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Inspiring the Future of Esports Through Innovation and Purpose
December 2019 I newwaveesports.com CSE:NWES
Disclaimer The information contained in this presentation has been prepared by NEW WAVE ESPORTS CORP. (“NWE”) is confidential and proprietary to NWE. The information contained in this presentation (a) is provided as at the date hereof unless otherwise indicated, (b) does not purport to contain all of the information that may be necessary or desirable to fully and accurately evaluate NWE, and (c) is not to be considered as a recommendation by NWE that any person make an investment in NWE. This presentation is being provided to you solely for your information and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or forwarded or further distributed to any other person. By reviewing this presentation, you acknowledge and agree (i) to maintain the confidentiality of this presentation, the information contained herein and all other information received, (ii) to protect such information in the same manner you protect your own confidential information, which shall be at least a reasonable standard of care, and (iii) to not utilize any of the information contained herein or otherwise received. You will be liable for any damages caused by or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure or use or reliance of the information contained herein. FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This presentation also contains certain statements that may constitute forward-looking information under applicable securities laws. All statements, other than those of historical fact, which address activities, events, outcomes, results, developments, performance or achievements that NWE anticipates or expects may or will occur in the future (in whole or in part) should be considered forward-looking information. In some cases, forward- looking information is identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “predict”, “project”, “will”, “would”, and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions. Such information may involve, but is not limited to, comments with respect to strategies, expectations, planned operations or future results including as to NWE’s investment and other activities, and as to the esports industry potential. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and operating plans as of the date of this presentation but are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that (including risks and uncertainties relating to business and investee performance, financing, and a variety of other risks, which are set out in great detail in NWE’s CSE Form 2A Listing Statement dated October 24, 2019 and available on SEDAR) may cause actual results, performance or achievements or industry results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors are based on information currently available to NWE, including information obtained from third-party industry analysts and other third-party sources, and are based on management’s current expectations regarding future growth, transactions, future capital (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof) and expenditures. The forward-looking information contained in this presentation is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, do not read forward-looking information as guarantees of future performance or results and do not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. NWE does not intend to provide updates on any of the forward-looking information herein except as may be required by applicable securities laws. Nothing in this presentation is, or should be relied upon as, a promise or representation as to the future. There is no warranty or guarantee given by any person as to any forecast or financial outlook contained herein. Information herein relating to NWE’s investees has been provided to NWE by such parties and has not been verified.
INTRODUCTION
WHO IS
NEW WAVE ESPORTS?
We are an investment company with the goal of elevating
the entire industry of esports and competitive gaming.
We provide capital and advisory services to esports
organizations, teams, leagues, events, platforms, tools,
and technology innovators.
ACQUISITIONS ARM
Top-line revenue performers
HOLDINGS ARM
Traditional investments
ACQUISITION FOCUS
TERMS REVENUES GROWTH
Share Exchange Top-Line Revenues Optimizing Businesses
Injected Cash Component Profitability Generating New Revenues
Operation Expenses Quarterly Performance Portfolio Performance
