FaZe Kalei is one of FaZe Clan's players.
FaZe Kalei is one of FaZe Clan's players.
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FaZe Clan raises funding from Cox Enterprises

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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FaZe Clan, one of the older and bigger esports organizations, has raised a round of strategic investment from Cox Enterprises.

The Los Angeles-based FaZe Clan said it will deepen the ties between Cox and FaZe as it tries to embed itself deeper into digital lifestyle and media for gaming and youth culture. AEV CEO Pete Hamilton will join as a strategic adviser on FaZe’s board. The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed.

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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.