Village Global is an early stage venture capital firm backed by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

Village Global

AngelList is a U.S. website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups. It is the parent company of AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and Product Hunt and has more than 20 unicorns in the portfolio. They support millions of job-seekers in their search and helped makers launch over 100,000 products that will define the future of tech.

AngelList

Sterling.VC is an early stage fund focused on web3 gaming

Sterling.VC

Gelt Venture Capital is an early stage venture capital firm with networks in LA, SF, NYC, and Ann Arbor. We invest globally across all sectors (except biotech, blockchain, and cannabis). Our initial investment sizes range from $25k to $250k. We’re not afraid to be a founder’s first investor, and welcome opportunities to come in late. We also provide early liquidity to investors, founders, and employees in the secondary market. We look for: - Exceptional products with differentiated distribution channels, and incumbents that are un-incentivized to react - Unique, capital efficient business models with clear revenue prospects and hints of large markets - Early evidence of sustainable competitive advantages - Ethical business practices, sound governance, and teams who take a stand for what’s right We ask ourselves: - “Would we be proud to tell our kids we were early backers of this company/team?” - “Would I want to work for this founder or company for the next 10 years?”  For founders: - We move fast - Act on our own conviction, and - Help spread the word.

Gelt VC

BossaNova is the number one Brazilian Micro Venture Capital. We are the most active investor in the pre-seed stage in Latin America with more than 1200 investments in over 1000 Startups. We also invest in global companies, directly or through co-investment syndicates on AngelList.

Bossanova Investimentos

Mana Ventures invests in early-stage companies disrupting traditional industries and building the future of frontier technologies. Mana Ventures assists technology and consumer brands in honing their vision, building a great team, developing the right product, raising their next rounds, and celebrating their victories.

Mana Ventures

Shrug Capital is a Venture capital firm that invests in consumer-based startups. Shrug Capital was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Shrug Capital

On Deck is a platform serving the many strands of identity that unite ambitious people around the globe. Their ever-growing community and action-oriented programming will help the people to get there—fast. On Deck will up-level career, launch, and scale big ideas, or make lifelong friends.

On Deck

LightShed Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the technology, media, telecom, and consumer sectors. The firm specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and early-stage investment.

LightShed Ventures

Up North is a diversified entertainment and media company specializing in talent management and brand building.

Up North

Kathaka

We're a group of SoFi employees, alumni, and friends. We support early stage entrepreneurs that are transforming financial services.

Socially Financed

Crossbeam Venture Partners (Crossbeam) is a venture capital firm that invests in Pre-Seed to Series A startups building tomorrow's economy. Focused on the themes of Platform Economies, Emerging Forms of Media, FinTech, Novel Asset Classes, and more, Crossbeam is built to back companies of the next-generation economy utilizing unique structures, credit, or novel business models.

Crossbeam Venture Partners

305 Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

305 Ventures

Valhalla Ventures backs visionary founders building enduring moats.

Valhalla Ventures

Riverside Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

Riverside Ventures

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investments are seed and series A. The investment range of the company is $50,000 to $5,000,000. It invests in Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.

FJ Labs

1v1Me

1v1Me allows you to stake top gamers all day, everyday.

1v1Me allows gamers to compete one-on-one for cash prizes. The app, which is currently focused on Call of Duty and Fortnite, will launch on the App Store store in early access by initially sending out invites to content creators. The platform links the bank accounts of competitors and places an agreed amount of cash in escrow. Games will be streamed on Twitch and monitored by 1v1Me to determine the winner, at which point cash will be transferred.

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1v1Me allows gamers to compete one-on-one for cash prizes. The app, which is currently focused on Call of Duty and Fortnite, will launch on the App Store store in early access by initially sending out invites to content creators. The platform links the bank accounts of competitors and places an agreed amount of cash in escrow. Games will be streamed on Twitch and monitored by 1v1Me to determine the winner, at which point cash will be transferred.In December 2020, 1v1Me raised USD 2 million in a pre seed funding round which included participation from On Desk, Lightshed Ventures, Bettor Capital, Village Global, GeltVC, and numerous angel investors.

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.

Companies developing esports related titles.

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

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