100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag. The organization competes in several video games, including Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike 2, Teamfight Tactics, and Valorant.
They currently operate three franchise teams, which compete in the Valorant Champions Tour, Apex Legends Global Series and the Call of Duty League .
History
100 Thieves was founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag, a former OpTic Gaming Call of Duty team captain, X Games gold medalist, and 2014 Esports Athlete of the year. In November 2017, 100 Thieves received a multimillion-dollar investment from Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert allowing the company to expand into a full-fledged esports organization.On October 23, 2018, 100 Thieves announced that they finished their Series A funding round co-led by Scooter Braun and Drake, who both became co-owners when they raised $25 million. Included in this round was Sequoia Capital, Ludlow Ventures, Courtside Ventures, WndrCo, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston, Green Bay Ventures, Tao Capital and Advancit Capital. Their Series B funding round on July 16, 2019, was led by Artist Capital Management which raised $35 million. Included in this round is Aglae Ventures, Groupe Arnault.
In March 2021, 100 Thieves signed a sponsorship deal with Truly Seltzer and Twisted Tea. They acquired gaming peripheral company Higround in October 2021, marking their first acquisition. On December 2, 2021, 100 Thieves announced their Series C funding round, which raised $60 million.
In May 2022, 100 Thieves announced its intentions to publish a video game. It hired former Telltale Games CEO Pete Hawley as its Chief Product Officer to set up a studio. In July, more than 10 members of 100 Thieves' content team were laid off. Nadeshot launched his own energy drink, called Juvee, on October 4.
In January 2023, around 30 employees were laid off, including several lead staff members. That November, 100 Thieves announced it was laying off 20% of its workforce, affecting employees at its game studio and energy drink brand. These business units would also be spun off as separate companies in order to focus on esports and apparel.
On May 6, 2024, the Esports World Cup Foundation, funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and organizers of the Esports World Cup tournament series, announced the 30 organizations who would make up the Club Support Program, with 100 Thieves being one of them. This program gives teams a one-time six-figure stipend if an organization is willing to enter new esports as well as additional funding each year if they drive viewership and fan engagement to the Esports World Cup. In December 2024, Nadeshot revealed that he would be taking a step back from 100 Thieves to pursue full-time content creation.
In September 2025, Nadeshot confirmed that he is no longer the CEO of 100 Thieves, but remains involved with the organization in other roles.
Divisions
''Apex Legends''
In February 2019, 100 Thieves announced their entrance in the Apex Legends competitive scene, signing Connor "Gigz" White, Justin "Teenage" Phipps, and Isiah "Lifted" Slowik as their first roster. In August 2019, 100 Thieves announced Justin "JP2" Pate as their fourth roster member. In the same month, 100 Thieves announced their exit from the Apex Legends scene, releasing their entire roster.In October 2021, 100 Thieves returned to Apex Legends, signing the roster of Brendan "Onmuu" Pode, Alex "scuwry" Scala, and Nicholas "Vein" Hobbs. In February 2022, the team released Vein and signed Alan "Vaxlon" Gonzalez, with Tyler "Sickks" Clark joining later on as their new head coach. The team placed 3rd in the 2022 Apex Legends Global Series World Championship. In September 2023, 100 Thieves released their entire roster.
In November 2024, 100 Thieves announced the roster of Tyler "Dezignful" Gardner, Noyan "Genburten" Ozkose, and 100 Thieves content creator Timothy "iiTzTimmy" An, with Deston "Bronzey" Nguyen as the head coach. After being eliminated in the group stage of the 2024 Apex Legends Global Series World Championship, Dezignful announced that he would be exploring his options for next season.
In March 2025, 100 Thieves announced the departures of Dezingful and iiTzTimmy and announced the signings of Josue "Phony" Ruiz and Evan "Verhulst" Verhulst to join Genburten for the 2025 season.
In September 2025, Bronzey stepped down as head coach and was replaced by Balvarine.
In January 2026, 100 Thieves announced a collaboration with the Japanese esports organization Crazy Raccoon, branding the team as the "Crazy Thieves" for the Year 5 Championship.
