socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. Among other major 2011 exits listed were Riot Games ($400 million) and HauteLook ($270 million). A new report released today tallies up $7.7 Both years were well above 2009, which had a low of only $475M in exits.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

It's super interesting, in particular, for Southern California, where Blizzard and Riot Games have been really helping to lead that charge, both locally and internationally. Blizzard has been one of the founders of e-sports, an created many of the early e-sports games, and Riot Games is well known for League of Legends.

Riot Games 100

Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Brandon Beck – Riot Games. StarCraft 2 might be the most played eSport currently, but Riot Games’ “League of Legends” is garnering prize pools in the millions. They raised some money, stole some guys from Blizzard, and released the game for free. Iraq a hard place to work, is not SoCal.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75