Funding
Method, Echo and Liquid announce WoW Race to World First: Liberation of Undermine broadcast details, casters and more, as Method announce first funding round
Method, Echo and Liquid, the three big competitive raiding guilds in World of Warcraft, have announced plans around […]
February 26, 2025
Skill Gap signs UK streamer as ambassador: New LoL mechanics training tool aims to be ‘the AimLab for League of Legends’
Skill Gap, a new League of Legends training tool hoping to be ‘the AimLab for League of Legends’, […]
December 27, 2024
London tech firm Roto VR closes £2.4m funding for new type of gaming chair, secures partnerships with UK retailers
Roto VR, a London-based tech company, has secured £2.4m in funding to help it take a new type […]
December 26, 2024
Esports World Cup Foundation expands Club Partner Program from 30 to 40 orgs, opens applications for orgs to each receive six-figure funding
The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has this morning opened applications for the 2025 EWCF Club Partner Program, […]
December 10, 2024
Esports News UK backs CTRL Charity Valorant Tournament to raise money for Cancer Research UK, with livestreamed interview and quiz
Esports News UK is teaming up with UK organisation CTRL Esports to raise money this Christmas via the […]
December 4, 2024
K1 Speed to open sim racing esports facility and largest indoor karting track at Scotland’s XSite Braehead following £5.5m investment
Update (March 6th 2025): XSite Braehead has announced a combined £12.6 million investment in the site. The money […]
September 23, 2024
Katana Gaming ‘disheartened and deflated’ by The Wired Lobby situation, with company behind former esports bar owing almost £1m
One of the partners of The Wired Lobby – a former esports bar in Middlesbrough – has spoken out […]
September 19, 2024
Ireland’s Epic Global esports agency rebrands as Feenix Group following €1.5m investment
Irish esports agency Epic Global has announced it’s rebranding as Feenix Group following an investment raise of €1.5m with partners Quintas Capital and Beach Point […]
September 18, 2024
Victory League raises $4m as big football names back new platform including Zinchenko and Kanu
Venture capital firm LocalGlobe and metaverse company Improbable have announced the launch of Victory League. The pair have […]
April 1, 2024
Quadrant secure seven-figure investment, add popular UK YouTuber as co-owner and announce talent initiative
Quadrant, the entertainment and gaming brand and UK esports organisation, have closed a seven-figure investment round. The org, founded […]
January 24, 2024
UK to host SuperDome esports event in 2024 as part of £3m West Midlands funding boost
The UK will play host to a SuperDome esports tournament in September 2024, thanks to a West Midlands […]
January 3, 2024
Streamers show support to UK’s biggest cat charity Cats Protection including Gab Smolders, Get Miked & FF16 voice actor Anna Demetriou
A cluster of UK-based streamers are raising money for Cats Protection, the UK’s biggest cat welfare charity, in […]
November 22, 2023
Guild Esports raise up to £1m in Middle Eastern push: ‘MENA offers the opportunity for rapid growth and we’re keen to establish an immediate foothold in the region’
UK-based organisation Guild Esports have today announced a brand has purchased up to £1m in Guild shares, as […]
October 30, 2023
RyanCentral sets up Valorant Shorty Drive fundraiser in memory of Twisten, over $8,000 raised so far
British Valorant analyst and YouTuber, Ryan ‘RyanCentral’ Horton, has set up a fundraiser in memory of the late […]
June 16, 2023
Who actually are the Global Esports Federation? Interview with CEO Paul J. Foster on links with Tencent & Saudi Arabia, its funding model, the Commonwealth Esports Championships & criticism from the community
Since being founded in December 2019, the Global Esports Federation (GEF) have partnered with Tencent, brought together 100+ […]
August 3, 2022