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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Arwina ↗
In their words
for anyone who's not familiar with eSports it's essentially the nature of people watching other people play video games so it's like basketball you're playing a game but instead you're watching someone else play a video game
so what we're building is actually similar to Ticketmaster it's an event platform where you can find eSports events and buy tickets
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
Who is Arwina Mogul?
A Toronto founder in esports. CBC News (2019-11-19) describes her as CEO of Beam, an online esports platform for discovering and organizing gaming events, which grew from the company she started in 2017; a Zone Startups profile (2018-04-10) lists her as CEO of Esports Tickets, founded March 2017.
What is Beam?
An event platform for gamers to find tournaments and events near them, which she compared on the TechTO stage to Ticketmaster for esports (EntertainmentTO, 2019-06-07 upload, at 32:42). Inven Global (2019-07-19) covered its launch event at the company's Toronto office; she called it 'an Eventbrite for gamers'.
What is her background?
Born to Filipino parents and raised in Hong Kong, she moved to Toronto at 16, taught herself to code as a child and worked as a social worker before esports, consulting on an esports theme park in Qatar in 2016 (CBC News, 2019-11-19). Her current role is not verified here: nothing dated after 2021 was found as of 2026-10-22.
Has Arwina Mogul spoken at TechTO?
Yes. She was one of four panelists at EntertainmentTO in May 2019, with host Alan Cross, YouTube Canada's Taylor Jenkins, eOne Music's Chris Moncada and Official Community's Kevin Lafleur, explaining esports and Canada's place in it.