ReKTGlobal is the New York City–based parent company of esports organization Rogue. Rogue, co‑founded by Derek Nelson and Frank Villarreal in May 2016, is known for producing championships and top talent across games such as Rocket League, Fortnite, FIFA, CS:GO and Rainbow Six. Rogue was acquired by parent company ReKTGlobal in December 2017. ReKTGlobal raised $10.8M in a Series A round and will use the funds to support global expansion and entry into the League of Legends Europe Championship (LEC). The Series A was led by entrepreneur and Gross Labs founder Nick Gross, who will join ReKTGlobal's board. Participants included artist Steve Aoki, members of Imagine Dragons and their manager Mac Reynolds, Live Nation, Larry Rudolph (partner at Maverick Management), Ozone Entertainment founder Bret Disend, 1916 Management founder Jonny Gordon and other sports, media and entertainment investors.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jan 2019