Best eSports Companies in United Kingdom
The 87 best eSports companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fnatic.
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Ranked: Best eSports companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fnatic Esports player organization 62Moat top 22%Innovation top 33%Tech top 34%Funding top 35% All 11 signals ▾Moattop 22% Innovationtop 33% Techtop 34% Fundingtop 35% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Fin. healthtop 48% Growthbottom 49% Customersbottom 47% Globalbottom 39% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Innovation: 6 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $72M | 42 mo ago | Series B | Anne Mathews Founder | 2004 | SanityNode.jsHeadless UI+25 | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Rivalry Online platform for esports betting 74Funding top 24%Tech top 30%News top 30%Market top 33% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Techtop 30% Newstop 30% Markettop 33% Moattop 39% Growthtop 42% Globalbottom 46% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Tech: 32 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $20M | 18 mo ago | Public | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySentryNode.js+22 | — |
| 3 | Gfinity eSports holding company | $18M | 74 mo ago | Public | — | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 4 | Luckbox Online gambling platform offering multi-category e-sports betting solutions | $17M | 63 mo ago | Deadpooled | Mike Stevens Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 5 | Faceit Free-to-play eSports gaming platform | $17M | 124 mo ago | Acquired | Alessandro Avallone Co-Founder | 2012 | SentryNode.jsEnvoy+32 | — |
| 6 | Unikrn Fantasy eSports betting platform | $10M | 131 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | Amazon Web ServicesZendeskHSTS+6 | — |
| 7 | FITCHIN Digital gaming community platform for esports gamers | $4M | 47 mo ago | Seed | Alejandro Portela COO | 2021 | SentryNode.jsNextAuth.js+18 | — |
| 8 | Virtex Stadium Provider of an E-sports live broadcasting platform | $3M | 49 mo ago | Seed | Christoph Ortlepp Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 9 | FruitLab Online platform for streaming gaming videos | $3M | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | MediumAlgoliaNode.js+10 | — |
| 10 | Pocket Arena Esports gaming platform based on blockchain technology | $2M | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | Cart FunctionalityPHPYouTube+15 | — |
| 11 | Stakester Online gaming platform for competing with other players | $2M | 67 mo ago | Deadpooled | Leander Hambley Co-Founder | 2019 | LazySizesjQuerycore-js+12 | — |
| 12 | Dingit TV Live and on-demand eSports streaming platform | $2M | 133 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 13 | Veloce Esports player organization | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Jack Clarke Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer | 2018 | WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+16 | — |
| 14 | Esportsify Web platform for creating and deploying professional eSports websites | $1M | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | Lewis Bye CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 15 | Colossus Bets Pool betting solutions provider | $825K | 97 mo ago | Series A | Bernard Marantelli Founder & CEO | 2013 | SentryTypeScriptTailwind CSS+22 | — |
| 16 | Galaxies Provider of a platform for the management of the gaming community | $750K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Victorino Founder & CEO | 2021 | TypeScriptGraphQLMUI+18 | 1 award |
| 17 | GameStake Online gaming platform offering cash rewards | $463K | 56 mo ago | Seed | Amit Puri Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 18 | Grid Finder Provider of a sim racing platform for various services | $245K | 48 mo ago | Acquired | Nikhil Patel Co-Founder | 2020 | TurbopackSentryNode.js+15 | — |
| 19 | Grid Finder Curator of a podcast for sim racing | $123K | 40 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
Top 12 eSports companies in United Kingdom
#1
Public · Douglas, Isle Of Man · founded 2018 · 123 employees$20Mraised▾
Online platform for esports betting. Users can bet on various esports tournaments of games like Dota2, CS: GO, Call of Duty, Rocket League, Valorant, and more. It also provides a sports betting platform, academy courses for betting, and more.
- Nov 2024Post IPO$2.4M
- Nov 2023Post IPO$10.2M
- Apr 2023Post IPO—
- Jun 2021Conventional Debt$22M
#2
Series B · London, England · founded 2004 · 50 employees$72.2Mraised▾
Fnatic is an e-sports player organization. It has teams competing in various games including League of Legends, Dota 2, Battlefield 4, and CSGO among others. Also operates an online store to sell its own merchandise.
#3
Deadpooled · Douglas, Isle Of Man · founded 2016 · 54 employees$17.4Mraised▾
Online gambling platform offering multi-category e-sports betting solutions. The platform enables users to wager on various e-sports, matches, and claims to win a cash amount. It offers features like customized UI/UX, variant payment options, etc.
