VSPN
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Native name | 英雄体育 |
|---|---|
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Esports |
| Founded 📆 | June 2016 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Shanghai, China |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Dino Ying
Ethan Teng Gavin Zheng Danny Tang Sheng Wu |
| Members | |
Number of employees | ~1600 |
| 🌐 Website | http://global.vspn.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Headquartered in Shanghai, VSPN (Versus Programming Network) is an esports total solutions provider in Asia. VSPN focuses its business on tournament organization and league operation, esports content production and distribution, esports commercialization, and offline esports venue operation.[1].
VSPN has business operations in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Americas, producing and broadcasting a total of 13,000 professional esports matches[3]. The company has partnerships with different domestic esports tournaments, providing esports experience to 2 billion players and fans worldwide[4]. The core team has hosted and produced a series of professional tournaments for competitive game titles including PUBG, PUBG MOBILE, Game for Peace, League of Legends, Honor of Kings, Hearthstone, CrossFire, QQ Speed Mobile, Clash Royale, Battle of Balls, FIFA Online 3, and DNF[5]. VSPN has operated professional esports leagues including PCL, PEL, KPL, LPL, CFPL, CFML, S League, CRL, BPL, and FSL in multiple regions[6].
Timeline
June 2016
• Founded by joint forces of several prominent esports production team[7].
September 2016
• Started hosting King Pro League (KPL) and constructing the first esports center in Shanghai[8].
January 2017
• Closed Series A financing with investments from Focus Media, DMG Entertainment, Sequoia Capital China, and China Media Capital[9].
July 2017
• Finished the construction of Shanghai Center, which served as the main venue for KPL, PCPI and QQ Speed.
March 2018
• Obtained the exclusive broadcast right for KPL.
• Opened the Chengdu center.
August 2018
• Established its first global office in Seoul, Korea[10].
August 2019
• Expanded overseas business: Started hosting tournaments in South East Asia, Middle East, etc.
October 2020
• Secured $100M Series B funding round[11].
January 2021
• Completed the acquisition of Banana Gaming & Media, a Chinese esports production company[12].
• Raised $60M Series B+ funding round[13].
March 2021
• Completed the acquisition of Famulei, a Chinese livestream talent agency[14]
Tournaments
| Year | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Esports at The Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2018 | PUBG MOBILE Star Challenge Global Finals | Dubai, UAE |
| 2018 | PUBG Global Invitational | Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | PUBG Nations Cup | Seoul, Korea |
| 2019 | Honor of Kings World Championship Cup | Seoul, Korea |
| 2019 | 2019 PUBG Global Championship | Los Angeles, USA |
| 2019 | PUBG Asia Invitational | Macau, China |
| 2019 | Peacekeeper Elite Global Invitational | Shanghai, China |
| 2019 | PUBG MOBILE Star Challenge World Cup | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 2019 | Honor of Kings Championship Cup | Korea & Malaysia |
| 2019 | Arena of Valor World Cup | Danang, Vietnam |
| 2019 | The Internationals | Shanghai, China |
| 2019 | CFS Invitational | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2019 | PUBG MOBILE Club Open Global Finals | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2020 | CFS Grand Finals | Seoul, Korea |
| 2020 | Honor of Kings World Champion Cup | Beijing, China |
| 2020 | PUBG MOBILE Global Championship | Dubai, UAE |
| 2021 | PUBG Global Invitational | Seoul, Korea |
| 2021 | Free Fire World Series | Singapore |
References
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Esports Beijing 2021 Plan: $7.77M Honor of Kings World Champion Cup in National Olympic Sports Center, IEM and More – The Esports Observer". 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Tencent-Backed Esports Company VSPN Is Said to Mull US IPO". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Waananen, Kerry (2021-06-02). "VSPN announces 'multi-million' funding round". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Tencent Esports Partners With Hubei Province to Host CrossFire Franchise League in Wuhan – The Esports Observer". 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "VSPN President Ethan Teng on Changing the Young Male Dominance of Esports – The Esports Observer". 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "VSPN CEO Dino Ying Reveals Plans to Build Esports Gen-Z Offline Zone, 'Hero INS' in Shanghai – The Esports Observer". 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Tencent Esports Finds First Esports Venue in Southern China, VSPN Opens Arena in South Korea – The Esports Observer". 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Daniels, Tom (2020-10-26). "VSPN secures $100m in Tencent-led Series B funding round". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "VSPN Completes Acquisitions of Banana Gaming & Media – The Esports Observer". 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Chinese esports player VSPN closes $60M Series B+ round to boost its international strategy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "VSPN Acquires Live Streaming Talent Agency Famulei – The Esports Observer". 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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