9 August 2023

Blue Star Capital plc

("Blue Star" or the "Company")

Googly announces significant partnership with the Caribbean Premier Cricket League

Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a focus on esports, payments, technology and its applications within media and gaming, notes Googly Media Holdings PTE. Limited ("Googly") recent press release announcing that Googly & the Caribbean Premier League ("CPL") have signed an agreement to launch the E-sports Caribbean Premier League ("ECPL).

The CPL ranks among the world's foremost sporting leagues, drawing over 720 million annual viewers for its T20 cricket competition. In this year's tournament commencing on August 16th, CPL enthusiasts have the opportunity to engage in the ECPL on Googly, a cutting-edge esports and gaming platform from India, enabling them to represent their preferred teams. The ECPL, featuring a $25,000 prize pool, spans 7 weeks and three stages. Each CPL team (Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Saint Lucia Kings, and Trinbago Knight Riders) will hold Open Qualifiers on Googly's esports platform to discover their mobile esports representative. One of the supporting partners of the inaugural ECPL on Googly include Nextwave Multimedia - publishers of World Cricket Championship 3 ("WCC3") which is the official game of the ECPL and has 80 million downloads worldwide.

Googly is a Blue Star investee company and business partner of Blue Star's portfolio company Dynasty Gaming and Media ("Dynasty"), Blue Star holds a 0.6 per cent. interest in Googly.

Tony Fabrizi, Executive Chairman of Blue Star Capital said that: "The Indian gaming market continues to enjoy strong growth and Googly's agreement with the Caribbean Premier League is a tremendous launch pad for Googly. We look forward to further announcements on this initiative and many others planned by Googly later this year."

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About Blue Star

Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new technologies. Blue Star's investments include SatoshiPay Limited, an incubator and service provider to de-fi businesses using blockchain technology; 4 early-stage to mid-level esports companies, including Guild eSports plc, a global esports business headquartered in London and Dynasty Gaming & Media Pte. Ltd., whose B2B white label platform is a full-stack gaming ecosystem; and Sthaler Limited, an identity and payments technology business which enables a consumer to identify themselves and pay using just their finger.

About Googly

Googly is one of India's newest esports and gaming destinations. Googly's unique competitive ecosystem provides India's 500 million gamers with an expansive selection of experiences featuring casual gaming, real money gaming, and esports competitions, all via a single integrated platform. The platform provides an interactive social wall, a highly engaging content library, live broadcast functionality, and a unique platform wallet that converts fiat currency into virtual currency. This allows users to participate in prize pools, user-generated tournaments & rewards, and purchase the latest digital items from Googly's gaming voucher & top-up store., covering mobile, PC, and console across hundreds of titles.

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