- Mar 2021Series A$14.1M
- Jun 2020Series A$462.3K
- Jun 2020Series A$2.8M
- May 2020Angel—
#4
Public · London, England · founded 2012 · 38 employees$18.2Mraised▾
Gfinity offers services such as organizing eSports leagues, broadcast gaming videos to the users, and providing gaming series to gamers for their skill improvement, etc. It also enables gamers to participate in gaming leagues. It also hosts live tournaments and broadcast them online.
- Apr 2020Post IPO$2.8M
- Sep 2017Post IPO$1.9M
- May 2017Post IPO$8.1M
- Jul 2016Post IPO$5.4M
#5
Seed · Tortola, British Virgin Islands · founded 2021 · 24 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Digital gaming community platform for esports gamers. The company has developed a platform that enables esports gaming and entertainment. It has features for digitally connecting with communities, collecting rewards, and community events management.
- Jul 2022Seed$3.5M
#6
Seed · London, England · founded 2018 · 20 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Online platform for streaming gaming videos. It allows users to share gaming clips of various games, stream these clips, and more. The app is available for Android and iOS users. It monetizes through in-app ads.
- May 2022Seed$1.5M
- Jun 2019Seed$796.2K
- Jul 2018Seed$458.6K
#7
Acquired · London, England · founded 2012 · 89 employees$17Mraised▾
Faceit is a free-to-play eSports gaming platform. The platform helps the gamers to discover and showcase their skills to potential sponsors and professional eSports teams. The platform also runs its own eSports tournaments where individual users and teams can register and compete. The users can also add games onto the platform to compete and win awarded points.
- Jan 2016Series A$15M
- Jun 2015Seed$2M
#8
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 6 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of an E-sports live broadcasting platform. It is an online platform that hosts and streams live 3D videos of E-sports games to viewers.
- May 2022Seed$3.2M
#9
Acquired · Douglas, Isle Of Man · founded 2014 · 22 employees$10Mraised▾
Unikrn is an eSports betting platform where users can bet on ongoing eSports matches by watching their live stream from Twitch. The platform also offers real-time analysis of the ongoing matches. Users can bet on games by using a virtual currency "Unikoins" which is earned by completing the tutorial or doing daily quests on the Unikrn website or mobile app. Unikoins can be used to enter prize draws in the Unikrn marketplace. The platform also hosts a marketplace to trade game accessories and bidding feature to bid for accessories using Unikoins.
- Jun 2015Series A$7M
- Feb 2015Seed$3M
#10
Seed · London, England · founded 2010 · 49 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Esports gaming platform based on blockchain technology. It allows gamers to play esports games and win real money. Also offers a cryptocurrency known as POC token, which can be used for in-game purchases.
- Nov 2021Seed$2.1M
- Nov 2021ICO$75K
#11
Seed · Cobham, England · founded 2018 · 1 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Esports player organization. The company has teams for racing games. It has participated in various leagues like Rocket League, Gran Turismo, Assetto, and more.
- Sep 2021Seed$410.9K
- Jan 2020Seed$199.7K
- Oct 2019Seed$100.1K
- Sep 2019Seed$200K
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2021 · 32 employees$750Kraised▾
Provider of a platform for the management of the gaming community. It offers a platform to connect, train and professionalize gamers by providing rewards for playing games.
- Oct 2022Seed$750K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Gaming Technology is moving in the United Kingdom
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 233 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
- Nvidia21
- Microsoft Research18
- Intel16
- Imperial College London14
- University College London13
- Global illumination3→6
- Radiance2→4
- 3D rendering3→4
- Human–computer interaction2→7
- Game engine7
- Animation5
- Multimedia4
- Visualization3
- Human–computer interaction3
Where gaming tech is researched across United Kingdom
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing gaming tech patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 9 filings from 13 assignees (2016–2025), led by SONY Interactive Entertainment E, Ahiska Bartu, Ahiska Yavuz; annual filings 1→3.
- SONY Interactive Entertainment E6
- Ahiska Bartu3
- Ahiska Yavuz3
- Sony Interactive Entertainment3
- Numecent Holdings3
- Approxy1
- HSU CHIA CHUN1
- KUNT Mehmet1
Common questions
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