Esports Industry Revenue and Growth Scenarios
The Fastest Growing Investment Sector
Esports is a billion dollar global entertainment industry, fuelled by growth in digital platforms, sponsorship, brand partnerships, and a booming player base.
Total Addressable Market
Market growth and forecasts
+0.0%
Towards 2023
Esports is the rapid emergence of a new digital native sports market. Audience participation, monetization, investment and returns are only going to continue growing as this industry grows globally.
Source: Newzoo Global Games Market Report
Bull Estimate
013m
Occaisional viewers
0.2m
Source: Newzoo Global games market report
Historic Esports gaming returns
TSM
Valuation
$410m
Last Raise
$37m at $200m
Investors
Steph Curry, Steve Young, AME Cloud Ventures
HyperX Peripherals
Acquired
$425m by HP (2021)
Twitch
Founded
2006
Acquired
$970m by Amazon (2014)
Investors
Bessemer, YC, Thrive Capital, Take-two
Epic Games
Founded
Steph Curry, Steve Young, AME Cloud Ventures
Last Raise (2018)
Steph Curry, Steve Young, AME Cloud Ventures
Investors
KKR, Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins
Mobile Premier League
Valuation
$2.3bn
Last Raise
$150m (Series E)
Investors
Sequoia, Telstra, Play Ventures
Faceit
Founded
2011
Acquired
$500m by Savvy Gaming Group (2022)
Investors
Makers Fund, Lion Tree
Virtual sports will soon eclipse traditional sports such as football as the entertainment of choice for generation Z.
Esports is a top-four sport in America… and I want to be a part of that