New Wave Esports Corp. (CSE:NWES) – Company Profile
New Wave Esports (CSE:NWES) is a competitive gaming investment company that provides capital and support services to esports organizations, teams, leagues, events, platforms, tools, and technology innovators. The company’s vision is to drive and accelerate the global growth of esports and competitive gaming, with the ultimate goal of improving experiences for players, fans, industry professionals, and investors.
New Wave Esports is not a traditional financial group. It facilitates investments in the world of esports, but it also seeks to grow and shape the industry. The company has both a holdings arm for traditional investments and an acquisition arm for top-line revenue performers.
New Wave’s objects are to build the esports ecosystem alongside major esports and gaming companies and brands. It also hopes to provide guidance for early and mature companies in the esports and gaming industries and to pave way to a profitable sector rooted in sustainability.
Each of New Wave Esports’ leaders is an industry veteran. They see where growth is happening in the esports industry now and know where it will happen in the future. With leadership teams in Toronto and Los Angeles, New Wave plays a pivotal role in enhancing all aspects of the esports and competitive gaming industry.
New Wave Esports’ Portfolio Companies
Even Matchup Gaming
Even Matchup Gaming produces original content to highlight compelling stories in the gaming industry. It provides the equipment and staffing needed to host gaming events on both the local and international level. One such event is the Get On My Level championship, Canada’s largest Super Smash Bros. event.
Like many of EMG’s other events, Get On My Level broadcasts to a worldwide audience via Twitch and YouTube. The company also produces original content to highlight its community members and help tell their story.
Tiidal Gaming
Tiidal Gaming is a professional esports and entertainment platform with an aim to become the most culturally relevant esports company in the world. Its roots run deep in competitive gaming, all the way back to the founding of its team, Lazarus Esports, in 2010. Back then, the team was called SetToDestroyX , and was Canada’s first esports brand.
Today, Tiidal focuses on owning, operating, and cross-pollinating synergistic businesses across the gaming ecosystem. New Wave Esports’ investment supports the company’s growth and NWES currently holds two advisory roles in Tiidal.
PlayLine
Co-owned by UFC Middleweight Champion Michael “The Count” Bisping and former two-time NBA All Star Roy Hibbert, PlayLine’s goal is to make fantasy sports for everyone. It does this by simplifying the process, focusing on the super star players you know and love, and by offering the biggest cash prizes in all the daily fantasy sports.
PlayLine currently has 250,000 users. NWES’s investment will help the company expand its audience further and optimize its platform.
Thunderbolt CDG
Thunderbolt CDG is a software applications and technology development company that has provided services for more than 40 startup companies.
Co-founded by New Wave Esports CEO Daniel Mitre, Tunderbolt is working towards building the future of esports and competitive gaming.
Meet the New Wave Esports Management Team
Daniel Mitre, CEO & Managing Partner – Daniel has more than 17 years of experience in the video game industry. He has led global campaigns and community programs for Electronic Arts, Sega of America, THQ, Music Mastermind, Spin Master Studios, and Sierra Online. He’s worked closely with developers at DICE, BioWare, Respawn, Treyarch, and more. Daniel also co-founded Thunderbolt CDG and is currently an adviser to Tiidal Gaming and The Gaming Society.
Favorite Esports to Watch: Super Smash Bros.
Favorite Game of All Time: Super Mario Bros. 3
Trumbull Fisher, President and Managing Partner – Trumbull has over 15 years of capital market experience. He co-founded FDB Capital, a real estate development company, and Sui Generis, a successful equity hedge fund. Trumbull has worked as a trader at such finance companies as National Bank of Canada, M Partners, Casimir, and more. He’s also co-led significant capital raises for a variety of industries, and holds New Wave Esports’ other adviser position in Tiidal Gaming.
Favorite Esports to Watch: Overwatch
Favorite Game of All Time: Duck Hunt