RCS - Blue Star Capital - Googly partnership with the CPL Cricket League

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RNS Number : 7150I  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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