Tag Archives: eSports

Bayes Esports: PAC Capital investment will drive the esports industry forward

SBC News Bayes Esports: PAC Capital investment will drive the esports industry forward

Bayes Esports has reached a new milestone, with the esports data provider’s latest fundraising round raising €9m in capital in 2022. The capital fundraising forms part of a series A4 financing, led by PAC Capital, whose Chief Investment Officer, Clayton Larcombe, will replace Jens Hilgers as Chairman of the Board. The capital injection will be used to fund new content …

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DATA.BET partners with GRID to improve esports accuracy

SBC News DATA.BET partners with GRID to improve esports accuracy

Esports game data supplier GRID has partnered with DATA.BET to enhance the data capacity of its B2C esports solutions for key clients  The partnership has been formed to extensively expand the in-game data services available on the DATA.BET platform to B2C clients such as leading dedicated esports bookmaker GG.BET. GRID will provide DATA.BET partners with access to high-speed, accurate, and …

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Rivalry to add ‘a layer of creative firepower’ to RED Canids esports team

SBC News Rivalry to add ‘a layer of creative firepower’ to RED Canids esports team

Sports betting and media company Rivalry has announced a partnership with Brazilian esports organisation RED Canids.  The deal will see the pair collaborate on various physical and digital campaigns which will focus on the team’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) roster and fanbase in a bid to reach and engage gaming followers. Luis Gonçalves, Brazil Lead at Rivalry, commented: “Our agreement …

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Rivalry to accelerate 2023 esportsbook leadership ambitions

SBC News Rivalry to accelerate 2023 esportsbook leadership ambitions

Citing high confidence in its business model and marketing, Rivalry is anticipating strong trading in 2023 following a successful close to last year. Having recorded its first profitable quarter in Q3 2022, Rivalry now aims to further consolidate itself in the international esports betting scene, in which it is an active licence holder in Australia and Canada. In a letter …

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Dmytro Voshkarin: GG.BET brings new betting options with virtual esports

SBC News Dmytro Voshkarin: GG.BET brings new betting options with virtual esports

Speaking to SBC, GG.BET CEO Dmytro Voshkarin discusses how the esports basketball and esports football products are providing new betting opportunities for its players. SBC: Can you tell us a little bit about the esports basketball and esports football products you have available on your platform?  DV: Virtual sport is a comparatively new phenomenon even in the context of esports, …

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Bayes Esports brings in Google talent with York Scheunemann hire

SBC News Bayes Esports brings in Google talent with York Scheunemann hire

York Scheunemann will take responsibility for the sales, marketing, communication and human resourcing strategy at Bayes Esports after joining the company as Chief Operations Officer. His appointment comes as part of a C-level reshuffle at the firm, with former COO Amir Mirzaee moving to the position of Chief Commercial Officer. Mirzaee, who also holds the position of Managing Director, commented: …

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India brands esports away from online gaming

SBC News India brands esports away from online gaming

Esports is to be recognised as a professional sports category in India following the government’s decision to reclassify ‘competitive gaming as a multi-sports event’.  The approval will see esports events no longer categorised under the umbrella term of ‘online gaming’, which had been long disputed by Indian esports stakeholders. Securing its recognition as a pro-sports category, the policy development and …

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Steven Salz, Rivalry: Seizing Australian esports betting opportunities

Rivalry: Seizing Australian esports betting opportunities

A wealthy country with a vibrant sporting scene and established betting market, Australia is a land of opportunity for operators who can secure a foothold.  This opinion was not lost on Rivalry CEO Steven Salz, who broke down how and why the esports operator has taken a keen interest in the sunny shores of Oceania from its Ontario, Canada headquarters. …

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Bayes Esports: overcoming the challenges in broadcasting Battle Royales

Bayes Esports Comms Team

Niklas Weber, Content Creator at Bayes Esports, analyses the challenges associated with broadcasting Battle Royale titles, explaining how companies might be able to ‘control the chaos’ by using prediction models. When we are thinking of the most popular game titles in esports, we think of MOBAs such as League of Legends and Dota 2, or tactical shooters such as Counter-Strike: …

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