Fnatic

Summary

Fnatic ranks among the most successful esports brands of all time, winning more Tier 1 trophies than any other team. Laser-focused on advancing gamer performance, Fnatic creates award-winning esports products, compelling partner content and activations, and superstar players.

• 16 years of top tier esports performance - $15m+ prize money won
• Consistently among the world’s most watched teams (45% growth YoY)
• Diverse, defensible revenues, including a unique equipment division
• Highly experienced multi-national leadership; $35m+ in funding so far

Idea

Esports is the future:

It’s a merger of technology and sport, and it’s growing exponentially. Between 2016 and 2019, revenues and audience grew at +25% CAGR, nearly 3x the growth of F1. Live viewership is up by 90%+ YOY. As interest in games increases, so does interest in esports, with 1bn+ people playing competitive gaming titles globally.

Our history is unparalleled:

We’re one of the most successful esports brands of all time, with 16 years competing at the top. We have 100 staff, 37 pro gamers, and 6 global offices. We've won more tier 1 esports tournaments than any other team, and we’re the world's second most-watched team in 2020.

Today, we’re laser-focused on driving gaming performance:

In addition to revenues from esports, we deliver content and activations for brands like AMD, BMW, Gucci, Hi-Sense and Monster. Uniquely among tier 1 teams, we make award-winning performance equipment, sold directly to the consumer and through select retailers globally (+50% order growth YOY). These 3 revenue pillars mean diversified and defensible revenues. Each can scale significantly as esports matures.

We’ll use your investment to realise the next level of esports performance by funding our performance team, products, academies and facilities.

Jump on this first of its kind opportunity and join the major investors that have already backed us with $35m+!

Team

Our executive team is formed of experienced and entrepreneurial leaders. We share the ambition to advance gaming performance, and scale our business globally.

Sam Mathews, Founder & CEO

Founded Fnatic age 19, left for 7 years to create UGAME, Neverbland and the 'Slate' app (which exited). Rejoined Fnatic in 2015 to bring us to where we are today.

Patrik Sattermon, Co-owner & CGO

Legendary pro-gamer “cArn”. World Champion. Responsible for making Fnatic a global leader in esports through recruitment and management of talent and teams.

Karen McCormick, Board Member (non-executive)

CIO at Beringea. On the board of multiple tech and e-commerce startups.

Lucien Boyer, Chairman

Former CMO at Vivendi. Co-founder of Global Sports Week; founder and former CEO of Havas Sports & Entertainment.

Patrick Foster, CFO

Previously CFO and COO of car-sharing marketplace Drivy, which sold to Getaround for $300m in 2019.

Glen Calvert, COO

Former founder and CEO of Affectv, a Wired 'Top 100' and Sunday Times 'Tech Track100' start-up.

Andrew Cooke, General Counsel

Multi-award-winning lawyer with a background in big ticket music/ sport. Former Ticketmaster MENA board member. Leads Diversity and Inclusion at Fnatic.

Soraya Sobh, Head of Talent

Founder and former CEO of a music agency which managed the likes of Benny Benassi. Consulted for the likes of Sony Records and Warner Music Group.