Ninjas in Pyjamas merging with ESV5 – ARCHIVE – The Esports Observer

Sweden-based esports group Ninjas in Pyjamas is merging with a Chinese language firm known as ESV5, with plans to be listed on the NASDAQ, in accordance with a report from Reuters. ESV5 is a three way partnership between esports group eStar Gaming and Victory 5.

A “supply with direct data on that matter” tells Reuters that the businesses venture “mixed income of greater than ¥400 million RMB (or $61.70 million USD) for 2021” and plan to kind a publicly listed firm within the U.S. by the top of the yr.

NIP at the moment competes in Counter-Strike: International Offensive, Valorant, FIFA, and Rainbow Six Siege, amongst others.

ESV5 is an esports three way partnership of Chinese language esports group eStar Gaming (ES) and Victory 5 (V5) primarily based in Wuhan. The group has two residence venues: the LPL Shenzhen residence venue for V5, and KPL Wuhan residence venue for eStar Gaming. eStar Gaming competed in LPL from 2019-2020. In 2020, Nenking Group, proprietor of Overwatch League workforce Guangzhou Cost, acquired eStar Gaming LPL franchise and rebranded to Extremely Prime (UP).

SBJ has reached out to NIP for remark.