Tournament organizers are businesses from the esports industry engaged in professional competitions organization. Such businesses can operate their own tournament products or provide a wide range of related services - from hosting events online to full-fledged LAN championships.

Tournament organizers

Tournament platforms are websites designed for hosting competitions in esports of any level. Such platforms help with the automation of competitions, simplify the job of tournament organizers, and improve the participants' experience. Often equipped with its own anti-cheat solution that secures the integrity of the competition.

Tournament platforms

Esports team or esports organization is very similar to traditional sports team/club and are the most widespread type of business in the industry. Such organizations sign individual players or groups of players to compete in professional video gaming competitions under the team's brand and monetize through sponsorship, merchandise sales, and partnership deals. In addition to the players, esports teams commonly have coaches, managers, SMM, marketing, and sales specialists.

Esports teams

Esports broadcast production businesses have the necessary expertise, personnel, and equipment to partially or entirely organize online or offline esports events broadcasts. Such units often include permanent studios that are very beneficial for short-term service orders.

Esports broadcast production

Esports data operator is a collective term for businesses that collect, process, and distribute the data generated in esports competitions for usage by third parties. Among the clients of data operators you can often find betting-related companies, media websites, and various analytic products.

Esports data operators

Esports arenas are venues designed for hosting esports competitions with or without a live audience.

Esports arenas

Bootcamp facility is a location designed to create perfect conditions for the training process of esports athletes. Bootcamps may vary from equipped summer houses to big complexes with multiple training rooms, living spaces, catering areas, relaxation zones, and other functional spaces.

Bootcamp facilities

Media resources that actively write about esports, while having separate sections or separate portals about this industry

Esports media

Esports education businesses are designed to provide learning spaces and programs for the teaching of esports talents and industry professionals.

Education in esports

Esports federation is a group of organizations or other legal entities from the esports industry. Esports federations focus on the development and promotion of the esports industry on both national and international levels: from organizing events and developing educational programs to the official recognition of esports as a sport.

Esports federations

Esports associations are unions of people or groups working together for a common goal. As a rule, such associations perform a representative function, speaking in defense of the rights of players, teams or other industry representatives.

Esports associations

Collegiate Esports is a thriving sector in gaming, with educational institutions investing in esports programs. From varsity teams to student-run clubs, it provides students with a platform to showcase their gaming skills, find new opportunities, and foster a sense of community.

Collegiate esports

Anything that doesn't fit into the above categories

Other

Like all business, creating a video game, esports team or broadcast event take a lot of funding, and these companies make the whole process run smoother.

Game developers are businesses specialized in developing video games for various platforms, such as PC, mobile devices, consoles, etc. They do all stages of production, from coding to testing the game before it being published.

Game developers

Outsourcing for game development is third-party businesses that provide various services for game developers, therefore, helping cut expenses and free up resources with a guarantee of the quality of the work performed. Those can be assets designers, software testing, support services, localization studios, etc.

Outsourcing for game development

Education in-game development entities provide education services for video game developers in addition to their formal degrees.

Education in game development

Game developers and publishers associations are organizations serving video game developers&publishers, as well as organizing various events for the exchange of experience and the presentation of current projects.

Game developers & publishers associations

Analytics & monetization businesses are third-party entities focused on collecting data among player base to improve engagement of players, therefore, providing better product monetization for publishers.

Analytics & monetisation

A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game development business.

Game publishers

Any company with operational engagement in the esports industry that doesn't fit into the classic esports categories. But maybe it's exactly what you've been looking for?

Gaming laptop businesses distribute specifically developed laptops for gamers allowing them to play their favourite game from any place.

Gaming laptops

Businesses that build on selling goods and services for gamers; all things in one place.

Gaming retail stores

Gaming furniture businesses make sure that gamers furnish their gaming space with specially made products that not only make the whole experience enjoyable but also will not incur health consequences.

Gaming furniture

You cannot underestimate the importance of a good monitor for gamers. Monitor businesses are producing Monitors for PC. That's a real trick on how to improve your FPS!

Monitors

PC components businesses are in charge of yielding the market with vital units and modules necessary to assemble a PC which makes such companies irreplaceable for the industry.

PC components

Gaming Peripherals businesses are essential for the existence of the gaming industry since they provide necessary tools for players to actually play the game and have a great experience.

Gaming peripherals

Gaming consoles & VR headsets businesses supply virtual reality headsets as well as gaming consoles, providing a completely new gaming experience for players and opening new possibilities in the gaming development industry.

