Other investors participaing in the Series A funding round included EDM producer Steve Aoki, several band members of the rock group Imagine Dragons, manager Mac Reynolds, event promotion company Live Nation, Larry Rudolph, Ozone Entertainment founder Bred Disend, and 1916 Management founder Jonny Gordon.
The funding round was engineered to fund Rogue's global expansion and entry into the new League of Legends[...]
League of Legends European Championship Archives
Riot will be working with Lagardère on the League of Legends European Championship to commercialize the newly established LEC, which is the governing body for all League of Legends competitions in Europe The end goal of the partnership, however, is to see the League European Championship and Lagardère work to further develop esports in Europe–which is a[...]
The new entity will be known as the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) The rebranding shakes up the entire league as there will be ten teams competing against each other starting in mid-January Here's a little more detail on the changes in the league.
After five years of elite European competition and a rigorous partner application[...]