Rivalry announces 2021 financial results

Sports activities and esports betting firm Rivalry has introduced its monetary outcomes for 2021 and preliminary outcomes for the primary quarter of 2022.

In comparison with 2020, the corporate has recorded elevated income and an total improve in its betting deal with. Nonetheless, Rivalry has detailed elevated losses and working bills.

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The betting firm has recorded CAD $11.1m (£6.92m) of income in 2021, which is up from CAD $1.5m (£1.5m) from the identical time interval within the earlier yr. Rivalry’s betting deal with, which is the cash waged by bettors on the platform, additionally grew to CAD $78.2m (£48.7m), in comparison with CAD $25.9m (£16.16m) the yr earlier than.

However, Rivalry additionally recorded losses of CAD $24.7m (£15.4m), which is a major improve in comparison with the CAD $6.9m (£4.3m) a yr prior. Apparently, Rivalry revealed that it had no debt on the finish of 2021, and in addition boasted CAD 35.5m (£22.1m) in money on the finish of the yr.

Steven Salz, Co-founder and CEO of Rivalry, commented: “We had an incredible yr by practically all measures in 2021. Our group delivered triple-digit progress, secured the monetary assets to speed up our momentum, continued to strengthen our initially developed product, added vital expertise depth to our bench, and additional solidified Rivalry as probably the most engaged model in esports betting globally.”

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Regardless of Rivalry supporting conventional sports activities, the corporate shared that nearly 90 per cent of all betting on the platform was made on esports. Buyer registrations elevated from 350,000 in late 2020 to 610,000 on the finish of 2021.

In 2022, Rivalry lately added mobile esports to its betting portfolio. Furthermore, the corporate acquired a betting licence for Australia earlier in the year.

Esports Insider says: Rivalry grew its income immensely in 2021, and appears on monitor to do the identical in 2022. The corporate has collected a sizeable loss, however the improve in registrations and customers reveals that scaling shouldn’t be a giant problem for Rivalry. It’s additionally good to see that an organization has no debt, which is one thing that shareholders will take pleasure in.

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