Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands is a venture capital firm focused on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It leverages gamification and blockchain technology to develop, market, and invest in mobile applications, games, and additional products centered around educational learning, ensuring transparency, security, and new business models.

Kensuke Amo

COO

James Ho

Managing Partner

Past deals in eSports

Pixion Games

Venture Round in 2025
Pixion Games Limited is a developer of real-time multiplayer mobile games, founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company specializes in creating competitive esports games that emphasize player versus player (PVP) experiences on mobile devices. Pixion Games aims to make competitive gaming accessible and enjoyable for a wide audience, focusing on games that are easy to learn and engaging to play. Utilizing a blockchain-powered system, Pixion enhances the gaming experience by providing rewards for participants and fostering community governance. Their platform supports both iOS and Android devices, allowing gamers to compete and enjoy fun, on-the-go gameplay with friends.

Fanton

Seed Round in 2024
Fanton offers an engaging online fantasy football game that leverages NFTs and cryptocurrencies. Users can form teams by selecting player cards, participate in real matches, earn points for their team's performance, and win prizes.

Soulbound

Seed Round in 2024
Soulbound is a decentralized gaming platform and community focused on expanding the metaverse through a chain-agnostic market infrastructure. It connects guilds, gamers, and game developers, rewards gameplay, and drives engagement with play-to-earn mechanics to enable blockchain-based gaming experiences across ecosystems.

Blade Games

Seed Round in 2024
Blade Games is a pioneering on-chain game studio that specializes in developing decentralized gaming experiences using blockchain technology. The company's primary focus is to create trustless games and infrastructure, fostering creativity and community participation. Their gaming studio offers titles that combine tower defense and automation gameplay, allowing players to engage in base building, arbitrage, and player versus player (PVP) raiding to earn rewards. The company aims to provide fun and engaging gaming experiences for its users.

Puffverse

Seed Round in 2024
Puffverse is a gaming company that operates a 3D metaverse platform for online gaming and trading of digital assets. It specializes in a multi-game platform featuring diverse, whimsical NFT characters, each with unique costumes, skills, and bonuses. Players can collect, trade, and use these characters in various games or life simulation activities within the metaverse.

Farcana

Seed Round in 2023
Farcana is a blockchain-based gaming metaverse set on Mars. Players compete for Infilium, a powerful energy source, in the first high-quality immersive shooter game with a Bitcoin prize pool. Its unique Play-to-Hash model ensures stability and transparency by being bolstered by real-world economy and mining data centers.

YGG Japan

Seed Round in 2022
YGG Japan elevates blockchain games to provide accessible content for all gamers in Japan and lead them to the world of “Play-to-Earn”.

Cantina Royale

Funding Round in 2022
Cantina Royale is a shooter game that facilitates player-versus-player (PVP) and player-versus-environment (PVE) missions using various NFT collections. Its advanced 3D modeling technology enables interoperability of NFTs within the Cantina universe, allowing owners to lease their digital assets to players and share in-game rewards.

Dux Cripto

Corporate Round in 2022
Dux Cripto is a crypto gaming community for P2E games, metaverses, and NFTs. They offer one-of-a-kind Web3 solutions for individuals and businesses. It creates an ecosystem that facilitates the entry of people into Web 3.0. DUX invests in players by offering scholarships in its market for play-to-earn (P2E, "play to win") games, also known as NFT games, blockchain games, and cryptogames - a gaming genre.

Ajuna Network

Seed Round in 2022
Ajuna Network develops a game development engine focused on creating decentralized games. Its platform integrates blockchain-based assets, enabling developers to incorporate an incentive layer using tokenized virtual assets that are compatible with blockchain and non-fungible tokens.

Joyride Games

Seed Round in 2022
Joyride Games specializes in creating entertainment franchises centered around mobile gaming, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. The company develops character-based multiplayer games that are accessible on various devices, incorporating built-in e-sports formats. Joyride's platform offers a unique publishing and analytics infrastructure that delivers themed experiences and shared story worlds. By designing games that feature memorable characters and engaging narratives, Joyride aims to captivate players with innovative interpretations of familiar role-playing and casual game formats. Additionally, the company allows gamers to monetize their skills, enhancing the overall gaming experience.

Chillchat

Seed Round in 2022
Chillchat is a Bangkok-based game studio developing 'Tearfallen', an online fast-paced rogue-lite action game set in a unique Pantheonpunk universe.

