UPDATE 27/8/25: Esports Insider has up to date the article with an announcement from TALON Esports relating to the organisation’s monetary standing.
Sean Zhang, CEO of TALON Esports, has responded to claims surrounding the organisation failing to repay the curiosity on a $1m (~£742,668) mortgage.
The Southeast Asian esports organisation allegedly didn’t pay $75,000 (~£55,706) inside a two-week timeframe agreed upon the events concerned.
On August twenty fifth, X consumer ‘hedgedhog7’ revealed TALON Esports had approached them to borrow $1m in June, stating that the mortgage would final ‘for 1-2 weeks.’ On August twenty second, the principal quantity was repaid, whereas the curiosity remained excellent.
The consumer additionally claimed that the organisation has ignored messages relating to repayments and has borrowed cash from different folks with the intention to repay the mortgage.
In response to the claims, Zhang took to social media to shed additional gentle on the scenario. “This was a easy matter of miscommunication with the accounts workforce on our finish, they issued the $1m again and didn’t take note of the curiosity.”
“As CEO, I take full accountability of the miscommunication and examine internally the place the difficulty occurred and resolve it. It’s unlucky a tweet was put out in such a malicious vogue when this might have been resolved in a way more civilised method.”
Along with Zhang’s response, the TALON Esports social media account has printed an announcement to offer transparency to its followers:
“All excellent funds will probably be processed to all former gamers by September sixth, 2025, and present gamers by September thirtieth. We remorse the delay and sincerely apologise to our gamers for any frustration induced.”
“To deal with the lapse in our monetary operations, we’re working carefully with our authorized and monetary advisors to make sure this matter is addressed primarily based on proof and due course of.”
Based in 2017, TALON Esports at present fields 9 rosters throughout numerous esports titles, together with League of Legends, VALORANT, and Dota 2.
TALON Esports in 2025
In 2025, the organisation has continued to increase its partnership portfolio. In March, TALON Esports joined forces with gaming software program and know-how firm ExitLag in a deal that noticed the corporate help the organisation’s League of Legends, VALORANT, Dota 2, and Area of Valor rosters.
TALON’s VALORANT roster stays in competition to qualify for Champions. On August thirtieth, the workforce faces off towards Rex Regum Qeon within the decrease bracket remaining. The highest two groups from VCT Pacific will earn a spot at VALORANT’s season-ending occasion beginning on September twelfth.
