Recently Contrivance Ventures facilitated an angel investment in Polar Night Energy, a provider of underground heat energy storage solutions based in Tampere, Finland.
In December 2019 the European Union launched a major climate plan, the European Green Deal, outlining a path to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. This…
Almost one year ago, I was about to graduate from my MBA at INSEAD amidst a pandemic, finding myself at a crossroad of various career paths. I was mainly debating between a career as an entrepreneur or as a venture capital investor (you can read more about it here). Almost…
Based on data from various databases (Tracxn, Dealroom and others), we estimate that currently there are about 400 esports institutional investors. We define esports investors as angels, incubators, venture funds, corporate companies and private equity funds that have done at least one investment in an esports company. …
In our previous article, Esports market shows first signs of maturity, we briefly discussed the increase in investments attracted by the esports industry, driven by the rise of mega rounds. …
Esports remains significantly under-monetized compared to traditional sports. This industry view is also confirmed by PwC’s Sports Survey 2019, in which 87.6% of the 563 industry leaders across 50 countries ranked esports as the sport with the highest revenue growth potential (PwC Sports Survey 2019).
Two months away from my MBA graduation, I find myself at a crossroad between two career paths — entrepreneurship and venture capital. As I shared my frustration with my best friends, one of them recommended NPR’s podcast “How I Built This?” hosted by Guy Raz. “It’s as close as it…
