socalTECH

MAY 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based videogame publisher Riot Games has created a brand new organization to govern college esports, called the Riot Scholastic Association of America (RSAA). According to Riot Games, the new organization will be the governing body for Riot's college and high school esports activity.

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Riot Games Organization Competition Conference 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , the startup which takes over movie theaters and allows video gamers to participate in head-to-head competitions on the big screen, said it is launching a new League of Legends competition to movie theaters across the United States. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Not just Tinder, Dollar Shave Club, Riot Games, CornerStone OnDemand and the companies you’ve heard of but there are large successes that are less well known but now very large startups businesses like Ring, Zip Recruiter, GumGum, Laurel & Wolf and too many other great companies to mention. Don’t we know it. We love LA!

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Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand Riot Games Venture Capital 321

TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

The company raised $46 million last year—its first year operating—with the vision that owning the infrastructure for competitions and expanding it to encompass other social elements of gaming can make it the largest gaming company in the world. Eric P: What then drove you to found PlayVS?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But we’re certainly focused in an enormous market that’s relatively less competitive than the Bay Area and is producing big winners including Snap, Tinder, Riot Games, SpaceX, GoodRx, Ring, GOAT, Apeel Sciences (Santa Barbara), Scopely, ZipRecruiter, Parachute Home, Service Titan?—?just there are many other great firms here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Assume competition and assume within the buying organization you have enemies. When we went to raise funds we faced lots of competition as there are of course many other VC funds in the country. Take nothing for granted. Make sure you stand out. It requires that you be unique and stand for something. This is true for startups, too.

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