Vainglory game received $ 26 million of funding from a consortium of investors with the participation of Yuri Milner
The company Super Evil Megacorp, which is developing a multiplayer online game for touchscreen devices (iOS / Android) in the MOBA genre (multiplayer online battle arena) called Vainglory , announced it had attracted a $ 26 million round of investment. The consortium of investors who invested in the online game consists of Index Ventures, Signia Ventures, General Catalyst, Raine Ventures, Initial Capital, CrossCut and two venture capitalists: Jim Breuer and Yuri Milnera. A representative of Milnera confirmed this information to the Vedomosti edition.
The funds received will be spent by the company on the development of the game, recruitment of personnel and development of eSports. The latter is particularly interesting, since Vainglory has plans to become a large-scale eSports discipline with global tournaments that are already taking place at the ESL and OGN sites.
According to the NYT, the audience of eSports worldwide is about 113 million people. The market volume in 2015 is $ 613 million, while the most funds for organizing events are spent in Asia - $ 374 million; in the US - $ 143 million; in Europe - $ 72 million and finally in South America - $ 24 million
The funds received will be spent by the company on the development of the game, recruitment of personnel and development of eSports. The latter is particularly interesting, since Vainglory has plans to become a large-scale eSports discipline with global tournaments that are already taking place at the ESL and OGN sites.
According to the NYT, the audience of eSports worldwide is about 113 million people. The market volume in 2015 is $ 613 million, while the most funds for organizing events are spent in Asia - $ 374 million; in the US - $ 143 million; in Europe - $ 72 million and finally in South America - $ 24 million
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