in one of the biggest naming rights deals in e-sports (NYT)

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The Free Fire World Series (FFWS) 2021, organized by Garena in Singapore, peaked at 5.4M concurrent viewers worldwide during the first round of its finals on May 30, breaking the all-time record of peak viewers for an esports event (excluding Chinese platforms).

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Bilibili Esports, the esports division of Chinese live streaming platform and US game publisher Activision are set to engage in a long-term strategic cooperation to enhance the production, distribution, promotion and commercialization of the Overwatch League in the Chinese market

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Activision Blizzard On Track to Exceed Prior Outlook for the First Quarter - Statement out

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Ubisoft: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Esports season 2021 kicks off with record-breaking viewership results

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Sony ) and the new esports venture RTS have jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series fighting-game event. The event will allow players to compete in Tekken 7 (OTCPK:NCBDY), Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, and Guilty Gear Strive .

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IKEA and ESPORTS- IKEA and ASUS ROG collaboration brings 30 new gaming products to market
From drawers and desks to chairs and mouse bungee cords, IKEA and ROG have designed these products with the player in mind.

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Tournament organiser ESL Gaming has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to create and operate Hearthstone’s esports ecosystem for the next two years. MTG and ATVI

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Business magazine Forbes has released a list of the 10 most valuable esports organizations in the world. Sitting atop the list is the popular Team SoloMid, more frequently referred to as TSM.

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Microsoft has acquired esports platform https://t.co/eziSAvWaca. The news was shored by the official https://t.co/eziSAvWaca Twitter account and confirmed by Microsoft's MSN Esports Twitter account.

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WoW Shadowlands’ launch draws in nearly one million viewers on Twitch

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Interview with tech-investor @IngeHeydorn of Thyra Hedge https://t.co/536J85wLSX

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Honor of Kings, Tencent's flagship video game, announced a record 100 million daily active users worldwide and said it was expanding into other genres and forming a tie-up with British luxury group Burberry.

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Facebook, cloud gaming live in the US
Tencent has started an open beta for its START cloud gaming platform. This integrates with WeGame, its PC game distribution platform. Titles such as Fortnite, FIFA Online 4, League of Legends and more can be played via cloud

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The largest risk of buying into a Esport Team - That they loose the star. According to a report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, Origen/Astralis top laner Barney "Alphari" Morris is close to signing a multi-year deal with North American esports organisation Team Liquid.

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Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN. Esports ‘total solutions provider’ VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has raised what it describes as ‘close to’ $100 million in a Series B funding round, led by Tencent Holdings

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ATVI-Call of Duty: Mobile has crossed 300 million downloads in a year since its global release, the game’s general manager Matt Lewis revealed today in a message thanking the community.

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Shanghai police are investigating scalping in relation to the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Grand Final. With 3.2 million fans applying for 6,321 tickets distributed via a lucky draw, a scalped ticket is said to go for $4,487

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Adjusted operating profit of $353mln (vs. consensus at $109mln) Adjusted EPS of $1.87 vs. St at $0.59. PC Webcam was up +258% y/y (in constant currency), Video was up 161% y/y, PC & Tablet Peripherals were up 144% y/y, while Gaming revenues were up 84% y/y in cc terms.