Houston, TX (Mar. 14, 2020) - Uconnect Esports, an esports and gaming sponsorship marketplace that connects brands with esports and gaming organizations, is proud to be partnering with Twitch Student, HyperX, and Cooler Master to support and sponsor collegiate esports organizations, events, and esports venues for 2020, exclusively on the Uconnect platform.

The Uconnect Esports platform is an online marketplace that allows brands to discover and sponsor esports and gaming events held by organizations. By streamlining and automating the entire sponsorship process, Uconnect Esports allows brands to efficiently and reliably activate across hundreds of events and organizations in North America through deliverables executed by the organizations, including social media campaigns, physical booths, event support packages, and product sponsorships.

“Uconnect Esports continues to devote themselves to elevating collegiate gaming and esports clubs in North America. We are proud to continue our support for community leaders who bring students together and create opportunities for each other,” said Mark “Garvey” Candella, Director of Student and Education Programs at Twitch. Twitch Student will be using the Uconnect Esports platform exclusively this year to sponsor over 100 collegiate esports and gaming events.

Uconnect Esports launched it’s alpha platform at it’s Texas Collegiate Esports Summit in August of 2019. The Uconnect Esports platform has since incorporated over 120 major collegiate esports and gaming organizations across North America on its platform, including many organizations from tier 1 universities like Longhorn Gaming at the University of Texas - Austin. During Spring of 2019, Uconnect Esports facilitated over 160 collegiate sponsorships across 8 different brands, including Twitch, on it’s platform.

“As organization leaders of the first generation of collegiate esports, our goal at Uconnect Esports is to open an entire ecosystem for sponsorships and support,” said Dylan Liu, CEO and founder of Uconnect Esports. “Collegiate esports is a new space for many brands and collegiate administrators. We are helping both sides enter the ecosystem while prioritizing students. We want to make sure that these organizations and this ecosystem continue to be led and driven by students, with the support of administrators and brands.”

Uconnect Esports will also be partnering with DreamHack on an esports summit series titled Collegiate Rising, powered by Twitch Student. Uconnect Esports will be hosting official collegiate panels and meetups at DreamHack, PAX, and SXSW. The panel’s speakers range from former collegiate leaders now working for major brands, to university administrators building up their university’s collegiate program.

For more information about Uconnect Esports, please visit Facebook and Twitter for news on upcoming partnerships and new platform features throughout the coming months.

About Uconnect Esports

Uconnect Esports is an online sponsorship marketplace that connects brands with over 120 major collegiate esports and gaming organizations across North America. By streamlining and automating the sponsorship process, Uconnect Esports provides a scalable solution for brands to reliably and efficiently coordinate sponsorships and execute large scale marketing campaigns with hundreds of collegiate esports and gaming organizations across North America.

Uconnect Esports is a Capital Factory and Sputnik ATX accelerator Alumni.

About Twitch

Twitch is the world’s leading social video service and community for gamers. Each day, millions of community members gather to watch, talk, and chat about shared interests. Twitch’s video service is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for all types of content, including the entire video game ecosystem, the creative arts, vlogging (IRL), and more. Twitch also runs TwitchCon, the annual convention for celebrating the Twitch community.

About HyperX

For 19 years, HyperX’s mission has been to develop gaming solutions for every type of gamer and the company is consistently recognized for delivering products that provide superior comfort, aesthetics, performance, and reliability. Under the tagline of “WE’RE ALL GAMERS,” HyperX gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, USB microphones, and console accessories are the choice of everyday gamers as well as celebrity ambassadors, pro gamers, tech enthusiasts, and overclockers worldwide because they meet the most stringent product specifications and are built with best-in-class components. For more information, please go to www.hyperx.com.

About HP

HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions, we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP Inc. is available at http://www.hp.com.

About Cooler Master

Cooler Master is a global leader in designing and manufacturing innovative gaming peripherals and computer components. With a 25-year track record, Cooler Master is driven by passion for the things that make building a PC a rewarding experience and sustained by a vision that can reinvent the way machines are designed, made, and used to make the ultimate gaming experience. From its landmark release of the first ever aluminum PC case to the groundbreaking switch of the modular format, Cooler Master is committed to bringing customers and fans the utmost in choice and control. For more information on Cooler Master, please visit www.coolermaster.com or follow us http://www.facebook.com/coolermaster.

About DreamHack

DreamHack is all about entertainment for the digital generation. Founded in 1994 as a BYOC LAN party, DreamHack grew over 25 years to a global phenomenon as the digital festival for today’s youth, hosted throughout Europe and North America. DreamHack festivals feature multiple esports competitions, live music, exhibitions, creative competitions, LAN party, cosplay and much more. DreamHack helped pioneer esports and continues to be one of the largest global producers of esports content. Millions of viewers tune in from all over the world to watch DreamHack broadcasts every year. DreamHack events welcomed more than 345,000 visitors in 2019.

More information is available at dreamhack.com. DreamHack is part of leading international digital entertainment group MTG. More information at mtg.com.

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