Turnover: 20 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

  • e-sport team
  • France's first e-sport club, born in Paris in 2013 and driven by international fans, athletes and talent
  • V.Hive, is the e-sport complex of the club
  • Performance Center in the heart of the Stade de France.

News

Unilever sponsors e-sport with Magnum and Ben & Jerry's ice creams 27/12/2023

  • Unilever brands Magnum and Ben & Jerry's join forces with Team Vitality for 2024.
  • Team Vitality is a French e-Sports club founded in 2013 by Fabien "Neo" Devide and Nicolas Maurer.
  • The new partnership was announced at The Frozen All Stars showmatch sponsored by Magnum and Ben & Jerry's
  • The partnership will manifest itself on several e-sports events and leagues throughout 2024.
  • Magnum and Ben & Jerry's logos will appear on the shirts of the LEC and VALORANT teams for Magnum, and the LFL and Rocket League teams for Ben & Jerry's.
  • Immersive experiences will be organized throughout 2024 at popular competitions, both online for the LEC and VCT closed leagues, and in person at the Rocket League Major and CS2 Major in Copenhagen.
  • The Frozen All Stars showmatch took place at V.Hive, a 400M² space in central Paris dedicated to eSports.

France in global e-sport 13/05/2023

  • The Major of "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" ("CS: GO") takes place in Paris for the first time, over a period of almost two weeks
  • 60,000 spectators are expected for the finals at the Accor Arena.
  • France hosted the League of Legends Worlds in 2019.
  • In September, the LEC and EMEA Masters finals of the League of Legends franchise will be held in Montpellier.
  • Launched in 2020, Karmine Corp filled the Accor Arena in Paris with 12,000 people attending live matches last June.
  • In early 2022, the Savvy Group, owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, acquired ESL Gaming and FACEIT for a combined $1.5 billion.
  • Saudi Arabia plans to invest nearly $40 billion in the video-game industry, part of which is to be devoted to e-sports.

Team Vitality: the French club that wants to win the Counter-Strike Major 13/05/2023

  • Team Vitality launched in 2013.
  • Team Vitality, the only French club with an international dimension
  • 110 employees, including 40 professional players
  • Annual revenues of nearly €20 million
  • Objective of profitability in 2025.
  • Three fund-raising campaigns for a total of 50 million euros
  • Majority shareholder: Tej Kohli, via the Rewired.GG investment fund.

Studies mentioning this company

The e-sport market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Nintendo
  • Electronic Arts
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Youtube
  • Team Vitaly
  • Gamers Origin
  • GameWard
  • Karmine Corp
  • FaZe Clan
  • Kinomap