Stryda

Stryda is an online competition platform for those who want to play, stream, create fun, and social challenges with their friends and communities, or even relax alone. Stryda challenges are open to anyone with no qualifying or queuing. All they need is the Stryda PC app and the game they want to play.

<div>G-Loot is a Swedish PC and mobile platform which allows gamers to participate in tournaments for cash prizes. The company aims to bring competitive gaming to the mass population of gamers. G-Loot supports over 20 game titles which include popular esports titles such as Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, and Apex Legends to name a few. The platform offers free-to-enter tournaments and ones which charge an entry fee. In addition, G-Loot operates the Global Loot League (GLL) platform designated for competitive gaming in titles such as Valorant, Apex Legends, and PUBG.</div>

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Krafton

Swedish esports platform, G-Loot, has announced today that it has partnered with KRAFTON, Inc. for its $50,000 Season 5 tournament in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. The announcement follows a major update to G-Loot last year, which saw its tournament platform, GLL, merged into the main product.

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 G-Loot is a Swedish PC and mobile platform which allows gamers to participate in tournaments for cash prizes. The company aims to bring competitive gaming to the mass population of gamers. G-Loot supports over 20 game titles which include popular esports titles such as Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, and Apex Legends to name a few. The platform offers free-to-enter tournaments and ones which charge an entry fee. In addition, G-Loot operates the Global Loot League (GLL) platform designated for competitive gaming in titles such as Valorant, Apex Legends, and PUBG.
 
 
 G-Loot conducts  2.6 million daily events and is available in over a 100 countries. The company’s most recent funding round of USD 56 million was raised in October 2020, valuing the company at USD 143 million. The funds will be used to support the company’s plans to grow its player base and expand its presence in North America. Furthermore, the company intends to enter the console gaming space to grow its audience. 
 
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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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 Challengermode has bought assets from the bankrupt platform Stryda, formerly known as G-Loot. This platform facilitated users in organizing and participating in esports tournaments for prizes.
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