What's in this set
Esports is a small filter in AngelMatch's pitch deck database right now, with two decks tagged to it. Both are early-stage rounds raised a year apart, so this set is a starting point for studying the space rather than a broad survey of it.
Hearo.Live raised a $150K seed round in 2019. Its deck is worth studying because it frames esports as a live audience product built on top of TV and streaming, not just a game or a league.
Juked raised an $800K pre-seed round in 2020. Its deck is worth studying because it aggregates streaming feeds and tournament data from more than 35 games, a platform pitch rather than a single-title one.
What investors look for in an esports pitch deck
Esports sits between gaming, media, and live events, and the decks in this set point to a couple of things investors weigh here that a typical software deck does not.
Audience and engagement numbers carry more weight than early revenue. Hearo.Live's seed deck leads with a live audience experience, and esports and streaming investors generally want to see concurrent viewers, watch time, and community size before they expect meaningful monetization.
Reach across titles can matter more than depth in one game. Juked's pre-seed deck pulls data from 35 plus games instead of building around a single one, and that kind of breadth is the traction investors expect from an aggregation or platform play in this space.
Esports is one of AngelMatch's smaller pitch deck filters, with two decks that together raised a combined $950K+ across a 2019 seed round and a 2020 pre-seed round. There is no esports-specific investor market page yet, so the best next step is AngelMatch's investor database, where you can filter for gaming and media investors by stage and check size.
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