GAMURS Group

About

Gamurs is a Sydney-based gaming and esports media network operating 16 digital publications (including Dot Esports and DoubleXP) that produces news, guides, community features, and player-improvement content.

Mission

Gamurs is a Sydney-based gaming, esports, and entertainment media network led by CEO Riad Chikhani. Its portfolio of 16 digital publications includes Dot Esports, Gamepur, Pro Game Guides, TouchTapPlay, We Got This Covered, and The Mary Sue. The company reaches 55 million monthly active users across its sites. Founded in 2014, Gamurs produces news, journalism, guides, and entertainment content across gaming and pop-culture verticals. It raised $12M in Series A funding. Gamurs intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth strategy and expand into adjacent markets. Gamurs operates Dot Esports, an online publication and community offering breaking news, in-depth coverage of esports personalities and events, and an esports database of rankings and stats for major games. The company also runs DoubleXP, a newer platform focused on player improvement and video guides. Gamurs intends to use new capital for further development of Dot Esports, strategic acquisitions, advanced AI development to improve players' skills, and production of player improvement video content on DoubleXP. The company raised $2.2M USD ($3M AUD) in the reported financing and has $5.7M USD ($7.5M AUD) in total funding to date. Gamurs is led by CEO and founder Riad Chikhani and is based in Sydney, Australia. The product mix centers on media, community, and player training tools within competitive gaming. GAMURS is an Australian eSports media company that began by pitching itself as a Facebook for competitive and social gamers. It produces coverage of competitive gaming and related content and is planning to expand its games coverage. The company says it will invest in new forms of storytelling as part of its growth plan and to support international expansion. The raise follows a strong 12 months during which GAMURS benefited from the rising popularity of eSports, which can draw thousands of spectators to live events. GAMURS has closed a $3.5 million capital raise led by Aura Funds Management to fund these initiatives.

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