This pitch won 17-year-old Scott Hiett $1.5M for his esports startup - Business Insider

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Check out the pitch deck this 17-year-old coding whiz kid used to win $1.5 million in funding for his esports startup Edge

Become an InsiderEsports payments and contracts platform Edge recently raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round backed by Green Egg Ventures and former Mastercard executive Robert Reeg.

Founded in 2018 by former sports lawyer Adam Whyte, gaming industry veteran David Yarnton, and 17-year-old coding whiz kid Scott Hiett, Edge's platform is designed to streamline the contracts, payments, and logistics involved in running esports tournaments. , the esports industry is awash with questionable contracts and shady numbers. Edge is hoping to bring an end to that by formalizing the process and improving transparency among gamers and sponsors.

"My family's extremely supportive, and I wouldn't be where I am today without them," Hiett told Business Insider. "I've been programming as long as I can remember ... We literally have photos of me as a kid, sitting with an ice cream tub, and I've scribbled 'computer' on the lid."

 

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