Advisory Services Public Disclosure Industry Player
HOW WE VALUE OUR PORTFOLIO
ACQUISITIONS HOLDINGS
Top-Line Revenues Valuation at Investment
Profit Margins Current Valuation
Revenue Projections Revenue Multipliers
Product Development Industry Comparables
Team Capabilities
OBJECTIVES
$1.9b industry INVESTMENT IS HOT
Build a profitable portfolio in esports We are building the esports ecosystem alongside
with mobilization power major esports and gaming companies and brands
PROFITABILITY ADVISORy services
Pave way to a profitable industry Provide guidance for early and mature
rooted in sustainability companies in the esports and gaming industries
THE TEAM
The Gaming Society
Daniel MITRE PLAYER STATS
CEO & Managing Partner
17yr video game industry expert
Collaborated with ESL One to introduce Battlefield to worldwide esports
Fave Game of All Time Led user research for Battlefield esports modes
Marketing Monetization and Community Engagement at EA, SEGA, THQ, Spin Master,
Sierra Online, and more
Worked closely with Developers at DICE, BioWare, Maxis, and more
Fave Esports to Watch
Global campaigns and communications for major franchises including
Battlefield ($1.6B/title), The Sims ($599M/title), FIFA ($1.4B/year), and more
Advisor to The Gaming Society
Co-Founded Thunderbolt CDG
THE TEAM
Trumbull Fisher PLAYER STATS
President & Managing Partner
15yrs of capital markets experience
Fave Game of All Time Co-Founded FDB Capital, a real estate development
Co-Founded Sui Generis, a successful equity hedge fund
Co-led significant capital raises for a variety of industries
Worked as a Trader at finance companies including National Bank of
Fave Esports to Watch
Canada, M Partners, Casimir, and more
Member of Think Technologies Board of Directors
THE TEAM
Clayton Fisher PLAYER STATS
Corporate Development & Director
10yr Investment Advisor
Fave Game of All Time Held positions at Cannacord, Raymond James, and Think Technologies
Managed over $400M in assets for corporations around the world
Thorough understanding of tech sector
Fave Esports to WatchESPORTS
& Gaming
AT A
GLANCE
GAMING 2.5 BILLION GAMERS WORLDWIDE
$230 billion in Revenue projected by 2022
Overwatch
Franchise
380 Million esports fans
buy-in
esports
$1.9 billion in Revenue projected by 2021
$20M
Gamers 79% of esports fans under 35
Typically young, male, and affluent
2019 PRIZE POOL
Viewers 50% of viewers in Asia
Projecting 9 billion hours watched in 2021
$100MHOW ESPORTS MAKES MONEY
REVENUE SPONSORSHIP & ADS GAME PUBLISHER FEES MEDIA RIGHTS LEAGUE DISTRIBUTIONS CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
STREAMS MERCHANDISE SALES TICKET SALES USER MONETIZATION PRIZE PURSES PRODUCTION SERVICES
TEAMS EVENTS PLATFORMS TOOLS
80
60 50 80 100 95
46
54
45 37.5 60 75
26
30 25
Rev %
30 25 40 50
22
17
15 14 15 12.5 20
20
25
4
2 3 2 5
2
0 0 0 0
Merch
Misc
Content Distro
Pub Fees
League Distro
Prize Purses
Sponsors & Ads
Chan. Monetization
Merch
Sponsor & Ads
Media Rights
Prod. Services
Ticket Sales
Merch
Sponsor & Ads
Monetization
Sponsor & Ads
Monetization
*Estimated accumulative performance of current portfolio.MYTHBUSTING ESPORTS
TEAMS EVENTS PLATFORMS TOOLS
Teams can generate Events drive consistent Platforms are highly Every vertical in esports
large top-line revenues revenue through the year scaleable across ecosystem needs
the globe supportive tools
Franchise spots open Publishers lean on Opening doors to Dial in B2B clients
revenues and exposure tournament organizers global audiences with B2C scalability
to offset production increases potential revenue in mind
Not all teams are Majority of overhead Development takes Not all publishers
profitable allocated to event considerable capital and developers
production and continued optimization allow API access or
provide SDKsINVESTMENT VertIcals 1. TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS 2. EVENTS & tournament organizers 3. PLATFORMS & NETWORKS 4. TeCHNOLOGIES & Tools
Teams & organizations
HOLDINGS INVESTMENT
TIIDAL GAMING
Investment to support their growth in esports and
entertainment.
Lazarus
They own and operate one of Canada's premier esports teams,
Lazarus, which is comprised of 50+ professional players and 12
professional teams across 10 countries.
Won $3.5M in fortnite world cup
Placed 2nd in Duos and 4th in Singles in 2019 tournament.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION
60+ podium finishes and 32+ tournament wins.
Actively Competing
Competes in 12 games including Fortnite, PUBG, Counter-Strike:
Global Offensive, Madden, NHL, and more.
