Tech startup Nexplay, an esports ecosystem company founded by Filipinos, has appointed as president and co-founder business leader Miguel Bernas, who aims to usher the company into its latest funding round and the expansion of its business.
Bernas, a veteran executive who has 25 years of global media industry experience, will lead strategy and corporate governance, as well as spearhead fundraising as the company moves towards its Series A investment round.
“The games industry in the region and in the Philippines is at an inflection point,” said Bernas. “Aside from further expanding our esports ecosystem, we also plan to venture into the high-growth area of Web3.0, NFTs and blockchain gaming. In the same way that games leaped from arcades to the home, from desktop devices to mobile handsets and from offline to online, blockchain technology will be the next revolution in gaming.”
Bernas has worked with big brands such as MTV, CNBC, Singapore’s Mediacorp, and digital media pioneer Yahoo! He has also led marketing teams in global and the Asia Pacific roles at Nokia, Singtel and PayPal.
“Miguel has been part of our team, backing us when all we had was a prototype and being one of our earliest investors,” said Gabriel Benito, CEO and Founder of Nexplay. “To have him step up into a more active role and bring his global media experience to Nexplay will be a huge benefit to the team.”
Already operationally profitable with revenues growing at 150 percent year-on-year, Bernas said Nexplay “is looking to bolster its esports ecosystem and enhance its professional esports teams and content creator offerings to brands and advertisers.”
Nexplay brands itself as “Southeast Asia’s premier esports ecosystem comnpany” that also owns multiple esports teams including the popular Nexplay Evos.