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Farouk Khailann, CEO of Premium Africa Holdings Joins Erez Capital as Venture Partner.

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Farouk Khailann is an African Entrepreneur with a strong commitment to Africa’s economic growth. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Premium Africa Holdings, Managing Partner for Akon Lighting, and a Strategic Advisor to the Royal Family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) The Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al-Qassimi for Strategic Alliances and Policies. The office was established by his Royal Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Faisal Al Qassimi, a member of the ruling family of Sharjah & Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, focusing billions in investment

CoD: Mobile is collaborating with Puerto Rican singer Ozuna

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Call of Duty: Mobile is collaborating with popular Puerto Rican singer Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado (commonly known as Ozuna). While the game hasn’t officially announced the tie-up, the singer unveiled the collab through a story on Instagram. Screengrab via Instagram Based on the story, it appears that the loading screen for the upcoming season seven will read “Call of Duty: Mobile presents Ozuna.” The 29-year-old singer, whose second album, Aura, reached No.7 on the Billboard 200, has also changed his profile picture on Instagram and Twitter to what looks like

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

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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

Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in $6M Series A

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Africa is the last frontier for basically anything. Mobile gaming is no exception. For a continent that is home to more than 1 billion millennials and Gen Zers, mobile gaming has never really picked up, despite the continent witnessing rapid economic growth and smartphone adoption. Two issues have proved detrimental to this growth: distribution and payments. With fragmented and unresolved distribution and digital payments ecosystems, game studios have found it difficult to serve African consumers and make a ton of money doing so. Carry1st is a mobile games publishing platform

FrontSight Capital Fund invests $1m into Singaporean organisation RSG

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FrontSight Capital Fund, an esports private equity fund managed by Singaporean firm Tembusu Partners, has announced an investment of $1m (∼£725,415) into Singaporean esports organisation RSG. The funding will be used to continue RSG’s investment in local talent cultivation, along with a new focus to establish brand-new training facilities for its teams. The organisation currently fields teams across a number of titles including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Street Fighter. Photo credit: RSG RELATED: RSG delivers Pizza Hut partnership According to the release, FrontSight Capital

Esports data platform GRID announces $10m funding round

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Esports data platform GRID has announced a $10m (~£7.28m) Series A funding round, with NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster investing in the firm.  Alongside Smith-Schuster, ‘industry leaders’ behind Alinea Capital, Bumble Ventures, and Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder took part in the firm’s funding round, as well as ‘leading investors in the gaming, iGaming and tech industry’. Image credit: GRID Esports RELATED: GRID announces data partnership with Epic Esports Events According to the release, GRID’s investment will be used to strengthen its US expansion plans. The data platform first expanded its services

Grid Esports raises $10 million to generate data from esports matches for wagering

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Grid Esports has raised $10 million in a round of funding to provide game companies and players with better competitive data. The backers include Alinea Capital, Bumble Ventures, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, Agileo Ventures, and NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster, and the money will help the Berlin-based company grow its data platform and expand its U.S. presence. CEO Moritz Mauer founded the company three years ago to help gather better

Latin artist Ozuna partners with XSET

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Lifestyle gaming organisation XSET has announced a partnership with multi-award-winning Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Ozuna. The partnership sees Ozuna become a managing partner of the organisation, making him the first-ever Latin artist esports team owner. Photo credit: XSET RELATED: XSET names HyperX official peripheral and memory partner Ozuna and XSET will embark on several significant business initiatives, not only gaming and content creation, but merchandise drops and the currently popular blockchain NFT’s. According to the release, the partnership is due of XSET’s commitment to diversity and equity in gaming and business.

GamerzClass Secures $1M Financing, Refreshes Board of Directors

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Danish educational esports platform GamerzClass raised a $1M USD financing round led by Copenhagen-based venture capital fund Bumble Ventures. As part of the investment, the company also refreshed its board of directors and presented a new strategy. Further investors in the financing round included London-based firm TrueSight Ventures, the danish growth fund Vækstfonden (which is also an investor in esports tournament organizer BLAST), former general partner at Index Ventures Ben Holmes, Christian Legêne, and former deputy director of TDC Group Kathrine Stampe Anderson, who also joins GamerzClass’ board of directors.