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Esports pioneer Dino Ying talks to TechCrunch about the next phase of VSPN October 26, 2020
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shanghai, VSPN was one of the early pioneer in esports tournament organization and content creation out of Asia. It has since expanded into other businesses including offline venue operation. VSPN began hosting the first large-scale esport event with offline audiences in August, although tournaments now operate under strict COVID-19 […]
Mike Butcher
Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN October 26, 2020
Further confirmation that the esports market is booming amid the pandemic comes today with the news that esports ‘total solutions provider’ VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has raised what it describes as ‘close to’ $100 million in a Series B funding round, led by Tencent Holdings . Other investors that participated in the round include Tiantu […]
Mike Butcher
Cloud9 adds the MAJKL Valorant roster to create Cloud9 White as its first women’s esports team October 25, 2020
Cloud9 has brought on the all-women MAJKL Valorant squad to become its first women’s esports team. Moving forward the team of Alexis “alexis” Guarrasi, Annie “Annie” Roberts, Jasmine “Jazzyk1ns” Manankil, Katsumi, and Melanie “meL”Capone will compete as Cloud9 White in competition for Riot Games’ Valorant league. The new team is sponsored by AT&T. As MAJKL, […]
Jonathan Shieber