Dimitris Farmakis, MBA
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 got my MBA from the Hellenic American University. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.98 out of 4.0.
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.