Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Vercel (formerly ZEIT), a platform that enables companies to develop, preview, and ship web apps, has raised $102 million in a series C funding round led by Bedrock Capital. CEO Guillermo Rauch said that the funding — which values the company at over $1 billion […]
LCO secures Warner Music Australia partnership – Esports Insider
DoorDash LCO, Oceania’s tier-one League of Legends competition, has announced a partnership with record label Warner Music Australia. As LCO’s partner, Warner Music Australia will integrate its music into the competition’s broadcasts throughout Spilt 2. This includes a ‘Song of The Day’ segment which highlights a song from LCO’s playlist. RELATED: DoorDash becomes naming rights […]
Huya secures Chinese League of Legends deal, ECI launches | ESI Digest #40 – Esports Insider
Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. In this week’s ESI Digest, we cover Huya’s monumental Chinese League of […]
EXCEL ESPORTS secures Sony smartphone partnership – Esports Insider
British organisation EXCEL ESPORTS has named Sony as the official smartphone supplier for its Fortnite division. The partnership sees Sony work closely with EXCEL’s Fortnite player Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman to showcase the Japanese firm’s Xperia smartphones. RELATED: Epic Games closes $1bn funding round led by Sony In addition, EXCEL and Sony will collaborate on educational […]
CLG Secures Marketing Partnership With Samsung – The Esports Observer
Samsung Electronics America will become the official computer memory hardware devices partner for all teams under the banner of CLG, the esports organization owned by Madison Square Garden Company. In addition to its category partnership, Samsung will become the presenting partner of CLG’s amateur tournament initiative, now under the heading of the Samsung Open Tournament […]
GRID Secures a $10M Series A Investment, Pushes into U.S. Market – The Esports Observer
Berlin-based esports data firm GRID eSports announced that it has secured a $10M USD Series A financing round from investors including Alinea Capital, Bumble Ventures, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, Agileo Ventures, and NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster. The investment brings GRID’s total funds raised to $11.6M. The company, which launched its esports data services in September 2018 during the FACEIT Major: London 2018, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition, revealed that it […]
Sendbird secures $100M to help businesses add chat, voice, and video calling to their apps
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Sendbird, a platform that makes it easier for businesses to add messaging, voice, and video chat functionality to their apps, has raised $100 million in a series C round of funding at a $1.05 billion valuation. The raise comes while […]
PSV Esports secures Cooler Master partnership – Esports Insider
PSV Esports, the competitive gaming division of Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven, has announced a partnership with Taiwanese PC component and periphery supplier Cooler Master. According to the release, the agreement will last for at least one season, with Cooler Master named an official esports partner of the club. Esports Insider got in touch with […]
1Kosmos Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding from ForgePoint Capital
Cybersecurity startup exits stealth mode to address identity and credential compromise SOMERSET, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 16, 2021– 1Kosmos, the only cybersecurity solution to provide digital identity proofing and passwordless authentication, announced a $15 million investment from ForgePoint Capital, the premier venture investor for early-stage cybersecurity companies. With the closing of this funding round, 1Kosmos comes out […]
epic.LAN secures Logitech G partnership – Esports Insider
UK gaming and esports event organiser epic.LAN has announced a partnership with peripherals firm Logitech G. According to the release, the partnership will look to bring ‘a range of improvements’ to epic.LAN’s casual and competitive players during its online and offline events in 2021. This includes the event’s esports competitions having increased prize pools for […]