NewBound Venture Capital is a consumer-centric venture capital firm focused on investing in Seed and Series A rounds. The company was founded in 2018 and was previously known as Excelsior Financial Partners.

NewBound Venture Capital

Wisdom Gaming

Wisdom Gaming is an emerging leader in esports entertainment, building global communities across the gaming ecosystem. Wisdom Gaming offers turnkey creative and production services, tournament organization, and marketing strategy for brands and publishers passionate about establishing their legacy in esports and gaming. Established in 2019, the company is headquartered in Bloomington, MN, where it maintains an office, gaming and esports venue, and live broadcast studio.    For more information about Wisdom Gaming, visit wisdom.gg or follow us @wsdmgg.

Wisdom Gaming Group (WGG) is an esports startup with interests in live and online esports event production and marketing, as well as other esports assets. Its esports assets include Alpine Esports (an esports team that competes in Rocket League, acquired in 2020), HeroesHearth (a fan engagement platform for video game Heroes of the Storm), and Gold Rush (a Rocket League esports community platform, acquired in 2020). WGG’s most recent funding round closed in September 2020 when it raised USD 3 million in Series A funding. The company plans to use the funds to expand its marketing department and boost management hiring. The company’s long term plans include opening up its studio to host esports competitions. In November 2020, it was announced that Wisdom Gaming Group will organize the broadcast for Riot Games’ North American Legends of Runeterra esports competition in 2021.

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Wisdom Gaming Launches New Development Division, Wisdom Labs, to Expand Web3 Offerings

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The partnership saw Wisdom Gaming produce an in-person competition for the Wild Rift North America Regional Championships Championship (Season 1) in April and May 2022.

Companies developing esports related titles.

As a result of the partnership, the Nerd Street Gamers and Wisdom Gaming are expected to lead registration, design, operations, and production of the North American League of Legends Wild Rift: Summoner series.

Stakester is a platform for gamers to compete against one another for cash prizes. The platform was launched in May 2020 and is currently available in 38 US states, the UK, and Singapore. As of November 2020, the platform has more than 15,000 users. Stakester has also established partnerships with ESL (Electronic Sports League) and GameByte (competitive gaming community).Stakester’s management includes Gary J. Foreman (co-founder of Rockstar Games) and Alan Patmore (former EVP and GM at Humble Bundle, GM of Mafia Wars and CityVille at Zynga), who joined as a strategic advisor and board member in June 2020.In November 2020, the company raised USD 2.7 million in seed funding led by RTP Global with participation from angel investors Jens Lapinski (CEO of Angel Invest and former MD of Techstars) and Chris Adelsbach (founding partner at Outrun Ventures and venture partner at Techstars). The funds will be used to grow its community by increasing the value of prizes on the platform. In addition, the company plans to expand its platform to Australia and Germany in the near future.

Stakester

Peru-based ESGPlay operates an esports platform that creates competitive esports tournaments.

ESGPlay

eMasters is a Brazilian esports platform that facilitates the creation of esports competitions with cash prizes. The platform supports games including League of Legends, Dota 2, and FIFA 19.

eMasters

Gaming Frog is a console based online esports tournament platform. The platform offers single player and multiplayer competitive matchups for cash prizes in FIFA.The platform officially launched in August 2019 and since has seen over 1,500 matches being played on the platform.Since launch, the platform claims to have attracted 3,500 users. The company has raised USD 150,000 from friends and family and is in the process of raising a USD 400,000 seed round. The company outlined plans to launch on Android, expand its development team, integrate artificial intelligence (AI), introduce a membership model and bring in NBA and Madden games into the platform.

Gaming Frog

NAG Studios is a Swedish startup focused on creating esports games and platforms. It was founded by esports and gaming industry veterans Peter Stahl (former head of development at Resolution Games, a game studio focused on augmented and virtual reality) and Johan Skott (former esports product owner at Tobii Tech, a unit of technology company Tobii AB). NAG’s vision entails building an esports game and platform which will incorporate the community (i.e., professional players, streamers, broadcasters, and viewers) from the beginning of the development process.The company raised USD 1 million in an extended pre-seed funding round led by London Venture Partners in October 2020. The company aims to use the funds to build its development team.

NAG Studios

Companies facilitating communication among esports players or between players and esports communities during gameplay.

Companies operating esports arenas and providing technical expertise for hosting and broadcasting competitive leagues and tournaments. 

Companies facilitating competitive online and in-person esports tournaments.

Companies producing and broadcasting esports related content.

Companies recruiting players to form professional teams and rosters for esports tournaments and leagues.

Commonly used in the tournament platforms segment to match players of equal skill

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