Gaming social platform eFuse secures $6m investment from NBA and NFL stars eFuseGaming and esports social media platform eFuse have raised $6m in post-seed investment from major athletes across basketball and American football. The company dub themselves as the \u201cLinkedIn for gamers\u201d and have raised new capital in an effort to accelerate their growth. They\u2019re said to have welcomed 500,000 users to their platform so far. eFuse are banking on discoverability being a major player in their eventual success, allowing gamers to show off their in-game credentials, gameplay highlights, and resume. Those who contributed in the investment round include Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 Seth Curry, Cleveland Browns\u2019 Denzel Ward, Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Ezekiel Elliott, and New England Patriots\u2019 Chase Winovich. Utilizing the newly-raised funds, eFuse will delve into product development and user acquisition in an attempt to accelerate their growth. They also plan to make more key hires on their mission to becoming profitable \u2014 much like their recent hires of Herb May and Neil Duffy. Read More: Visuals by Impulse join Elgato under CORSAIR – The platform goes beyond what LinkedIn offers to users. They host \u2018eRena\u2019 esports events, which includes a tournament series built exclusively for female gamers, and aggregates scholarship and job opportunities specifically tailored towards gaming and esports. \u201ceFuse is tackling esports\u2019 discovery and diversity problem head-on,\u201d said Bill Baumel, managing director at the Ohio Innovation Fund, who served as the lead investor in the round. \u201cWe see only growth opportunities as eFuse applies its funding to meet the opportunity and define the \u2018networking for gamers\u2019 segment.\u201d eFuse are based in Columbus Ohio and have over 20 employees. They are led by CEO Matthew Benson, who was named to Forbes\u2019 30 Under 30 list in the gaming category for 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gaming social platform eFuse secures $6m investment from NBA and NFL stars eFuseGaming and esports social media platform eFuse have raised $6m in post-seed investment from major athletes across basketball and American football. The company dub themselves as the \u201cLinkedIn for gamers\u201d and have raised new capital in an effort to accelerate their growth. They\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}