Enthusiast Gaming

Enthusiast Gaming is a digital media company based in Toronto, Canada, that focuses on creating and operating an extensive online community for video gamers and esports fans worldwide. Founded in 2013, it has become the largest gaming platform in North America and the United Kingdom, operating approximately 100 gaming-related websites and 1,000 YouTube channels, which collectively generate 4.2 billion views monthly. The company's business model is structured around three main pillars: Media, Entertainment, and Esports. Its esports division, Luminosity Gaming, manages seven professional esports teams, including notable franchises like the Vancouver Titans and the Seattle Surge. Additionally, Enthusiast Gaming hosts major events such as the Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo, the largest gaming expo in Canada, and Pocket Gamer Connects, the largest mobile gaming event in Europe. Through its integrated ecosystem, Enthusiast Gaming reaches over 300 million gaming enthusiasts each month.

Menashe Kestenbaum

Founder and President

11 past transactions

U.GG

Acquisition in 2021
Developer of a hyper-improvement training platform designed to help esports players analyze and quantify their gaming skills. The company's platfrom specializes in providing educational video tutorials featuring world's elite players, statistical analysis on player data and live tournament, enabling esports players to improve their gaming skills.

AddictingGames

Acquisition in 2021
AddictingGames is an online gaming site in the United States that reaches over 10 million unique users every month.

GameKnot

Acquisition in 2021
GameKnot is an online platform dedicated to chess enthusiasts, catering to both casual and competitive players. The site facilitates various forms of chess competition, including tournaments, leagues, and ladders. In addition to competitive play, GameKnot provides a wealth of resources such as lessons and puzzles to enhance players' skills. The platform operates on a subscription model, offering both free and premium services, which allows users to access a vibrant community and a range of strategic content. By combining competitive opportunities with educational resources, GameKnot fosters engagement and growth within the chess community.

Tabstats

Acquisition in 2021
Tabwire provides gamers with the ability to track their player and game stats, by way of a registered user profile, and has built gameplay companion tools for VALORANT and Rainbow Six Siege. According to the release, the platform generated half a billion views last year and garners a reported 13m active users.

Icy Veins

Acquisition in 2021
Icy Veins is a provider of high quality guides for all aspects of World of Warcraft and Diablo.

Upcomer

Acquisition in 2020
Upcomer is an innovative platform dedicated to connecting esports fans worldwide. It offers engaging content, news updates, and community forums for various PC, mobile, and console games.

Omnia Media

Acquisition in 2020
Omnia Media is a digital studio creating original content with its talent network, generating over 2 billion views monthly in Gaming and DIY categories. It uniquely supports independent artists and labels worldwide to grow and monetize their YouTube channels while managing rights and integrity.

Steel Media

Acquisition in 2018
Steel Media Ltd. is a media company based in Uxbridge, United Kingdom, that specializes in contract publishing, design, and editorial services. Established in 2002, it manages a portfolio of over 20 mobile gaming websites, including prominent platforms such as pocketgamer.com and appspy.com. The company also organizes more than 25 video game networking events across 11 countries, fostering connections within the gaming industry. Additionally, Steel Media offers a range of digital publishing services, including consumer and trade websites, customer magazines, and microsites. It provides content for syndication and facilitates advertising opportunities for brands on its digital platforms and publications. As of October 2019, Steel Media operates as a subsidiary of Enthusiast Gaming Properties Inc.

The Escapist

Acquisition in 2018
The Escapist (www.escapistmagazine.com) is an online destination covering video games, gamers, the gaming industry, and gaming culture. Published by the Themis Media, it launched on July 12, 2005. The website MMORPG.com noted that the website had become the "flagship brand" for Themis, which runs other websites and ventures related to the gaming industry, with the reputation of "a widely read and highly respected form of game journalism" and "paying writers top dollar". <b>Traffic<b><br> According to Quantcast, the site serves 1.5 million uniques users and 24.1 million page views per month as of April 2, 2009. Video Series The Escapist hosts a number of ongoing video series, most of which pertain to videogames. Some of these include: Drawn By Pain Doomsday Arcade de-rez Zero Punctuation Unforgotten Realms Videogame Theater Kung Fu Grip Unskippable There Will Be Brawl Stolen Pixels A World of Her PWN Writers The Escapist features writing by well-respected game authors including Jerry Holkins (a.k.a. Tycho Brahe), Kieron Gillen, and John Tynes,. Tom Chick, Allen Varney, Jim Rossignol, Greg Costikyan, and Warren Spector. Awards In October 2006, Editor-in-Chief Julianne Greer was named one of Gaming's Top 50 Journalists. In May 2008, The Escapist won the Webby Award and 2008 People's Choice Award for Best Video-Game Related Website. In March 2009, The Escapist was nominated for a Streamy Award for Best Animation in a Web Series.

Destructoid

Acquisition in 2017
Founded in San Francisco over a decade ago, Destructoid is a prominent online gaming authority. It offers an alternative perspective to mainstream gaming news and serves as a popular platform for gamers to share their experiences with video games.
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