Gaming consoles & VR headsets

Sometimes, you just struggle to find a desiring product or service. Maybe, other gaming accessories businesses that supply various gaming staff, could help you with that.

Other gaming accessories

The Schools and Education Institutions category encompasses a wide range of educational organizations, including schools, universities, colleges, private schools, vocational institutes, and other educational institutions. Explore this category to find educational establishments offering various academic programs, extracurricular activities, and specialized learning opportunities.

Education Institutions

This subcategory includes businesses that specialize in the production and design of apparel and merchandise for various industries, including esports and video gaming. These companies offer a wide range of products such as team uniforms, t-shirts, pants and other wearable items. They can also provide custom designs and branding solutions for businesses and organizations.

Apparel and merchandise

Legal services are essential for any business or organization, providing guidance and support on a wide range of issues, such as compliance, contracts, and disputes. These services can help ensure that your company operates within the law and protect your interests in any legal matters that may arise.

Legal

Telecommunication industry consists of companies which makes communication possible worldwide through mobile phones, internet, cable or wirelessly.

Telecommunication

The Food and Beverage Industry includes all the companies involved in transforming raw agricultural goods into consumer food products. The overall industry supply chain includes food processing, packaging, and distribution.

Food & beverages

The entertainment industry is a huge business industry. It includes innumerable sub-sectors of entertainment. This industry runs on both entertainer and viewers. Entertainment has been an integral part of human society since ages, but recently it has become commercialized

Entertainment

Computer industry or also known as Information Technology (IT) Industry. It includes businesses of computer hardware, developing and maintaining computer software, and computer networking.

Information Technology

The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and drink service, event planning, theme parks, travel and tourism. It includes hotels, tourism agencies, restaurants, venues and bars.

Hospitality, tourism and venues

The transport industry is one of the largest types of business industries. This industry deals with the movement of humans, things and animals by various modes of transportation.

Transportation, distribution and logistics

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Event agencies work with talent and other agencies to fully produce esports events like tournaments and exhibitions, including scheduling, physical setup and more.

Event agencies

PR and marketing agencies are experts at getting attention and promoting their clients and their clients' brands, working through all kinds of media from TV to social platforms.

PR / Marketing agencies

Esports agencies are organisations that specialise in being the middle-man for getting external businesses connected with esports, through consultancy, networking, project management and more.

Esports agencies

Talent agencies in esports focus on working with players, commentators, hosts and other on-screen presenters, and provide a range of services like legal, promotional and commercial to support their clients.

Esports talent agencies

Agencies are a diverse group that can handle a wide range of specialist tasks and services that often don't fit into any other categories.

Like any sporting event, there is plenty of betting around esports, including specialist sites who can offer a range of game-specific bets and odds.

Betting

Casinos offer a wide variety of slot, wheel and table games, whether that's at a physical location or in the online casinos of iGaming

Casinos

There are plenty of other types of businesses that don't fit in the other categories, including developers, marketers and more.

Markets of various types and designs where gamers can buy video games, whether it's the latest titles or old favorite classics.

Digital game storefronts

The go-to place for esports or video gaming fans to see live gameplay, pre-recorded content and tournament coverage.

Livestreaming & VOD platforms

The primary source of information for gaming fans, providing the latest info on players and rosters or just guides on how to do a tricky or hidden skill in a game.

Gaming databases & guides

Companies that provide software to improve the gaming skills of esports players

Stats and skill training platforms

These are unique sites, platforms and software solutions that don't easily fit into any other subcategories.

Public Company

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Privately Held

We are the undisputed gaming and esports entertainment leader in South East Asia. Well-embedded in the content distribution and gaming world, we’ve built our success by developing a robust business model and making ourselves the top tier destination for new and established gaming talents.

Tier One Entertainment

We are a leading pure-play in esports and gaming entertainment, with an attractive company portfolio comprising some of the strongest brands in the industry. Through our strategic investments, operational support and active-owner management, we are developing the preferred home for entrepreneurs.

Swedish

Keywords Studios is an international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry and beyond. 

We bring to life digital content that entertains, connects, challenges and educates people worldwide. 

Established in 1998, and now with more than 65 facilities in 22 countries strategically located in Asia, the Americas, Australia and Europe, we provide integrated art creation, marketing services, software engineering, testing, localization, audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of more than 950 clients across the globe.

Video games development & publishing

Keywords Studios

The global investment platform for gaming, Web3, and immersive technology.

BITKRAFT Ventures

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

Makers Fund has presence in San Francisco, London, Tokyo, and Singapore.

