Fnatic is a professional esports organization based in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, Fnatic is the world’s leading esports organization, with a winning legacy of 17 years and counting in over 28 different titles. On February 3, 2021, Fnatic entered VALORANT by signing SUMN FC. The team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such as Apex Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, FIFA, Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends, Valorant and Rainbow Six Siege. Parimatch, FNATIC Gear, AMD, PCSPECIALIST, Letou, Monster Energy, Andaseat, BMW, Jack Link’s, Hisense and Kaspersky are some of fnatic’s biggest sponsors. It was founded by Samuel and Anne Mathews, and Samuel is also the current CEO of the company.
Team and Roster
Fnatic announced their entrance in Valorant on February 3rd 2021 by signing SUMN FC with a roster consisting of Boaster, Doma, Mistic, Moe40 and tsack. They also signed mini as their head coach. Due to poor coordination they decided to release tsack and Moe40 to later sign Dreke and Magnum on April 8th 2021. In December 2021, they decided to bench Doma. In January, they released Doma and added BraveAF to the roster.
In Game Name | Real Name | Joining Date |
Boaster | Jake Howlett | 03-02-2021 |
Mistic | James Orfila | 03-02-2021 |
Derke | Nikita Sirmitev | 08-04-2021 |
Magnum | Martin Peňkov | 08-04-2021 |
BraveAF | Andrey Gorchakov | 21-01-202 |
Tournament | Date | Position | Prize |
VALORANT Champions 2021 | 09-12-2021 | 5-8th | $40,000 |
Red Bull Home Ground #2 | 05-11-2021 | 5-8th | $2,861 |
LVP – Rising Series #3 | 06-09-2021 | 3-4th | $591 |
LVP – Rising Series #3 European Qualifier | 26-08-2021 | 1-8th | $0 |
VCT 2021: Europe Stage 3 Challengers 2 | 31-07-2021 | 3rd | $7,094 |
VCT 2021: Europe Stage 3 Challengers 1 | 08-07-2021 | 5-6th | $0 |
VCT 2021: Europe Stage 3 Challengers 1 – Closed Qualifier | 02-07-2021 | 5-8th | $0 |
VCT 2021: Stage 2 Masters – Reykjavík | 30-05-2021 | 2nd | $100,000 |
VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 2 Challengers Finals | 02-05-2021 | 2nd | $18,040 |
VCT 2021: Europe Stage 2 Challengers 2 | 18-04-2021 | 1st | $17,957 |
Majorly in Valorant, team Fnatic earns from the tournament prize pools, and the total earnings till date are approximately $186,543. Also, there are various brand endorsements and the value is not disclosed by the organization.