RAZER chief executive Tan Min-Liang has committed S$10 million for the Singapore gaming and e-sports scene in the next 12 months. This would be the largest funding commitment ever made by a gaming peripherals brand.
The said funding includes backing up e-sports teams, as well as investing in gaming and e-sports establishments in Singapore, or those founded by Singaporeans.
A portion of the funding will be for Team Singapore, a group Razer is supporting for the SEA Games later in the year – wherein e-sports will be an awarded sport for the first time, Mr Tan added.
The official e-sports partner for the 30th SEA Games 2019, Razer recently organised a South-east Asia e-sports boot camp in Singapore where national e-sports teams from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia have been assembled and trained.
It also opened its largest retail store – at over 2,400 square feet – in Las Vegas, which will also host e-sports events together with industry partners.
Aside from its e-sports endeavours, the technology firm in June expressed interest in applying for a digital banking licence after the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced its intention to issue up to five new licences with applications starting from August.
In the same month, Razer also acquired partnership with Visa to introduce a prepaid Visa solution through the Razer Pay app.
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