Jonas Gundersen

Esports Investor & Entrepreneur | One IPO, Multiple Investments | Founder at Continuum X Group

Former Group COO of NIP Group, recently listed on Nasdaq ($NIPG), 15+ years of startups and executive leadership, former professional esports athlete.

Chief Operating Officer

Ninjas in Pyjamas: An iconic esports team with over 20 years of legacy and championship wins, fielding teams around the globe, across various major game titles

At Ninjas in Pyjamas, I am in charge of all daily operations, with an extended focus on commercialization and esports.

Yesterday, Astralis delivered a CS match on a SAS - Scandinavian Airlines plane through Starlink - and Elon Musk tweeted about it 🚀 


Pushing esports and gaming into mainstream acceptance in an authentic and healthy way, is always going to be a passion of mine. When our team comes up with campaigns like this, utilizing the Astralis brand to connect different stakeholders to tell great stories, it makes me so happy for where esports is heading.

I gotta say though, in 2003, I flew to South Korea to play in the World Cyber Games, and the thought of playing an actual game on the plane with high-speed internet was definitely not on the bingo card 😂

Crazy to see how far we've come with gaming in all those years, and what's even wilder is that both the new generations of fans and technology only work in our favor with every year that goes.

After our turnaround of the team, we are only a small group of people, but already punching well above our weight. 

Mad high fives to Jakob Lund Kristensen & Patrick Payberg, Markus Kjærbye, and of course, all the partners and collaborators we used, for bringing this to life! 


Trying my hardest not to end on the most obvious and cringiest line ever, but come on, we gotta go there;

Esports is truly starting to take off! 🚀 🎮 😂 ✈️ 

#esports #gaming #branding #sponsorships

Founder of Fusion Esports Group, Astralis Owners | ex-COO of NIP Group, Listed on NASDAQ ($NIPG)

"When are you going to get a real job!?" I mean... probably never 😂 


Grinding on the business, in between a couple of CS games, with my partner in crime Jakob Lund Kristensen, as Astralis plays the first match of the new season, with an international roster. 

My whole career has been guided towards the things I enjoyed the most, with people that I enjoy hanging out with both professionally and privately. Add some serious ambition, and you've got the ride of a lifetime.

Specially in a business like ours it's important to ignore the small daily swings, and focus on the habits, culture, rational decisions and core fundamentals. The positive compound effect over time, is what builds legacies.

Enjoy the ride out there, grinders! 🚀 🎮 

#esports #gaming #entrepreneurship

All journeys I've taken throughout my career return the same data: 
Every business is truly a people business.


For our strategy offsite to kick everything off after the turnaround, three new amazing colleagues joined our small team:

- Troels Banggaard as Director of Performance
- Patrick Payberg as Director of Brand Activation
- Maximilian Richter as Director of Growth & Platforms


Troels has extensive experience from Odense Boldklub, F.C. København & FC Midtjylland, and many other places, working across the entire spectrum of performance. Patrick, with the coolest combination of Sony Music Entertainment and latest AIRTOX Professional Footwear, working with artists, branding, and events, and then finally Max, who comes with a decade of esports growth and community experience, at one of the largest and most iconic companies in the space, ESL FACEIT Group - EFG.

They join Julian Miculcy, who runs all of esports, and Mathilde A., Chief of Staff, the glue that keeps it all together, and of course, Jakob Lund Kristensen and me, trusting in our crazy ideas, as we re-ignite our momentum.

Building, empowering, and nurturing high-performing teams remains the single most important factor in business. Whether a startup, a new business unit within a larger structure, or a restructured company like Astralis, what matters the very most is the first people you get onboard, and how you build a common direction together, rooted in a culture that defines the actions we all take each day. I am so proud of the group we've put together already, and it's been massively inspiring being in a room with people this good, all owning their areas as true high performers, hearing them all go through their thoughts and plans, with healthy and engaged debate from everyone.

I've always loved and embraced the concept from the legendary Netflix culture deck that coins "Talent Density" as a core KPI for any high-performing company, and I can honestly say we've nailed it with the first people here. 

Culture literally is the backbone of everything, and ours is one of committing to the power of collaborative good decision-making, solving one problem at a time, which compounds into a momentum that makes success and sustainable growth inevitable. 

Now, back to the grind. To the stars, people! ✨ 🎮 

#esports #hiring #performance #gaming

Chris Kissack

Acclaim Limited

I have joined Acclaim Limited as part of their growth strategy to raise their profile in existing and new sectors. I specialise in providing training on AI. My work within the Artificial Intelligence space includes running workshops, training and producing content to knowledge share.

Senior Business Development Manager

TEN.gg

As the Business Development Manager at TEN.GG I work with Org’s, TO’s and all sorts of talent within the industry to help them use our business platform to hire authentic professionals, get hired and also engage with multiple aspects of the industry authentically.

