Astralis launches new esports academy

Astralis, one of the most victorious esports teams in the world expands its organization with its founding of a new esports academy named Astralis Talent. Astralis Talent will work as a development programme for local Danish esports talents who gets the chance to work in a top professional environment.

CEO of Astralis Anders Hørsholt believes that Astralis Talent will be an investment in the future and something that helps them grow as an organization but also as individuals.

“By introducing “Astralis Talent”, we invite local talent to be a part of our set-up and culture with the ambition to integrate young players into a healthy, competitive environment, introducing them to the life of a true professional.”

“Astralis Talent is an investment in the future as a possible recruitment platform for our A teams as well as inhouse training for all players. It is a way for us to secure an even better connection to the local ecosystem and over time, we hope to elevate players into our A teams.” says Anders Hørsholt.

The new academy is located in Astralis’ headquarter in Copenhagen and Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports explains that all resources and staff inside Astralis Group will be working with this new development program.

“The Astralis Talent set-up is a talent education programme with full access to Astralis Group’s facilities and organization, aimed at integrating the talents into the performance culture of Astralis. For a starter, we will most likely have 1-2 players on each team who are older and more experienced, but we aim to work mainly with 14/15-20 years old players.”