PlayVS
Amateur eSports platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Gaming
- eSports
- Community
- Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
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Company mission
To create transformative opportunities for personal growth and skill development through gaming.
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
PlayVS is an eSports company which allows high schools and colleges to organise leagues and events via an online portal. It operates like a governing body and organisational system for interschool esports competitions, and even includes player and team performance metrics and a high school scholarship pool.
The profile of the eSports world is rising at a rapid pace, and PlayVS is growing just as quickly, striking deals with school sports organizations and big-name game publishers. In just a few years, it's grown its footprint to all 50 states and has even expanded into Canada after acquiring GameSeta, a Vancouver-based company with a similar eSports infrastructure model.
While the company's rise across schools and colleges has been remarkable, there are plans to move into the general consumer market. On the back of its significant funding rounds, it’ll be interesting to see if it can roll out a new generation of direct-to-consumer products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2020
$10.5m
SERIES C
Sep 2019
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $106.5m
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Leadership
Jon Chapman
(CEO)Prior to joining PlayVS in 2023, Jon was the co-founder and President of EverFi. Before that, they spent 11 years at Score Educational Centers as a Senior Director, Region Manager and Region Director.
Jonathan Boswell
(CTO)Jonathan joined PlayVS in 2020 as the Head of Engineering, moving into the role of CTO in 2025. Prior to PlayVS, they were the CTO at ArborBridge and COO at Senico Labs.
Juanita Russell
(CFO)Prior to joining PlayVS in 2026, Juanita was an SVP & CFO at Common Securitization Solutions. They also served as a CFO Consultant at Northstar Financial Consulting Group and spent 21 years at MERSCORP Holdings as a VP & Controller and SVP & CFO.