The esports investments since 2014
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Esports' Incubation Phase
Since 2014 there have been a growing number of investments into esports companies. So far we have recorded 167.09 M. USD worth of investments in sub 20 M. transactions
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with investments averaging 8.15 M. USD. That makes up for 86.96% of all investments but only for 31.55% of the total amount invested.
Gaining Traction
With the exception of Twitch's acquisition by Amazon, esports investments north of $30M started appearing in 2015.
Attracting Serious Venture Capital
Now in 2018, investment deal volumes significantly increased once more, with the overall chart showing the growth of investment volume over time.