SBI Digital Hub, Inc. announced today that it will merge with SBI e-Sports, Inc. as of August 1, 2024. The main business of SBI e-Sports, including the professional e-sports team "SBI e-Sports" and the official VTuber "Shunsui Rei", will continue to operate in the future.
SBI Digital Hub merges with SBI e-Sports
SBI e-Sports Inc. was established in June 2020 as the first step for the SBI Group to enter the e-sports field. The professional e-sports team "SBI e-Sports" includes "Street Fighter" player Hibiki (@HibikiTheBeast ) and "Apex Legends" player cheeky (@ttcheekyttt ). and others. In September 2021, the official VTuber " Shunsui Rei (@ShunsuiRei_SBI )" made her debut.
SBI Digital Hub Corporation, which provides various consulting services including new business development related to Web3, announced the acquisition of SBI e-Sports Corporation. Since the merger is within the same SBI group, no major changes are expected, but the business will be taken over as the digital entertainment business of SBI Digital Hub, Inc. after August 1, 2024 (Thursday).
SBI e-Sports, Inc. is currently providing the premium optical fiber service "SBI e-Sports NET / SBI e-Sports HIKARI", which is monitored by the professional e-sports team "SBI e-Sports". There are high synergies with SBI Digital Hub's businesses and services such as Web3, DX, and Blockchain, and there are high expectations for new business plans utilizing the name recognition of the teams and players in the future.
Comments from SBI Digital Hub, Inc.
SBI e-Sports株式会社公式サイトWe will continue to strive for further business expansion to contribute to the social implementation and mass adoption of Web3, as well as the healthy development of the e-sports field and the creation of a new content industry.