YaLLa Esports
Gaming / EsportsUnited Arab EmiratesClosed 2025
Total Raised
Undisclosed
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2025
Business model
Esports tournament organizer, hosting Counter-Strike (CS2) events with international broadcast partners.
In brief
Built a reputation hosting high-profile Counter-Strike tournaments with six-figure prize pools and partnerships with major international esports production companies. The company managed to pay out all 2024 prize money, but its financial position deteriorated through 2025, and it…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2021
- Closed
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Industry
- Gaming / Esports
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- —
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Often compared with: ESL Gaming, BLAST.