69 Best Esports Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Esports Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 93 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $39.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$19.0m

Money raised

Fnatic is a professional eSports organization with headquarters in London.

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3

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$95.5m

Money raised

PlayVS is a company providing a platform for e-sports competitions for high school students.

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3

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$5.1m

Money raised

Rainway is a Seattle-based developer of real-time, low-latency tools for streaming, intended for developers and organizations to develop interactive streaming.

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4

Funding Rounds

$166.0m

Money raised

Winzo is an India-based gaming and entertainment platform.

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$2.5m

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The global investment platform for gaming, Web3, and immersive technology

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$49.5m

Money raised

Statespace is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2017 by Jay Fuller and Wayne Mackey.

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4

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$10.3m

Money raised

Esports One, the first all-in-one fantasy esports platform with real-time predictive data, today added $4 million in additional funding led by XSeed Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Chestnut Street Ventures. Now, with new funding and new partnerships in place, the company will expand its platform access to global event organizers and support new gam...

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$150.0k

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GamingFrog is a Boca Raton, Florida-based competitive gaming platform that allows individuals and communities to compete in competitive tournaments for money.

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$12.0m

Money raised

Ampverse is a Singapore-based company founded in 2019 by Ferdinand Gutierrez.

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$690.0k

Money raised

GODSENT is a Swedish professional esports organization founded in 2016 by former Fnatic in-game leader Markus "pronax" Wallsten and entrepreneur Tomas Oropesa Martin.

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$3.3m

Money raised

A technology company that is enabling esports teams to monetize through its AI-powered sponsorship platform.

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$1.2b

Money raised

Mobile Premier League is a company founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G.

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5

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$35.0m

Money raised

LeagueApps is a New York, New York, United States-based company founded in 2011 by Brian Litvack.

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$300.0k

Money raised

Node Capital is a technology development and data science company which provides cryptocurrency data solutions to hedge funds and trading firms.

2

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$1.3m

Money raised

GameLynx is a mobile eSport gaming company founded in 2016 by Alexander Mistakidis.

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$207.2m

Money raised

TOCA is a soccer technology company that aims to disrupt and elevate the soccer experience through user-centered technology.

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2

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$1.5m

Money raised

Battlefy is a company founded in 2012 by Justin Wong.

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2

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$29.5m

Money raised

A gaming studio that designs technology for cross-platform gaming experiences.

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$900.0k

Money raised

Streamloots is a blockchain company founded in 2018 by Javier Pastor Sánchez.

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$2.5m

Money raised

FanAI is an AI-driven audience monetization platform focusing on esports, its sponsor ecosystem, increasing sponsorship revenues, and making fan data actionable

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$2.8m

Money raised

QLASH is an Esports organization that aims to promote and bring innovation to the Esports industry.

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$35.0m

Money raised

Misfits Gaming is an American esports organization based in Miami

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$40.0m

Money raised

Fanclash is a real Money Esports Fantasy and Engagement Platform founded in 2020 by Rishabhanatha.

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$5.9m

Money raised

Pandascore is an esports data & odds provider founded in 2015.

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$303.0m

Money raised

Genvid's SDK enables developers to create and deliver premium interactive broadcasts to livestreaming audiences.

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$16.8m

Money raised

Players' Lounge is a company founded in 2019 by Austin Woolridge, Zach Dixon and Dan Delaney.

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$4.0m

Money raised

API for instantly deploying game server matches anytime and anywhere.

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$2.6m

Money raised

Platform for competitive gamers to analyze and improve their performance.

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$2.0m

Money raised

Advertising platform for streaming gamers and brands.

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2

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$5.0m

Money raised

XY Gaming (XYG) is an online global platform where you can compete for real cash and coins in your favorite video games on both consoles and PC.

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$1.7m

Money raised

Globatalent provides digital entertainment services.

2

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$13.5m

Money raised

Boom.tv is an eSports platform founded in 2015.

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$10.0m

Money raised

Stadium Live is building the authentic digital world for next-gen sports fans and communities. Users create avatars to build and experience sports, music and culture together.

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$160.0m

Money raised

VSPN is an eSports experience provider.

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$4.2m

Money raised

Matcherino is a Seattle-based company founded in 2015 by Grant Farwell.

1

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$5.5m

Money raised

VirZOOM is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company.

$250.0k

Money raised

Dixper is a game streaming service where you can play ytheir pc games from different locations and invite ytheir friends to play with you directly on the theyb browser on any device.

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$13.5m

Money raised

BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 is an online European Global Offensive tournament organized by BLAST. This S-Tier tournament took place from Dec 08 to 13 2020 featuring 8 teams competing over a total prize pool of $425,000 USD.

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1

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$6.0m

Money raised

Madness is an esports startup that harnesses the power of big data to build tools and services.

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$4.8m

Money raised

Taunt is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017 by Ben Gilbert.

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$1.0m

Money raised

Sunspear Games is a Medford, Oregon-based company founded in 2016 by Dylan Pembroke Kahn, Colter Hochstetler and Ian Hunt.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

Salad Technologies is a Salt Lake City-based company founded in 2018.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Strafe Esports is an esports betting platform founded in 2013 by Jonathan Liberman, Robert Samuelsson and Einar Ahlström.

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Kickback is a company building esports gaming products for desktop games on the internet. It participated in the W15 cohort of Y Combinator.

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$6.0m

Money raised

Legendary Play is a platform creating games tailored for Esports fans founded in 2017.

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$150.0k

Money raised

Fancision is a gamification and blockchain software where football fans have a full fledge entertaining experience playing trivias, minigames, challenging others and competing for prizes.

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$60.0m

Money raised

Vindex is an esports infrastructure platform. The company operates global platforms, technology and services that power experiences in esports and help game publishers, esports leagues and teams deliver experiences to fans around the world.

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$2.7m

Money raised

Reshaping influencer discovery and matchmaking for the gaming industries.

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$1.3m

Money raised

Platform for gaming influencer marketing connecting brands, game publishers, and creators.

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2

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$47.5m

Money raised

AXiomatic powers unforgettable eSports experiences through sports and entertainment expertise.

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SuperData Research is a New York-based company founded in 2011 by Joost van Dreunen.

1

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Platform for top-tier and emerging talent in international competitive gaming.

1

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$1.4m

Money raised

Gunslinger Studios is a company founded in 2016.

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1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

GamerJi Esports is a company founded in 2018 by Soham Thacker, Valay Patel and Varun Gajjar.

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$9.1m

Money raised

SportsGrid is a company founded by Alexander Dubin, Arturo Galletti and Jeremy Stein.

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$6.0m

Money raised

Odyssey Interactive is a video game startup company.

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$1.0m

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GGPredict is an AI Coach for esports players founded in 2019.

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$5.0m

Money raised

DT ESPORTS is a West Palm Beach, Florida-based company founded in 2017.

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$4.4m

Money raised

Network Next is a Santa Monica, California-based company.

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$1.6m

Money raised

Lowkey Esports is an american esports organization.

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$19.0m

Money raised

Generation Esports is a company founded in 2012.

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$8.5m

Money raised

Nazara Technologies is a Nariman Point-based company founded in 2000.

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$3.6m

Money raised

Esports odds feed provider with a focus on engagement.

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$4.7m

Money raised

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Funding Rounds

$910.0k

Money raised

Platform featuring job opportunities in gaming and esports.

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$1.3m

Money raised

Platform that automatically connects brands with streamers for collaborations.

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$80.0k

Money raised

BattlePro is a company founded in 2016 by Nicholas Alexander.

1

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$2.0m

Money raised

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