Fnatic is an esports gaming brand and series of teams.
Fnatic is an esports gaming brand and series of teams.
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Esports brand Fnatic raises $17 million for Asia expansion

Fnatic has been around for 17 years as an esports organization and brand, and so it’s appropriate that the company has raised $17 million in funding.

The money from Marubeni and other investors will help the company expand in the growing Japanese and Asia Pacific esports markets. The investment will accelerate Fnatic’s growth in the substantial Asia-Pacific market with a new strategic partnership that will incorporate the expansion of Fnatic’s base of operations in Japan and support for its Rainbow Six: Siege team, which plans to relocate to the country.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.