Dimitris Farmakis
Esports & Web3 Strategist
Esports & Web3 professional advisor and project consultant with a strong focus on startups, emerging markets, and education. Over 12 years industry experience across esports & gaming and over 5 years industry experience in Web3.
About
I've spend most of my career in gaming and esports and the last few years working in the Web3 space.
Highlights include:
✓ I've handled Business Development for Yesports.gg and elevated it to a project with a combined potential reach of 30M esports fans. I also supported on fundraising ($6.05M raised), product development, and product management.✓ As a member of the Operations team in Yieldly.finance, I supported the founding team through raises ($1.4M raised), product developments, listings, community growth/management and partnerships.✓ While collaborating with First Point Ventures, we brokered sponsorships for Alliance, Team Secret, and MAD Lions.✓ I've organized my own esports events and have worked alongside top national/regional teams and TOs. Now, I have a globally spanning esports network consisting of teams, players, and agencies.✓ I've been an Esports & Web3 Guest Lecturer and Advisor for two Greek universities.✓ I've spoken about Esports & Web3 in several engagements and interviews - two of them were on national TV.✓ I'm working on getting my MBA at the Hellenic American University.
You can find more about me and my professional experience on LinkedIn. See you there!
past and present collaborations
More coming soon.
Speaking Engagements & Interviews
Here is a list of my interviews and speaking engagements:
→ COSMOTE TV's Game R1; Are NFTs the future of videogames?→ COSMOTE TV's Game R1; Esports: Its present and its future.→ Gazzetta.gr; Web3 in Sports.→ Frontrunners in Sports Management 2022; Esports: What, Why, and How.→ Sports Management Podcast; Esports in a nutshell.→ Gamers Change Lives Podcast: Esports Sponsorship & Investment.→ University of Peloponnese: Esports business seminar.→ University of Peloponnese: International Scientific Conference, where I spoke about how Sports & Esports can use emerging tech (Web3, AI).
Other speaking engagements & interviews: GAME 2022, 2023,Flash.gr.