E-sports tournament-management startup Battlefy raises $1.3M in seed funding

The money making potential of e-sports is starting to attract more than just game developers.

Battlefy, a Vancouver-based e-sports startup, revealed today that it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding. Deep Fork Capital led the around. Jarl Mohn, former chairman of League of Legends developer Riot Games, also participated in the round along with talent-agency William Morris Endeavor, Institutional Venture Partners general partner Dennis Phelps, investment fund Social Starts, BDC Ventures, and angel investor Keith Boesky.