49ers, NBA’s Jeremy Lin part of $15 million Series A for Plays.tv and its game-recording service

Forget about SportsCenter highlights — a company that can let you watch the best moments from games of Overwatch and League of Legends has just received some big league help.

Plays.tv announced today that it has received $15 million in Series A funding. Investment firm Shasta Ventures led the funding, but the San Francisco 49ers and NBA player Jeremy Lin also contributed. This is another example of people and groups from the world of real sports investing in video games, following the Philadelphia 76ers acquisition of esports teams last year. And who can blame them, with Newzoo projecting the esports market to be worth $696 million in revenues in 2017.