Funding
UK-based esports orgs and businesses raised a record £42m in funding in 2020 according to new report
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July 29, 2021
Excel to open new London HQ close to local rivals Fnatic after securing £17m in funding
UK-based esports organisation Excel Esports will become the new neighbours of local rivals Fnatic after announcing a new […]
July 2, 2021
Ireland’s Vela Games raises £12.5m in funding from Ubisoft, London Venture Partners and Novator
Vela Games, a Dublin-based studio with industry veterans from Blizzard, Epic, Riot Games, EA and Moon Studios, has […]
June 30, 2021
Isle of Man’s first professional esports organisation receives government sponsorship
Update: Esports News UK understands the Isle of Man provided a one-off financial commitment to aid X7’s UKEL […]
June 14, 2021
Grassroots Esports Fund announced by Challengermode and Opera GX: $30,000 in prize pool funding available to grassroots tournament organisers in the UK, US and Germany
Esports tournament platform Challengermode has teamed up with web browser Opera GX to create what it claims is […]
June 3, 2021
Fnatic secures $17m in funding to support its expansion into Japan and Asia-Pacific
Esports brand Fnatic, whose head office is in the UK, has announced a $17m funding round led by […]
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May 26, 2021
Scottish Esports Hub secures funding
Scottish Esports Hub (SEH) has been awarded £5,000 of funding through Firstport’s Start It Award, in conjunction with […]
April 23, 2021
London Royal Ravens and Rogue parent company ReKTGlobal secures $35m in funding
Call of Duty League franchise team London Royal Ravens have received a financial boost. Their parent company ReKTGlobal […]
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October 9, 2020
UK-based sim racing org Veloce Esports merge with motorsports arm Veloce Racing and secure £4m in funding
London-based esports organisation Veloce have secured a multi-million pound cash injection from private investors. The org have merged […]
August 8, 2020
Esports apparel brand Raven raises $1.4m in seed funding round
Raven, the esports apparel brand that makes jerseys for orgs like Excel Esports, has announced it’s closed a […]
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April 27, 2020
Fnatic secures $19m funding, announces management changes
Fnatic has secured $19m in Series A funding and made some senior management changes. The investment round was […]
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May 1, 2019
Female Legends gains £400k investment, wants to investigate 'why so many' girls stop playing esports in their early teens
Sweden-based female esports community Female Legends has secured 5.3m Swedish Crowns in investment (around £430,000), and detailed its ‘future of […]
April 13, 2018
New €20,000 Portuguese esports fund is exactly what the UK needs
BITZER, an esports agency billed as the first of its kind in Portugal, is investing money to stimulate […]
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July 23, 2017Fnatic excited by new esports opportunities after securing $7m in funding
Well-established UK-based esports brand Fnatic have secured $7 million in funding. Fnatic founder Sam Mathews said: “We’re incredibly excited […]
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April 10, 2017
The British eSports Association plans to help fund UK eSports and offer qualifications
Disclaimer: At the time of this article’s publication, ENUK’s editor Dom Sacco worked for the British eSports Association […]
October 5, 2016