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Sanlo raises $3.5M to help apps and games gain access to financial insights and capital

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Time Stamp: May 12, 2021 9:00 AM - Modified On: May 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Having a great idea for an app or game is one thing, but scaling it to become a successful business is quite another. A new fintech startup called Sanlo aims to help. The company, which is today announcing an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. To be clear, Sanlo is not an investor that’s taking an equity stake in the apps and games it finances. Instead, it’s offering businesses access

Tony Hawk joins GameSquare Esports in special advisory role

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Time Stamp: May 11, 2021 10:00 AM - Modified On: May 11, 2021 - Published By:
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GameSquare Esports is expanding its advisory team by bringing in skateboarding legend and entrepreneur Tony Hawk.  Hawk, who’s best known in the gaming space for his Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game franchise, will act as a special advisor to CEO Justin Kenna and the GameSquare group of companies while they work to further “bridge the gap” between global brands and the gaming and esports communities.  “We are humbled that Tony is willing to share his experiences in business, entertainment, sports, video games, and digital media with our leadership team

Entrepreneur Lab Season: Ubisoft Partners with 12 Blockchain Startups

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Time Stamp: May 11, 2021 3:46 AM - Modified On: May 11, 2021 - Published By:
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Ubisoft, the video game company has selected the 12 blockchain startups that will comprise the 6th season of its Entrepreneurs Lab program, which will follow the “blockchain and positive entertainment products and services” theme.The Entrepreneur Lab program aims to cooperate with startups working on developing the entertainment and technology of the future based on a common theme chosen by Ubisoft for each of its seasons.The 12 blockchain startups selected for this iteration will receive support from Ubisoft experts on topics of common interest for the participants in the form of

Valkyrae and Courage become co-owners of 100 Thieves

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 5:13 PM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter and Jack “Courage” Dunlop have become co-owners of 100 Thieves alongside Drake and Scooter Braun. Courage and Valkyrae are two of 100 Thieves’ biggest content creators, and have been since the organization was first founded in 2018. They were part the original trio for the 100 Thieves content house before they added Brooke “BrookeAB” Bond. Since then 100 Thieves have grown to be more than just an esports organization. They have apparel collections and video content while also branching into new esports titles. 100 Thieves is currently

Esports Have Started To Break Boundaries In Indian Arena

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 3:12 AM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Photo: ESL India Stimulated by the pace of growth the esports sector is observing in India, Animesh Agrawal, a professional esports player, decided to take his venture a bit further, becoming an entrepreneur instead of limiting himself to only conventional playing. The 25 years of old player have recently launched a gaming talent agency. Hence, he now has to divide the time he spends on esports on global invitation-only tournaments and his gaming talent organization. Esports tournaments are multiplayer video game competitions conducted in an organized way and are played

March Investment Recap: More Than $200M of Fresh Capital Gets Injected into the Esports Ecosystem 

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2021 2:00 PM - Modified On: April 1, 2021 - Published By:
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During the month of March 2021, The Esports Observer tracked 23 investments raised by esports-relevant companies. Disclosed investments amounted to $233M USD, bringing the total sum of disclosed investments in 2021 to $1.9B.  In addition to several significant investments, including Overwolf’s $50M+ and Envy Gaming’s 40M Series C financing rounds, several private placement deals by Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange listed esports companies, and multiple seed round investments, a couple of major deals in the works came to light during the month. Super League Gaming is in the process of acquiring live streaming technology platform Mobcrush at a transaction value likely to exceed $60M and Microsoft is in talks to acquire gaming

Magical I Am Launches Indiegogo Campaign To Raise Funds For Industry…

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Time Stamp: March 21, 2021 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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ATLANTA (PRWEB) March 22, 2021 Magical I Am™ Inc., developers of a game-based app to help dyslexic children with their learning to read challenges, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for the innovative social good technology that will dramatically reduce the costs and correct the reading issues associated with dyslexia. Donors who want to contribute to the Indiegogo campaign can access it here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/magical-i-am-k-5-dyslexia-reading-game/x/26092509#/. The funds will be used to continue the development of the mobile app being developed by Magical I Am founded by Bill Allen, who

Animoca Brands: A Leader in Blockchain Gaming

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Time Stamp: March 19, 2021 1:50 PM - Modified On: March 19, 2021 - Published By:
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The gaming industry has always enjoyed great success with new technologies. The advent of personal computers, the internet, mobile phones, virtual reality, augmented reality and even artificial intelligence has been channelled to improving how games are presented. Each new technology brings a better experience for gamers. As such, the industry has experienced explosive growth over the last few years, and it will come as no surprise that the hot new tech, which is blockchain, has been employed to move gaming to the next level. At the forefront of this new

What is ChainGuardians? Anime-style Gaming NFT

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Time Stamp: March 13, 2021 2:04 AM - Modified On: March 13, 2021 - Published By:
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ChainGuardians is a game with an anime-cryptocurrency theme, backed with NFT in-game assets. Have you ever thought about bringing your gaming assets to life? Well, who hasn’t? Anyone who has invested his time and energy into his favorite games gets that feeling, wishing they could carry their rewards and assets over to other games – or more, convert them into real-world assets – money! While game lovers have given up on the idea that their gaming efforts could be transferred through different games, brazen gaming companies have stood up to restore

Extra Crunch roundup: Coupang and Roblox debut, driving GPT-3 adoption, startup how-tos, more

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Extra Crunch publishes a variety of article types, but how-tos are my favorite category. For many entrepreneurs, the startup they are trying to get off the ground might be only the second entry on their resume. As a result, they don’t have much experience to draw from when it comes to basics like hiring, fundraising and growth marketing. Last week, Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed experts who had some strategic advice for finding the right time to bring a product manager on board. This afternoon, we published a guest post by growth