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Glisco Partners leads $12.4 million investment in GGTech Entertainment, with Heart Beat contributing $1.4 million
Glisco Partners, a leading growth equity investment firm for disruptive and cross-border high-growth companies, and Heart Beat, an investment manager focused on the Americas, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million investment in Spanish company GGTech Entertainment. A leader in the gaming and esports environment, GGTech is one of the main organisers of esports events and competitions worldwide, which has experienced exponential growth in recent years. This investment will see GGTech consolidate its global presence across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America, as well as accelerate its entry into the US market, one of the largest gaming and esports markets in the world.
GGTech Entertainment is an international company with a presence in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated to the development of innovative leisure, entertainment and education projects through gaming, esports and technology. The company offers a wide range of technological solutions to promote the development of society and provides the best leisure, competition and entertainment experiences. GGTech has an international team of highly qualified professionals focused on the creation and operation of products in the gaming and sports industry, and is making significant progress in the development of applied technology.
In the UK, GGTech develops Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports. Present in 16 countries across 4 continents, the project seeks to integrate the recreational and competitive aspect of video games with educational activities. Each country offers workshops presented by professionals in the esports industry to university students interested in learning more about the industry.
GGTech recently announced the acquisition of NUEL, UK-based grassroots esports tournament and community organiser.
José Parrilla, co-founder and CEO of GGTech Entertainment: “As the leading organiser of multi-language esports events and tournaments in Europe, MENA and Latin America, we are very confident about our growth prospects in the US. Video games, and esports in particular, have been growing in popularity year after year, especially in the US, where more than half of the US population play games on a regular basis. This trend is expected to grow exponentially over the next decade and our goal at GGTech is to strengthen our presence in this market over the next few years. We also have the support of major brands and publishers, who we already have solid alliances with, to help contribute to our growth in the US market.
Commenting on the investment, Alfredo Castellanos, Managing Partner at Glisco Partners, said: “Our investment in GGTech is part of our strategy to help highly disruptive companies grow their market share and enter the US market. GGTech is particularly attractive because of its proven business model and strategy to leverage its content production studios in Mexico and Spain to serve the growing esports market in the US.”
Industry numbers
The video games industry reached more than 3 billion players worldwide and revenues of $192.7 billion in 2021, making it the second largest segment of global entertainment. According to the latest research from Statista, esports had a global audience of over 532 million viewers in 2022, including enthusiasts and casual viewers. This is an increase of more than 60 million on the previous year and makes esports the second most watched sport in the United States, after the NFL.
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BetFury Marks Its 6 Years With the Grand $1.5M+ Furyverse 6.0 Celebration
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Gaming Corps appoints new Chief Commercial Officer to drive next growth phase
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Gaming Corps Gaming Corps, a publicly listed game studio based in Sweden, today announces a key hire for the Company’s growth journey. Graham Greensmith, Gaming Corps new Chief Commercial Officer, joins with more than 20 years experience from a multitude of commercial management roles within the industry.
Greensmith was most recently heading the growth journey at British iGaming giant Inspired as Head of Commercial Development, where he played a fundamental role in expanding market presence and driving sales.
Juha Kauppinen, CEO of Gaming Corps says: “As we continue to grow, we’re entering a new and exciting phase of our journey. With a strong and unique game portfolio, best in-class distribution and top talents on board we are now focused on scaling our commercial efforts, to further accelerate our growth journey.
We need to review our commercial strategies so they align with the company we are growing into and bringing Graham on board feels great and is an exciting example of the increased attention Gaming Corps are experiencing from the industry. We will now continue to work hard to become one of the industry’s most innovative and respected game studios.”
Greensmith joins Gaming Corps following several impressive commercial successes, most recently leading a strong growth journey with iGaming giant Inspired. Having operated at senior level within a fast-growing PLC, he brings valuable experience from scaling operations and driving strategic expansion in a public company environment as well as strong connections and relationships from the European iGaming scene. Graham holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Surrey, and started his new role November 10th 2025.
Graham Greensmith commented, “I am thrilled to be joining Gaming Corps at the most exciting phase of their ambitious journey. The goal is clear, to become the vendor of choice for operators, producing games of the highest quality, known and enjoyed on a global scale. I’m grateful to Juha and the upper management team for the trust and opportunity to be part of this next chapter and I can’t wait to play my part in the undoubted success that is to come.”
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QTech Games strengthens its elite suite with Elbet’s slots and crash games
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Emerging-markets leader expands its all-encompassing library with exciting new portfolio
QTech Games, the leading game aggregator for all emerging markets, has signed its latest provider partnership with Elbet, enabling its platform customers to access the supplier’s innovative range of crash games and slots.
Elbet has won critical and commercial acclaim in a variety of markets – including Latin America and Africa, key markets for QTech Games – and will now have its spectrum of crash games and broader slots content made available to QTech’s growing group of operator partners in these territories. The deal also organically broadens Elbet’s international footprint across Asia, QTech’s continent of formative growth and dominance.
These popular titles include its flagship crash game Rocketman, alongside Soaring, Soccer Rush and Raccoon Rush, not to mention its wider slots catalogue. More generally, Elbet’s varied content also caters for every player type with fast-paced games across virtual sports, classic casino as well as bingo, instant-win games and these in-demand crash titles.
As the fastest-growing aggregator over the past few years, QTech’s platform offers the most expansive gaming portfolio around, localised for each region, with native mobile apps, powerful reporting and marketing tools, and 24/7 local-language support.
QTech Games CEO, Philip Doftvik, said: “Our ever-growing suite of products has long featured the best slots and crash games from all around the world, and Elbet is the latest impressive exponent in the latter domain. Their focus on this white-hot mini-vertical affords our clients even more engaging content which we’re sure will increase the retention and acquisition of customers.”
“Theirs is a growing and constantly innovating library, delivering consistent support to the growth of our broad gaming-vertical spread, courtesy of some quality graphics, gameplay and unique features.
Danko Vuković, Managing Director at Elbet, added: “This agreement naturally broadens Elbet’s global scope, targeting untapped territories across Asia, alongside our ongoing Africa to Latin America, and creating new revenue streams. We are dedicated to innovation and excellence, continually striving to enhance our offerings and support the growth and success of our partners, and QTech’s expansive distributional influence is second to none.
“Together, we can raise the igaming bar and shape a localised experience for global players. So, we can’t wait to witness how these games perform. Elbet is targeting only the finest content aggregators to improve our visibility and influence in the sector, and QTech Games sets the gold standard for emerging markets.”
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