Vindex-owned esports production and tournament company Esports Engine has announced the hire of Janet Shim as Director of Program Operations. Shim will lead strategy and program design across Esports Engine’s various broadcast and tournament operation clients. In 2020, Shim was part of the Riot Games team which received the 2020 Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding […]

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Helsinki-based startup Loupedeck announced that it has raised a €2 million EUR ($2.36 million USD) investment from zVentures, the corporate venture arm of Razer. The startup, which was founded in 2016 with an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign, plans to use the investment proceeds to support its growth.  Loupedeck specialized in making digital input device consoles for creative software and live streaming. The company entered the live streaming market […]

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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. has appointed Greg Kim to the position of Head of CLG effective immediately. Kim will oversee all business operations for the esports organization, working alongside MSG Sports VP of Business Operations Daniel Fleeter and CLG Founder George “HotshotGG” Georgallidis. Kim joins CLG after having served as Director of Esports for […]

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Tournament organizer ESL Gaming announced a partnership Monday with global cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Under the terms of the deal, Coinbase will become the “official crypto exchange partner” for select ESL events in 2021 and 2022, beginning with IEM Cologne 2021. Other events include   the ESL Pro […]

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British esports organization EXCEL ESPORTS announced that it has completed a £17 million GBP ($23.4 million USD) financing round led by investment firm JRJ Group, which first acquired a majority shareholding in 2018 alongside TOMS Capital, the family office of Noam Gottesman. Further investors that participated in the round included IPGL (the family office of Michael Spencer), the family […]

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Complexity will once again bring together its partner World of Warcraft guild Limit to defend its crown in the upcoming Race to World First. The event will begin on July 13 with 18 Complexity-Limit guild members competing from the GameStop Performance Center in Texas where they will also livestream their own perspective throughout the event. […]

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Credit Karma today rolled out plans for its first activation around Valorant after quietly signing a deal with game publisher Riot Games last month. San Francisco-based Credit Karma will focus on promoting its new Credit Karma Money, a banking product targeted at Gen Z consumers (think young adults who getting their first loans or heading […]

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