Blue Star Capital plc Googly partnership with the CPL Cricket League
09 August 2023 - 4:00PM
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Blue Star Capital plc
09 August 2023
9 August 2023
Blue Star Capital plc
("Blue Star" or the "Company")
Googly announces significant partnership with the Caribbean
Premier Cricket League
Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a
focus on esports, payments, technology and its applications within
media and gaming, notes Googly Media Holdings PTE. Limited
("Googly") recent press release announcing that Googly & the
Caribbean Premier League ("CPL") have signed an agreement to launch
the E-sports Caribbean Premier League ("ECPL).
The CPL ranks among the world's foremost sporting leagues,
drawing over 720 million annual viewers for its T20 cricket
competition. In this year's tournament commencing on August 16th,
CPL enthusiasts have the opportunity to engage in the ECPL on
Googly, a cutting-edge esports and gaming platform from India,
enabling them to represent their preferred teams. The ECPL,
featuring a $25,000 prize pool, spans 7 weeks and three stages.
Each CPL team (Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica
Tallawahs, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Saint Lucia Kings, and
Trinbago Knight Riders) will hold Open Qualifiers on Googly's
esports platform to discover their mobile esports representative.
One of the supporting partners of the inaugural ECPL on Googly
include Nextwave Multimedia - publishers of World Cricket
Championship 3 ("WCC3") which is the official game of the ECPL and
has 80 million downloads worldwide.
Googly is a Blue Star investee company and business partner of
Blue Star's portfolio company Dynasty Gaming and Media ("Dynasty"),
Blue Star holds a 0.6 per cent. interest in Googly.
Tony Fabrizi, Executive Chairman of Blue Star Capital said that:
"The Indian gaming market continues to enjoy strong growth and
Googly's agreement with the Caribbean Premier League is a
tremendous launch pad for Googly. We look forward to further
announcements on this initiative and many others planned by Googly
later this year."
For more information please contact:
Blue Star Capital plc +44 (0) 777 178 2434
Tony Fabrizi, Executive Chairman
About Blue Star
Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new
technologies. Blue Star's investments include SatoshiPay Limited,
an incubator and service provider to de-fi businesses using
blockchain technology; 4 early-stage to mid-level esports
companies, including Guild eSports plc, a global esports business
headquartered in London and Dynasty Gaming & Media Pte. Ltd.,
whose B2B white label platform is a full-stack gaming ecosystem;
and Sthaler Limited, an identity and payments technology business
which enables a consumer to identify themselves and pay using just
their finger.
About Googly
Googly is one of India's newest esports and gaming destinations.
Googly's unique competitive ecosystem provides India's 500 million
gamers with an expansive selection of experiences featuring casual
gaming, real money gaming, and esports competitions, all via a
single integrated platform. The platform provides an interactive
social wall, a highly engaging content library, live broadcast
functionality, and a unique platform wallet that converts fiat
currency into virtual currency. This allows users to participate in
prize pools, user-generated tournaments & rewards, and purchase
the latest digital items from Googly's gaming voucher & top-up
store., covering mobile, PC, and console across hundreds of
titles.
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