Ophir Lupu has exited UTA after more than 10 years as a partner and the agency’s head of video games. The split is said to be amicable. When reached by Variety, Lupu declined to comment. He’s…
. That company released “Trover Saves the Universe” in 2019 and has first-person-shooter “High on Life” due in October for Xbox consoles.
In addition to representing game studios, Lupu also helped raise capital and negotiate M&A deals for gaming entities, aiding “Don’t Starve” developer Klei Entertainment in selling a majority stake of itself to Tencent in 2021. Other investments of Lupu for UTA included esports organization Cloud9, which has been a big presence in “League of Legends” competitions. In 2018, Lupu greatly expanded UTA’s esports footprint via the acquisitions of Press X and Everyday Influencers, which added 90 professional esports athletes and livestreaming personalities to the UTA portfolio.
UTA hasn’t slowed its push into gaming. In December 2021, UTA started a new $230 million SPAC, UTA Acquisition Corp., with the aim of pursuing further acquisitions of gaming-related companies and appointed former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé as its chairman. Lupu served as president of the SPAC before his departure.
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