Indian esports tournament platform Gamerji has announced raising $3 million in a Pre-Series A round from GVFL (formerly Gujarat Venture Finance Limited) and Unicorn India Ventures, which has backed Gamerji from its early stages. In a statement, the startup said it will use the fresh funds for growing the platform in recently launched international markets […]

Sky Mavis, the creator of the category-defining NFT title Axie Infinity, announced the global Early Access release of Axie Infinity: Origin (Battles v3) via Mavis Hub, Sky Mavis’ distribution platform. With over 1.5 million daily active users, Axie Infinity is an NFT game where players battle, collect, and trade digital pets called Axies. Through the […]

Ampverse, a Singapore-based esports startup with offices throughout Southeast Asia and India, announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by global investment fund Falcon Capital. The startup said the fundraise was the largest to date of any esports organisation in Southeast Asia. The fresh capital will allow Ampverse’s expansion […]

Singapore-based Red Door Digital, the Web 3.0-ready game studio and publisher, announced that it has secured $5 million in seed funding to create AAA-quality video games for Web3, leveraging blockchain technology and its own proprietary Web3 infrastructure. A consortium of investors participated in this seed round of funding, including M6, Shima Capital, Maven Capital, Cryptology […]

FanCraze, the next-generation digital collectibles (NFT) company based in India, announced that it has raised $100 million in Series A funding. The newly-raised capital will be used to fund FanCraze’s continued expansion of its metaverse across the cricket landscape for current and emerging partners. The funding round was led by New York-based global private equity […]

EarnU, a crypto-friendly fantasy sports platform, has entered the Indian market ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022. The brand provides a user-friendly play-to-earn experience to the audience across various sports and esports on the basis of prediction games. The platform allows users to earn crypto rewards for correct predictions on the major sports and […]

Yield Guild Games, a Philippine-based decentralised gaming guild, announced that it has raised $4.6 million investment led by venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). Kingsway Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Atelier Ventures, and gaming entrepreneur Gabriel Leydon also participated in the funding round, which was finalised before the Yield GUild token sale on July 27. Yield […]

Indian mobile gaming startup Mobile Premier League or MPL has recently acquired e-sports streaming platform GamingMonk as it looks to widen its e-sports portfolio. Mobile Premier League with more than 70 games on its platform is Asia’s biggest mobile gaming and e-sports platform. Besides Bengaluru and Pune in India, MPL also has its offices in […]

Esports Players League (ESPL), a new global esports tournament network and platform, closed a seed funding round backed by 500 Startups.