In keeping with impartial journalist Richard Lewis, Danish esports group Astralis modified possession on September 5 and has been acquired by Fusion Esports Group.
Not a lot is thought about Fusion Esports Group, apart from the truth that it was formally registered on the identical day and that its director, Jakob Lund Kristensen, was the founder and CEO of Copenhagen Wolves between 2012 and 2016, in addition to the co-founder of each Astralis and BLAST.
Danish industrial registry data present that Fusion Esports Group is a part of JLK HOLDING ApS, which, based on Richard Lewis, has “been inactive for a while.”
Kristensen served as Vice President of Gross sales at BLAST from December 2016 to August 2019. In keeping with his LinkedIn profile, he later returned to Astralis after RFRSH Leisure’s aggressive division separated, working as Chief Income Officer till January 2023.
This information ends months of hypothesis about Astralis’ future. Again in April, HLTV and Dust2.dk reported that Astralis was actively in search of consumers for the corporate’s model, mental property rights, and CS division, with former Ninjas in Pyjamas COO Jonas “calc” Gundersen named as one of many events.
Sources advised HLTV that the deal is anticipated to be introduced within the coming days. Simply final week, Astralis confirmed the return of former staff member Emil “Magisk” Reif, who rejoined the roster to interchange Martin “stavn” Lund, at the moment on a break for private causes.
