His esports company PlayVS just received second round funding for $30.5 million from people like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Samsung, Adidas and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jan 1, 2018 | atlantablackstar.comPlayVS, the e-Sports league focused on high school students, has raised $30.5M in Series B funding from investors that include New Enterprise Associates, Samsung NEXT, Crosscut Ventures, Coatue Management, Science Inc., WndrCo LLC, Elysian Park Ventures, Rahul Mehta, Michael Dubin, Adidas, David Drummond, Plexo Capital, and Sean Combs.
Jan 1, 2018 | latechwatch.comIn June 2018, PlayVS raised a $15M Series A funding round from investors including the San Francisco 49ers, CrossCut Ventures, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, and New Enterprise Associates.
Jan 1, 2019 | esportsobserver.comNintendo announced it recently partnered with PlayVS to make Super Smash Bros.
Jan 1, 2022 | thebusinessofesports.comTo help players have that chance every week, playvs, Inc. is excited to announce playvs, Inc. is launching a new feature in the product to make the process to find a new match, after a forfeit, as easy as possible.
Jan 1, 2022 | playvs.comBut in January, Jason Dilley, a high school teacher and the executive director for the nonprofit, received an email from PlayVS, a venture-backed start-up based in Los Angeles, instructing the association to stop hosting matches for games owned by Nintendo and Activision Blizzard.
Jan 1, 2022 | washingtonpost.comPlayVS, a North American scholastic esports league and platform, recently announced the creation of the PlayVS Cup.
Jan 1, 2022 | thebusinessofesports.comThe Florida Association of School Administrators recently partnered with PlayVS, a Los Angeles startup that provides a platform on which students can play team-based competitive video games.
Jan 1, 2022 | reimaginedonline.orgPlayVS, a high school esports platform, was sued for pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination.
Jan 1, 2022 | bmcclaw.comPlayVS also announced new partnerships with SMITE and Rocket League to expand its competitive reach, as well as exploring new ‘Club League’ programs to expand beyond its school league focus.
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