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- Even Matchup Gaming: an events company bringing esports to the masses through over 80 annual events.
- North American Operations Expansion
- Expand by supporting events into key cities with vibrant esports communities in
the United States andCanada . - Fighting Game Community ("FGC") Support
- Produce high quality experiences for the FGC by hosting tournaments that support Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear and Under Night In-Birth.
- Monthly and Weekly Events
- Continued production of EMG's monthly and weekly tournaments that lead into their major events.
- Get On My Level 2020 - Canadian Fighting Game Championships
Canada's biggest national tournament to be held onMay 15th - 17th .- Located in the heart of
Downtown Toronto at theWestin Harbour Castle Hotel & Convention Centre . - 24-hour venue for attendees to enjoy gaming through all hours of the day.
Inspired Artist Alley supporting international and local gaming artists.- Partnerships & Sponsorships
- Expand endemic and non-endemic partnerships and sponsorships funnels with quality and community relevance in mind.
- Talon: a professional esports organization with a growing presence across
Asia includingHong Kong ,South Korea ,Taiwan andThailand . League of Legends Pacific Championship Series Team - Riot Games, along with
Garena and Funplus, officially announced the launch of the newLeague of Legends Pacific Championship Series which will kick off onFebruary 8th, 2020 . This is a big milestone for Talon as they enter the most popular esport in the world with global reach. The broadcast is being pushed intoSouth East Asia which helps immensely as they continue to build their presence inThailand and otherSoutheast Asia markets, further developing their brand across theAsia Pacific region. - Running Competing Teams in 2020
- Going into the 2020 esports tournament seasons, Talon will be running the following teams -
League of Legends in the Pacific Championship Series (Taiwan ), Arena of Valor in ROV ProLeague Season 5 (Thailand ), Overwatch in Contenders Pacific (Korea ), Rainbow Six Siege inKorea Open Season 1 (Korea ), Street Fighter V in Capcom Pro Tour 2020 (Hong Kong ) and Tekken 7 in Tekken World Tour (Korea andThailand ). - New Talon Athletes & Coaches
- Talon is proud to announce the expansion of its
League of Legends and Overwatch rosters including: - 5 New Athletes (
League of Legends ) - Hanabi
- Candy
- Kaiwing
- Unified
- River
- 2 New Coaches
- BigFaFa, Head Coach
- Saroo - Assistant Coach
- 6 New Athletes (Overwatch)
- D3CAL
- Arrow
- Piggy
- Think
- Swoon
- Dotori
Athlete Movement - Talon sold 3 athletes from their existing Overwatch Squad to Paris Eternal's
OWL Academy team,Eternal Academy . - Business & Location Expansion
- New Offices in
Taiwan andKorea - New office and living quarters for the newLeague of Legends team inTaipei, Taiwan . - New
Taiwan and Korean Subsidiaries - New entities (fully held by Talon inHong Kong ) inTaiwan andSouth Korea .
- Luckbox: provides real-money esports betting on CS:GO,
League of Legends , Dota 2, Overwatch and more leading games to esports fans in more than 100 territories. - Esports Operator of the Year
- In less than 12 months in operation, Luckbox was nominated Esports Operator of the Year.
- Source: https://sbcevents.com/sbc-awards/
- Q4 2019 Achievements
- Team statistics widgets built onto betting platform.
- Added 4 payment providers and crypto payments and achieved 88.9% customer satisfaction.
- Q1 2020 Roadmap
- Adding additional languages and user acquisition partnerships.
- Adding advanced bonusing tool.
- Adding CRM lifecycles and bank transfer in
Canada . - Management
- The management team comes with exceptional pedigree in both esports and betting, holding previous leadership positions at blue-chip names such as Pokerstars (TSX: TSGI) and Sony (NYSE: SNE).
"The business development progress and product expansion of our portfolio companies is instrumental to the growth of
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW WAVE ESPORTS PORTFOLIO:
- Avatar: Esports acquisition vehicle (minority stake investment at a
$1M valuation). - Even Matchup Gaming: Events company bringing esports to the masses through over 80 annual events (investment of 18%; entered into definitive agreement for full acquisition).
- PlayLine: Daily fantasy sports betting platform, co-founded by UFC middleweight champion
Michael Bisping , and two-time NBA All-StarRoy Hibbert as their Investor/Strategic Partnerships Manager (minority stake investment at a$4M valuation). - Talon Esports: Professional esports team operator in
Asia providing a supportive platform to elevate its players to compete at the highest levels in triple-A gaming titles (minority stake investment at a$4M valuation). - Thunderbolt CDG: Software applications and technology development company that has provided services for 40+ startup companies (wholly-owned subsidiary).
- Tiidal Gaming: Esports organization that owns and operates
Canada 's premier esports team Lazarus, one of the highest-grossing teams in the world (minority stake investment at an$8M valuation).
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