Makers Fund

Lvp is a seed fund with a valuable difference: the team are operating experts in the game ecosystem, and they only ever invest in those sectors. The LVP Team has been seed investors in game companies that have created approximately $18 billion in value including Supercell, Unity, NaturalMotion, Playfish, Peak, Applifier, Boomlagoon and Radiant Entertainment.

London Venture Partners

Play Ventures is a new games VC founded by games entrepreneurs, investing globally in games and game services startups.

Play Ventures

Initial Capital is an investor and accelerator for seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services and technology enablers. We partner with world class entrepreneurs and teams to build global category winners.

Based out of London and Silicon Valley, we partner with world class entrepreneurs and teams to build global category winners. We've played a key part in growing companies like Glu Mobile ($350M IPO in 2007), Playfish ($400M sale to EA in 2009) and Supercell (Finland-based global leader in iOS-based games). 

Our philosophy is that early stage fund raising is a recruitment exercise by founders. As a founder, you need more than money, you need the best team around you that are not only helpful but fun to work with. We know because we've been there. If you're a world class technology startup, we'd love to talk about being partners. 

Contact us on info@initialcapital.com

Initial Capital

Galaxy Interactive is a division of Galaxy Digital, a publicly-traded digital assets merchant bank. The interactive division manages a venture fund focused on interactive content and technology companies.

Galaxy Interactive

Built on the backs of highly specialized sports and media entrepreneurs and investors, we look to utilize our industry networks and deep domain knowledge to bring unparalleled value to our companies. We build long-term partnerships with management, by providing ongoing strategic support across all aspects of operations

Courtside Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into transformative international businesses. 

Since 1996, we’ve partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs in Europe, the U.S. and Israel, who are using technology to reshape the world around us.   The companies they’ve started include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack and Supercell.

Now that technology is part of everyone’s life and reconfiguring the traditional economy, sector by sector, we are no longer just “tech” investors. Indeed, we are convinced that every aspect of human life and economic activity can be transformed and improved by technology and entrepreneurial passion -- and that we are just at the start of this era. 

Index covers every investment stage, from earliest seed through to explosive growth. We believe that opportunity is a mindset and we look for people who spot something others haven’t seen; something that they foresee can change the world and are committed to realising.

More than anything, we are passionate about building lifelong relationships with the entrepreneurs we work with, which is why they are our best reference.

Index Ventures

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund. Over the last 30 years of early-stage investing, our core values of trust, loyalty, and integrity along with our founder-first approach have driven our strategy. We are a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. We support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging our network to help them propel their businesses forward.

SV Angel

Accel is a leading venture capital firm that invests in people and their companies from the earliest days through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, CrowdStrike, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, FreshWorks, Jet, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, UiPath and Vox Media are among the companies the firm has backed over the past 35 years.

Accel

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. 
Bessemer’s global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, and Toast and has $19 billion of regulatory assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, Beijing and Bangalore. 

Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos at bvp.com/memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio at bvp.com/anti-portfolio).

Bessemer Venture Partners

We are an early-stage global venture firm focused on supporting cutting edge blockchain startups.

Shima Capital

Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our portfolio and network of founders are fully global.

Sisu Game Ventures

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a seed-stage investment firm committed to identifying, financing and developing early stage growth businesses led by promising entrepreneurs. 

Based in New York City, Great Oaks was founded by Andrew K. Boszhardt Jr., a financial entrepreneur with approximately 40 years of capital market experience. Typical investment size ranges from $50K to $500K at pre-seed, Seed and Series A.

Select Investments include: Acorns, Allbirds, Bolt, CourseHero, EquipmentShare, Fetch Rewards, Flatiron Health, Ibotta, Maven Health, Virta Health, Vise, Workrise (formerly RigUp)

Great Oaks Venture Capital

The world of competitive, organised, and professional video gaming. The Everest for all hardcore gamers!

Businesses that involved in creation and distribution of video games that we all play in. People that make this world a happier place to live in!

Agencies are businesses that provide various services to clients in exchange for a commission or a flat fee. This could be event organization, promotion, consultancy, or a range of other services.

Aside from the games themselves, there are a large number of companies providing software and unique services for gamers and companies, including live streaming, video-on-demand, digital sales, cloud gaming, analytics, various databases and more.

Gaming apps and platforms

Not to be confused with video gaming, iGaming is the world of online slots, casino and sports betting, or anything else that involves gambling over the internet.

iGaming

Businesses that produce and distribute peripherals, hardware, accessories, and furniture for gaming: things that became a standard for a proper gamer's setup!

Gaming hardware and accessories

External industries working with esports and video gaming

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