Escape Gaming: The Key Facts

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Escape Gamingworld wide leading E-Sports organization

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Escape Gaming – a world wide leading E-Sports organization HQ in Dortmund (GER), Offices in Sheffield (UK) and San Jose (USA) Current Teams in the games DotA2, CS:GO, Hearthstone DotA2, CS:GO and Hearthstone are three of the four largest E-Sports We support our athletes to compete at the highest level Established and loyal fan base (over 500K following on Social Media)

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INTRODUCTION


Zak Robinson, Head of Operations, UK Owner of Escape Gaming Built up successful internet communities, e.g. “ZeroEmpires” (22M views) Responsible for team management and community building Contact: [email protected]

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Dr. Till Hoffmann, CEO, Germany Owner of Escape Gaming, funded by family Hoffmann Built up successful businesses in various other high-tech industries Responsible for strategy and marketing of Escape Gaming Contact: [email protected]

MANAGEMENT

Dr. Wolf Hoffmann, Consultant, Germany Owner of Escape Gaming, funded by family Hoffmann Advisor and Consultant for Escape Gaming Responsible for financing Contact: [email protected]


Troy ‘Resonance22’ Hetzler, Head of Hearthstone Serious knowledge in the scene of Hearthstone Built up successful internet communities, e.g. “Resonance22” (5M views) Responsible for team management and community building Contact: [email protected]

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Marie ‘Jeez’ Ringdal, Head of DotA2 Various experience in team management Successful media management Responsible for building up the community in the DotA2 section Contact: [email protected]

Victor ‘Flash’ Tamás Bea, Head of CS:GO Professional CS:GO Player Huge experience and knowledge of the whole CS:GO scene Responsible for team management and community building in CS:GO Contact: [email protected]

MANAGEMENT


* http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/rankings; http://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/rankings

CS:GO

Current position in the world ranking: #16*

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TEAMS

DotA2

Current position in the world ranking: #31*

Hearthstone


533,000 combined following on all Social Media Channels Approximately 50 Million Social Media impressions each year Appearances in the largest events in E-Sports

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COMBINED FOLLOWING OF THE FOUR LARGEST OF OUR CHANNELS. ANY FOLLOWER STATED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE

157K153K138K

81K

FOLLOWING AND APPEARANCE


Over 20M unique viewers in the largest events 20+ events of this size per year Up to 100K physical visitors at live events $31M in prizes for DotA2 in 2015, $6M in prizes for CS:GO in 2015 For example: ESL Cologne 2015 viewership*

* http://www.eslgaming.com/article/954-ak-47-headshots-1450-molotovs-and-more-esl-one-cologne-2015-infographic-2280

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V I E W E R S H I P

TOTAL SESSIONS

TOTAL HOURS

TOTAL VIEWERS

91,599,513

31,582,186

24,691,777

91.6MILLION

31.6MILLION

24.7MILLION

148%∧97%∧

181%∧

PEAK CCU 1,323,960

GROWTH FROM KATOWICE 2015

30,7%[∧223% FROM COLOGNE 2014]

VIEWERSHIP EXAMPLE


Massive growth of revenues in the whole E-Sports industry* Let’s grow together!

* https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/global-esports-market-report-revenues-to-jump-to-463-million-in-2016-as-us-leads-the-way/

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$194MILLION

$325MILLION

$463MILLION

$1072MILLION

+67.4%YoY

+42.6%YoY

+40.7%CAGR

2014-2019

MEDIA RIGHTS, MERCHANDISE & TICKETS, ONLINE ADVERTISING, BRAND PARTNERSHIPS, ADDITIONAL GAME PUBLISHER INVESTMENTS

GENERAL GROWTH OF E-SPORTS


Escape Gaming GmbHSaarlandstr. 117, 44139 Dortmund, GermanyTel.: +49 231 138 67 338E-Mail: [email protected]: offensiver_mittelfeldspieler

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CONTACT

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Escape Gaming: The Key Facts