*$400k CAD Investment closed in March 2019Teams & organizations
HOLDINGS INVESTMENT
TALON ESPORTS
Professional esports organization with a growing presence across Asia
including Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
MULTIPLE TEAMS
Participating in a number of triple A gaming titles including Overwatch, Tekken
7, Street Fighter V, Arena of Valor, Rainbow 6 Siege and Clash Royale.
BREEDING CHAMPIONS
Overwatch (3x Pacific Champions), Street Fighter V (PPL Masters
Champion, Red Bull Kumite Last Chance Qualifier), and Tekken 7 (Thaiger
Uppercut, Fighting Games Challenge, DOUBLE K.O. #4, Atlanta Battle
Opera).
MAJOR SPONSORS
Securing sponsorships with partners such as Logitech, H Cubed
Investments, Noble Chairs and Twitch with more to come heading
into 2020.
HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT
Operators of a creative studio based in Hong Kong to support both
endemic and non-endemic clients with brand activation and digital
marketing campaigns in the esports space.
*$400k CAD Investment closed in December 2019Events & tournament organizers
ACQUISITION
EVEN MATCHUP GAMING
Esports events production and broadcast company based in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to
acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of EMG not currently held
by NWE, who currently holds an 18% stake.
HYPER-ENGAGED AUDIENCE
With 80+ events per year, their audience continues to grow with 7,400+
attendees, 84.5k+ Twitch followers, and 32.3M+ video views on Twitch and
YouTube.
Scaling & Growing
The company's tournament operator model is integral to the esports
industry ecosystem as it is scalable and rapidly growing.
Fighting Games
Their focus on fighting games uniquely positions the company in an
important emerging sector of esports.
Get On My Level & LET’S MAKE MOVES
GOML 2019 saw 2.1K+ players,1M unique Twitch viewers. Let’s
Make Moves 2019 projecting 1K players, 2.4M Twitch impressions.
*$250k CAD Investment closed in March 2019; Entered into definitive agreement for full acquisition in December 2019Platforms & networks
Holdings INVESTMENT
PLAYLINE
Supporting business growth, audience expansion, platform
optimization, and objective of making fantasy sports accessible
to traditional sports and esports fans.
Daily Fantasy Esports
Platform is intuitive for new and existing fantasy sports players.
Ability to connect large audiences to the growing sector
establishes them as an industry leader.
Co-Founder & talent
Co-founded by UFC Middleweight Champion Michael
Bisping, and has secured NBA All-Star Roy Hibbert as their
Investor/Strategic Partnerships manager.
Significant growth
270k~ users currently on their platform with continuous increasing
Average Revenue per User and Lifetime Value per User.
Key Partnerships
Generated $1.05M in Gross Game Play and 7.8K user
increase in 24hr period with NFL & NBA partnership, and
partnered with NASCAR for full on-site race activations.
*$250k CAD Investment closed in March 2019Platforms & networks
HOLDINGS INVESTMENT
AVATAR ONE ESPORTS CAPITAL
CORP
Esports acquisition vehicle created by a group of Canada's top
investors.
Capital Raise
Team raised $1M+.
Target Vertical
Luckbox, an esports betting platform, received shell funding.
*$150K CAD Investment closed in August 2019TECHNOLOGIES & TOOLS
ACQUISITION
THUNDERBOLT CDG
Fully acquired a software applications and technology
development company that has provided services for 40+
startup companies.
TOOLS & SOLUTIONS
Conceptualizing tools and solutions in the near future to meet
the growing needs of the esports industry.
Technology development
Expands New Wave Esports' offerings and capabilities in technology
and tools development.
Innovation
An esports and competitive gaming venture with a focus on
innovating and growing the esports industry.