Simwin Sports

Series B in 2022
SimWin Sports is an innovative digital sports league that merges esports, fantasy sports, and in-game predictions into a comprehensive platform. It operates year-round, offering fans the opportunity to engage with the league by watching live digital esports content modeled after traditional sports. Unique to SimWin is its incorporation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with teams represented as NFTs owned by notable athletes and celebrities. Fans can actively participate by collecting, trading, and managing player NFTs, as well as competing in daily fantasy and seasonal fantasy competitions, thereby allowing them to earn rewards through their engagement. This platform creates a dynamic environment for sports enthusiasts to experience and interact with digital sports in a novel manner.

Rebel Bots

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Rebel Bots is a digital card fighting game with a science-fiction premise that allows players to compete against each other.

Planet Mojo

Seed Round in 2021
Planet Mojo is a game platform and developer offering a cross-platform, player-versus-player auto chess experience powered by blockchain technology. Players can own their game characters and assets as non-fungible tokens and compete in ongoing play-to-earn tournaments. The platform aims to support a suite of interconnected games within the Planet Mojo universe, with customizable characters and assets that can be used across titles. It incorporates augmented reality elements and emphasizes charitable, eco-friendly gaming experiences, aligning gameplay with sustainability. By combining competitive play, digital asset ownership, and a growing ecosystem, Planet Mojo seeks to attract players who want to monetize participation while contributing to a broader universe of interconnected games.

Dogami

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dogami is a web3 entertainment company developing a blockchain-based game centered on 3D NFT dog avatars. The platform combines non-fungible token gaming with ownership and monetization, enabling players to adopt, raise, and interact with their virtual dogs within a shared environment called the Petaverse. The game emphasizes play-to-earn mechanics, allowing participants to earn the native cryptocurrency DOGA through in-game activities as they aim to breed rare and desirable dogs. By integrating NFT ownership with a mass-market gaming experience, Dogami seeks to provide a digital pet world where users can socialize, collect unique canine companions, and participate in an emerging ecosystem around virtual pets.

Rainmaker Games

Seed Round in 2021
Rainmaker Games is a play-to-earn gaming company that gives players free access to play hundreds of P2E games, explore in-game content, receive coaching from top international players, connect with other players globally, and gain access to a cutting-edge NFT lending and borrowing marketplace. Gamers of all skill levels can benefit from Rainmaker Games' ability to switch between games, learn the rules of each one, manage their money, and gain exclusive access to the NFT vault.

Talon

Series A in 2021
Talon Esports is a leading esports, culture, and lifestyle platform in Asia.

Bright Star Studios

Seed Round in 2021
Bright Star Studios is an independent global game development studio based in Swatar, Malta. The company specializes in creating multiplayer online video games compatible with mobile devices, personal computers, and browsers. Their flagship title is Ember Sword, a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG offering competitive gameplay across platforms.

Veloce Esports

Series A in 2021
Veloce Racing is a prominent esports and racing organization that focuses on innovation in the gaming, sport, media, and entertainment sectors. The team is associated with high-profile drivers and influencers, including partnerships with notable motorsport programs such as Mercedes F1, McLaren Racing, and Alfa Romeo Sauber. Veloce Racing also emphasizes sustainability and gender equality, aligning with the goals of Extreme E, a unique motorsport series featuring electric SUVs competing in environmentally impacted regions. The organization is led by industry veterans, including renowned Formula 1 designer Adrian Newey and Formula E Champion Jean-Éric Vergne, who bring extensive experience to the team. Veloce Racing's digital broadcast network garners significant viewership, further enhancing its influence in the esports landscape.

Stryking Entertainment

Acquisition in 2019
Stryking Entertainment GmbH, founded in 2012 and based in Berlin, Germany, focuses on developing free-to-play web and mobile games tailored for football fans in Europe. The company is known for its flagship platform, Football-Stars, a fantasy football game that allows users to compete in various challenges, showcasing their skills and knowledge of the sport. This innovative platform enhances fan engagement by merging real-life interactions with virtual experiences, while offering a unique monetization model. Players earn in-game currency through various activities, which can be used to enter paid challenges and obtain real-life merchandise. With its engaging gameplay and free-to-play structure, Stryking aims to attract a broad audience, facilitating a seamless integration of gaming and fan engagement. As of September 30, 2019, Stryking operates as a subsidiary of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited.

Talon

Seed Round in 2018
Talon Esports is a leading esports, culture, and lifestyle platform in Asia.
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