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How a seasoned investment team looks at esports hype

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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There’s a lot of hype in esports. But there’s also a lot of growth. Lots of investors have jumped on the bandwagon in the past few years, and Daniel Mitre is one of them.

Mitre just became the CEO of New Wave Esports, an acquisition, investment, and technology development company that is focused on competitive gaming. He teamed up with Trumbull Fisher, the president of New Wave Esports. Fisher is a finance guy who made a lot of money with cannabis and mining investments in Canada. Mitre brings gaming expertise.

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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.