TEN.GG is an esports business platform built and managed by those who have a genuine passion and love for the industry and who have worked with some of the biggest names in the space.

Business Development Manager

Discover: Esports

Helping create the most amazing esports educational experience for those wanting to learn the fundamentals of the exciting and fast moving world of competitive video gaming.

Co-Founder

Digital Isle of Man

Championing esports on the Isle of Man by supporting grassroots initiatives and educating those in the esports industry on the benefits of the Isle of Man being part of their strategic growth.

As Head of esports for Isle of Man’s Digital Agency which is part of the Department for Enterprise within the Isle of Man Government, I help nurture an authentic esports ecosystem, educate service providers on opportunities within the space, how they can best add value to those in the industry and raise the Islands profile as the Island to do business with in esports. Sports is in the Isle of Man's DNA, whether is it Cycling, Motorsport or creating Olympic level athletes. As a jurisdiction we are known for our robust gold standard regulation and registration, whether that is within eGaming, finance or shipping. The Isle of Man has a lot to offer the world of esports.

Esports advisor for Digital Isle of Man, an executive agency within the Isle of Man Government

Amber Gaming

I work with Org Owners looking to structure their brand for tax efficiency, Pro Players who are wanting to protect their wealth more strategically and TO's who are struggling with things like payment processing and managing their prize pools.

Esports Specialist

The Fedelta Group

My role within The Fedelta Group was to plan and implement sales, product and marketing programs, targeting existing and new markets. 

Having joined the firm in June 2016, there were exciting developments underway which I was the driving seat for. A brand evolution, launching innovative new products and working with some of the most respected individuals in the financial and wealth management industry are just some of the items I worked on at The Fedelta Group. 

With over a century of shared experience in family, individual and corporate wealth management services, the team at The Fedelta Group was strengthened by my extensive knowledge base and proven track record of working at a high level in a wide range of sectors and industries.

Group Marketing Manager

IQ-EQ

\​ Responsible for supporting regional sales teams in Europe, Asia and the Americas.  
\​ Business unit manager of CRM.
\​ Building dynamic sales materials for CardScape - FNTC's electronic payment solution for the fractional ownership industry.

Sales and Marketing Manager

First National Trustee Company (FNTC)

\ Responsible for the delivery of electronic commerce solutions and services to a global client base,  which processes circa €70 million annually. 
 \ Client relationship ownership and management across multiple juristications and time zones. 
 \ Project management with high level technical translation to key stake holders.
 \ Site visits to provide training along with guidence on process and procedure improvement.

Assistant Manager

Data Processing Network

I was responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of service and support to a large on island client base along with providing expertise to the software development team. Part of my role was to translate end user requirements technically to the developers and assist in building an intuitive user experience in all in house created products. I would regularly provide training to clients on our systems which ranged from as 1 on 1 session to classes of a dozen attendees.

Operations Manager

Waltons

Heading up IT support for all IT hardware and software sold. Providing phone support, on-site  support and sales advice on range of IT products.

Head of IT Support

A lifelong gamer and tech solution specialist who is driven by a passion for problem-solving, thinking outside the box and a love for sharing knowledge on Artificial Intelligence, Gaming and emerging tech. 

Mostly found on the Isle of Man but has been known to pop up in Europe, US and Latin America within the AI, gaming, esports and corporate sectors or anywhere he can problem solve and knowledge share.

Helping create the most amazing esports educational experience for those wanting to learn the fundamentals of the exciting and fast moving world of competitive video gaming. 

The irony of people obviously using ChatGPT to write their "New Year, New Me" post is…priceless. 🥹

'In 2026 I am going to be more authentic...' so you outsource that authenticity to a machine? 

You know what it feels like? Kinda feels like setting yourself a target of losing weight this year...but then hiring someone to go to the gym for you. 

Sorry folks, but having read a number of reflection posts on how 2026 is going to be the year of self improvement, that are clearly written by ChatGPT (there are tells that go beyond the em dash!), is it going to be self improvement if you outsource the 'self' part?!? 

I am all for using the tech to help, enrich and improve. I love training people (I even bagged an award for it 😉) on how to use technology to do things more efficiently, but not at the cost of what makes us human!

If you are publicly announcing that you’re going to be more intentional, more self-aware, more authentic…

 …and you’ve delegated the most personal part of that process to a machine...well that is a big ole face palm to start the year off with🤦‍♂️

That “authentic voice” you are starting 2026 off with is the same voice 4000 other people have used in the past few minutes! 

Make 2026 be your year of authenticity 💜

Human. Certified Data Ethics Professional. Tech Educator of the Year 2025. Part of team Acclaim 💚 I once played Pokémon on Everest 🤓

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