ESI London returns on September 16-17th at a new home: Twickenham Stadium. Following a fantastic inaugural ESI London last year, we’ve gone bigger and better this time around. We’ll be welcoming over 100 industry leading speakers and 500+ delegates to the Home of English Rugby as we bring our most ambitious event to life. For […]
SBC Events, an Esports Insider sister company, will be continuing its fortnightly Betting on Sports webinar series on Wednesday 24 July 2019 with ‘Luckbox – Breaking the Esports Betting Barrier’, showing an in-depth look at the development and launch of the new esports betting platform. As a start-up aiming to conquer a discipline that has […]
North American organisation 100 Thieves has completed its Series B funding round, raising $35 million. New York-based investment management company Artist Capital Management led the round, with Josh Dienstag, its Chief Investment Officer, joined 100 Thieves’ board of directors. The round also included investment from Aglaé Ventures, the early stage investment program of Groupe Arnault – which […]
English organisation Method has announced plans to team up with charity Save the Children for the duration of its Race To World First: The Eternal Palace event. Method and Save the Children partnered during The Battle of Dazar’alor event earlier this year, which raised $17,000 (£13,500) – $7,000 (£5,500) more than the original target. The […]
Italian organisation Mkers has partnered with My English School, a provider of courses that teaches the English language. The deal was facilitated by Infront, the marketing agency that Mkers partnered with in August last year. Image credit: MkersThomas De Gasperi, Communication Manager of Mkers commented in a release: “For a team like ours, which aims […]
Tournament organiser PGL will operate the 2019-2020 season of Gears 5 esports. PGL has partnered with The Coalition to operate three major events that lead into a World Championship, as well as a number of regional events. Gears 5 – the upcoming instalment in the long-running Gears of War franchise – will be released on September […]
With the meteoric rise of the esports industry comes a growing demand for skilled and driven people. With such a proliferation of jobs across the globe – including, at one point, 1000 concurrent postings on HitmarkerJobs – the job market has reached a scale that poses new challenges for employers and workers alike. Cam Brierley, Content Lead at […]
Sponsor Spotlight is a monthly series here at Esports Insider that highlights the top sponsorship or partnership stories from the previous month. The main aim is to highlight some of the biggest things happening in esports, be those new non-endemic partnerships or extensions of major deals. Big deals lead the way as we look back […]
Tournament organiser StarLadder has partnered with gaming chair brand Secretlab ahead of its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Berlin, Germany. Kicking off on August 23rd, the StarLadder Berlin Major will be supplied with Secretlab’s chairs for use by the players and casters in attendance. Ian Alexander Ang, Co-founder and CEO of Secretlab discussed the partnership […]
A report from HLTV – which was later confirmed by Nikolaj Nyholm, Founder & CEO of RFRSH Entertainment – has revealed that the company will split from its two competitive brands, Astralis and Origen. Both brands are now operating under a newly-formed company titled RFRSH Teams, which will be renamed before long. This split means that RFRSH Entertainment, and […]
ESI London is a multiple day event taking place at Twickenham Stadium. London. Welcoming 500+ delegates and over 100 speakers, ESI London will bring best in class conference content as well as innovative new features including: 'The Clutch' & the 'ESI Brand Showcase'.
