This Week in Esports & Gaming w/ Mark Cai
THE WEEK OF RAISES & IPOs
This Week in Esports/Gaming
4.12-4.18, 2021
Top Three
– Enthusiast Gaming to list on NASDAQ
– Twitch Rivals x Logitech G, State Farm
– OverActive Media: $40M raise, partner with H4X
Partnerships
– NRG Esports x Levi’s
– Nadeshot x Excedrin
– Liquipedia x VIE.bet
– Rival x Arizona Coyotes
– Rush Gaming x ASTRO Gaming
– CLG x Samsung
– Houston Outlaws x Boomer Naturals
– Gen.G x ROCCAT
– GHOST Gamer x GNC
Finance + M&A
– RSG: $1M raise
– Generation Esports: $10.8M Series A
– inSTREAMLY: $1.3M seed round
– Powder: $14M Series A
– The Vitec Group acquired Lightstream ($35.9M)
– Krafton: IPO at $17.9B valuation
– AppLovin: IPO at $30B valuation
Workforce
– Samantha Halverson (SVP, People/Culture) → NZXT
– Clinton Foy (Partner, VC) → United Talent Agency
New Stuff
– Tampax announced Tampax Gaming Fest
– Misfits Gaming Group launched ‘Women of Misfits’ platform
—
Mark Cai