*Acquisition finalized in January 2019Company Growth
Public Listing Acquisition
Definitive Portfolio
Avatar One Esports Agreement Growth &
Capital Corp. Expansion
Acquisition Investment
Investments
NWE Asia
Established Investment
NWE
Founded
Capital Raise Capital Raise
2019
Aug
May
2020
Nov
Mar
Feb
Jan
Oct
DecPRESS COVERAGE
94
PIECES OF PRESS
3.82B 2.22M 1.42K
Online readership est. coverage views Social shares
COVERAGE
13 51
Average domain
Links from COVERAGE authorityCAPITALIZATION STRUCTURE
OTHER CONVERTIBLE
TOTAL SHARES TOTAL WARRANTS SECURITIES
77,692,033 59,824,864 14,866,666
7,466,666
OPTIONS
7,400,000
RSU’S*
*Effective at RTO closing on October 24, 2019
*RSU’s vest over 1 year
*Insiders own 10%WARRANTS FROM PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
STRIKE QUANTITY
$.18 21,737,866
$.20 22,723,000
$.30 12,282,666
56,743,532COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES
ACQUISITIONS Partnerships Sponsorships
Global opportunities in Strategic alignment and Increase portfolio
Teams, Events, Platforms, collaboration with esports, revenue and
and Tools gaming, and non-endemic engagement with
brands esports audiencesEXECUTIVE TEAM
Daniel MITRE Trumbull Fisher TIFFANY LEE
CEO & Managing Partner President & Managing Partner CFO & Corporate Secretary
Daniel has 17+ years experience in video Trumbull holds a B.A. in Law and is Tiffany holds a B.B.A. Honors from Wilfrid
game marketing, developer and player qualified with over 15 years of capital Laurier University. She currently acts as
communications, and building large-scale markets experience. He has contributed control of several publicly-traded
communities for AAA franchises, t o s o m e o f t h e l a rg e s t f i n a n c i a l companies.
including esports and competitive institutions in Canada by raising
gaming experiences. He has led global significant amounts of capital and has co-
campaigns and community programs for founded financial companies and
Electronic Arts, Sega of America, THQ, investment funds. In previous positions,
Music Mastermind, Spin Master Studios, Trumbull was Co-Founder, COO, and
Sierra Online, and more. Daniel is also an Head of Trading for a hedge fund.
Advisor to The Tech Society and Co-
Founder of Thunderbolt CDG.BOARD of Directors
CLAYTON FISHER Jeffrey Stevens Richard carl
10+ years of experience as Over 18 years of professional Extensive experience in serving as a board
an Investment Advisor in the experience in the Canadian capital member and in executive roles for private
financial services industry. markets. He has worked on the and public companies in a number of
retail-side of the fence as an industries including, oil and gas, real estate,
Assistant Investment Advisor, on financial services, power generation and
the buy-side as an Arbitrage mining. Many of these roles have included
Trader at a Hedge Fund, and on fund raising, both debt and equity, joint
the sell-side in both a Sales and ventures and restructurings as well as
Trading capacity. principal investing.
TRUMBULL Fisher BYRon COULTHARD
President of New Wave Esports Corporate finance professional who
acts as director and officer of several
publicly-traded companies.ADVISORS
Neil Duffy MANNY ANEKAL LANCE MUDD
Chief Commercial Officer of 15+ years of experience within Gaming Founding member and Sport Director of
WorldGaming.com and Esports with executive roles at USEF. As Sport Director and Executive Board
Director of Tiidal Gaming Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Zynga, Kiip member, he oversees the USEF qualifying
and Major League Gaming. Currently series to support USA Esports to compete at
involved in the Esports ecosystem the 11th IESF eSports World Championship,
through The Next Level and Versus as well as leading all-new development and
Consulting. partnership of USEF activities with
International and NGB’s .
Taylor Ward STAN PRESS
Former entrepreneur in the 14+ years of experience in
gaming space with experience in gaming and esports as a former
startup financing, technology, and competitor turned senior
event design. marketer, partnerships, and
business development
professional.CONTACT US CONTACT@NEWWAVEESPORTS.COM December 2019 | newwaveesports.com
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