Current roster
''Call of Duty''
2019 season
The team started the season off signing the team of Kenneth "Kenny" Williams, Maurice "Fero" Henriquez, Sam "Octane" Larew, Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat, and Ian "Enable" Wyatt. They placed 9th–12th at CWL Las Vegas 2019, qualifying for the Pro League Qualifiers and for the Pro League. After this, they had to re-evaluate the roster, and acquired Preston "Priestahh" Greiner and head coach James "Crowder" Crowder on loans from FaZe Clan, with Fero getting benched. At CWL Fort Worth 2019, the team finished 4th losing to Team Reciprocity, citing medical issues with player Priestahh and being replaced by Fero. At CWL London 2019, the team won the organization's first trophy. At CWL Anaheim 2019, the team won the organization's second trophy. After the Pro League, 100 Thieves finished second in Division B, qualifying for Pro League playoffs. At the Pro League Playoffs, the team placed 5th–6th, losing to Gen.G esports. In the 2019 Call of Duty World Championship, 100 Thieves finished second, with a loss to.Los Angeles Thieves
After initially announcing their intention to not join the Call of Duty League in 2019, 100 Thieves announced in November 2020 that they would enter the league as the "Los Angeles Thieves" after acquiring OpTic Gaming's slot. In the 2022 season, the Los Angeles Thieves defeated the Atlanta FaZe to the win the 2022 Call of Duty League World Championship, bringing the organization their first ever world championship.Current roster
''Counter-Strike 2''
On November 10, 2025, 100 Thieves announced that their entry into the Counter-Strike 2 competitive scene, marking their return to Counter-Strike esports for the first time since October 2020. The organization also announced the online casino Roobet as the team's title sponsor and the team will play under the name "100 Thieves Roobet". On November 12, the team made their first signings with the hirings of Graham "messioso" Pitt as Head of CS Operations and Sean "sgares" Gares as Head of FPS. The latter had previously been head coach for their Valorant team and will be working with both the Counter-Strike 2 and Valorant divisions. On November 13, 100 Thieves announced their first player in multi-time HLTV MVP Håvard "rain" Nygaard. On December 19, 100 Thieves announced Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander as their head coach. On January 5, 2026, 100 Thieves announced the signings of André "Ag1l" Gil, Alex "poiii" Sundgren, and William "sirah" Kjærsgaard. The following day, the team was finalized with the signing Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz.Current roster
''Teamfight Tactics''
In May 2025, 100 Thieves announced their entry into the Teamfight Tactics competitive scene with the roster of Joseph "Dishsoap" Goldsmith, Yoo "Kiyoon" Ki-yoon, Rereplay, and Spencer "Spencer" Zhou.Current roster
''Valorant''
2020: First Strike Champions
On June 4, 2020, 100 Thieves Esports announced their entrance into the Valorant competitive scene through the signing of Spencer "Hiko" Martin. Within three weeks of signing Hiko, the team was finalized. The team also signed Hector "FrosT" Rosario as their head coach but he was announced until months later. The original team consisted of in-game leader Keane "Valliate" Alonso, Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond, Zachary "Venerated" Roach, and Alfred "Pride" Choi. This team, however, did not last long; on August 14, 2020, the entire team, apart from Hiko, was released. Shortly thereafter, the team went on to sign Counter-Strike: Global Offensive veterans Nick "nitr0" Cannella and in-game leader Joshua "steel" Nissan. 2 months later, the team was once again finalized after signing Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk and Quan "dicey" Tran from Immortals. The team went on to win the very first Valorant First Strike tournament, defeating TSM in the grand finals.2021–2022: Roster changes
On January 26, 2021, the team brought in Jonathan "silenx" Huntington as a substitute in place of nitr0, due to nitr0's wife going into labor. Nitr0 returned to the team shortly after. On February 28, 2021, the team benched dicey in favor of another veteran CS:GO player, Ethan "Ethan" Arnold. After the Masters 3 tourney, the team decided to call up their substitute Aaron "b0i" Thao to the starting roster, moved steel to the bench, and appointed nitr0 as full-time in-game leader. The team also added Johann "seven" Hernandez as a substitute. Their 2021 season ended after falling to Cloud9 in the NA Last Chance Qualifier for Valorant Champions. On November 12, the team fired FrosT. On November 23, dicey and b0i were dropped from the team. Soon after, both steel and nitr0 departed the team.They started 2022 with the signing of in-game leader Adam "ec1s" Eccles and Hunter "BabyJ" Schline and promoting analyst Jovanni "Jovi" Vera to head coach. Shockingly, after two losses in the 2022 NA VCT Challengers Stage 1 group stage, ec1s and BabyJ were released; the team then acquired Sean "bang" Bezerra from TSM and Noah "jcStani" Smith from Kansas City Pioneers on loans and Ethan was appointed as in-game leader. After being eliminated in the 2022 NA VCT Challengers group stage, the team parted ways with Jovi and hired Sean "sgares" Gares as head coach with Michael "Mikes" Hockom joining him as an assistant, and hiring Daniel "ddk" Kapadia as general manager. On March 27, jcStani announced his free agency after his loan period ended with the team. On April 12, Hiko announced his retirement from competitive Valorant but remained with the organization as a content creator. A couple days later, bang was fully bought out and the team then signed Derrek "Derrek" Ha, in-game leader Brenden "stellar" McGrath, and William "Will" Cheng, while Ethan was moved to the bench and later released. The team was able to qualify for 2022 Valorant Champions after beating The Guard in the grand finals of the NA Last Chance Qualifier. The team was then placed Group D alongside DRX, FURIA Esports, and Fnatic. The team finished the tournament 9-12th. Following the end of the regular 2022 season, 100 Thieves released Will and signed XSET star player Matthew "Cryo" Panganiban, and Mikes was promoted to head coach, following Sgares's departure. 100 Thieves ended the year by winning the Red Bull Home Ground tournament #3 in Manchester with a 3–0 win over Cloud9 in December 2022.