Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands is a digital entertainment company specializing in the development and publishing of mobile products that incorporate gamification, blockchain, and artificial intelligence technologies. The company offers a diverse portfolio of games, including titles like The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and F1 Delta Time, as well as products based on well-known intellectual properties such as Garfield, Thomas & Friends, and Power Rangers. Additionally, Animoca Brands supports the Web3.0 strategy for intellectual property holders by providing a platform that enables the issuance of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and fungible tokens, facilitating community engagement and monetization of digital assets. The company is involved in various blockchain investments and partnerships, positioning itself as a leader in leveraging technology to create new business models and enhance user experience in the digital landscape. With a global presence, Animoca Brands is headquartered in Australia and maintains operations in multiple countries, including the United States and South Korea.

Kensuke Amo

COO

Daisuke Iwase

CEO and President

Kyoya Okazawa

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Yat Siu

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Robby Yung

CEO

Past deals in Hong Kong

OSL

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
OSL is a developer of a digital asset platform that offers a comprehensive range of institutional products and services. The company provides Software-as-a-Service, brokerage, exchange, and custody solutions aimed at institutions and professional investors. OSL facilitates over-the-counter trading, granting access to substantial liquidity pools. Additionally, the platform includes systematic Request for Quotation (RFQ) services and bespoke token offerings, thereby enhancing the suite of institutional trading solutions available to its clients.

Untamed Planet

Series A in 2022
Untamed Planet is a video game studio that creates fun and engaging nature-based games to support real world efforts to protect the wild.

Firework Games

Seed Round in 2022
Firework Games is a creator of an open, inclusive, and diverse world of games.focus on immersiveness and mobile application to maximize growth of users. R&D is also main focus, the goal is to create an immersive metaverse predicted by AI based on each users prior behaviors, same dimention while users perception is unique, tailor to each users desires.

Brand New Vision

Series A in 2022
A brand-new vision company would study and create cutting-edge technology that the conventional fashion industry might use. They are developing 3D products, tokenizing them, releasing them, fostering communities, and eventually making them wearable in the metaverse.

KLKTN

Seed Round in 2022
KLKTN is a curated music, manga and art NFT platform connecting creators with fans through special experiences. The platform allows fans to access special edition digital art and behind-the-scenes moments of artists' creative process. In collaboration with top creators and artists and powered by blockchain technology, KLKTN is taking artist-fan engagement and the best of creative experiential culture into the digital world. Artworks are available as a limited supply of authenticated digital products or NFTs, for purchase via credit card, with a fixed cost per item. KLKTN's co-founders are Jeff Miyahara, Chief Creative Officer and a renowned record producer and songwriter who has produced over 260 international artists; Fabiano Soriani, Chief Technology Officer and former lead blockchain engineer for Dapper Labs; and Daisuke Iwase, Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Business School graduate, former World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a digital pioneer known for co-founding Lifenet, a disruptive fintech venture, which he took to IPO. Built on the Flow blockchain to achieve affordable and environmentally-sustainable minting, KLKTN leaves more for artists, fans, and the planet.

Brinc

Series B in 2021
Brinc is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Central Hong Kong, with additional offices in Poland, China, Spain, Australia, India, and Bahrain. The firm invests in a diverse range of sectors, including blockchain, alternative protein, health technology, agritech, smart cities, medtech, cleantech, sustainability, food technology, circular economy, logistics, hardware and IoT, mobility, property technology, fintech, cloud solutions, climate resilience, and insurtech. Brinc's mission is to support and mentor entrepreneurs, whom it refers to as "game changers," by providing the necessary backing and investment to help them grow. The firm also operates training programs for incubators and accelerators, particularly in China, aiming to enhance the quality of startups and foster more investment opportunities within the rapidly expanding venture capital ecosystem.

AngelHub

Venture Round in 2021
AngelHub, first SFC startup investment platform, democratises startup investment. AngelHub enables investors to fund worldwide vetted startups scaling in Asia in exchange for equity ownership. Investors are empowered to invest in the startups of their choice across sectors, cutting edge technology and stages, easily through a fully digitized and efficient process.

Talon

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

Olivex

Post in 2021
Olivex is a digital lifestyle company based in Subiaco, Australia, that specializes in health and fitness solutions through gamification and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The company, incorporated in 2019, operates a subscription-based business model, offering a range of applications designed to enhance users' health and fitness experiences. Its flagship products include KARA Smart Fitness, a digital application that provides health and fitness content and classes, and KARA Mirror, a hardware and software solution that utilizes AI for at-home fitness. Additionally, Olivex offers various fitness applications such as 22 Pushups, Squat, Garfield Fit, Ba Duan Jin, and Coachbase, all aimed at promoting user engagement and wellbeing.

Kikitrade

Venture Round in 2021
Kikitrade is a cryptocurrency social investment platform that caters to both beginners and experienced investors. The company focuses on creating a user-friendly and secure trading environment, allowing users to engage in cryptocurrency trading without incurring commission fees. Regulated by the Australian government financial intelligence agency, Kikitrade prioritizes the protection of users' accounts. Additionally, the platform fosters an interactive and educational community within its app, helping investors enhance their knowledge and experience in digital asset trading.

Hex Trust

Venture Round in 2021
Hex Trust is a licensed and insured digital asset custodian based in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, with additional offices in Singapore. Founded in 2017, the company offers a proprietary platform called Hex Safe™, which provides bank-grade custody solutions for banks, financial institutions, asset managers, and corporations. Hex Trust facilitates services such as custody, token issuance, and KYC compliance, enabling clients to access liquidity providers, exchanges, and lending and staking platforms while ensuring the security of their assets. The company is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider license, demonstrating its commitment to regulatory compliance and secure asset management. Hex Trust is also expanding its operations into the European market.

Forkast

Seed Round in 2021
Provider of a new digital media platform that bridges the gap between blockchain industry and mainstream. The company focuses on blockchain, cryptocurrency and emerging technologies in the Asia-Pacific region, covering stories and analysis of emerging technologies spanning business, economics and politics, helping readers on understanding the important role of Asia in the global technological innovation story.

Kikitrade

Seed Round in 2021
Kikitrade is a cryptocurrency social investment platform that caters to both beginners and experienced investors. The company focuses on creating a user-friendly and secure trading environment, allowing users to engage in cryptocurrency trading without incurring commission fees. Regulated by the Australian government financial intelligence agency, Kikitrade prioritizes the protection of users' accounts. Additionally, the platform fosters an interactive and educational community within its app, helping investors enhance their knowledge and experience in digital asset trading.

Brinc

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Brinc is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Central Hong Kong, with additional offices in Poland, China, Spain, Australia, India, and Bahrain. The firm invests in a diverse range of sectors, including blockchain, alternative protein, health technology, agritech, smart cities, medtech, cleantech, sustainability, food technology, circular economy, logistics, hardware and IoT, mobility, property technology, fintech, cloud solutions, climate resilience, and insurtech. Brinc's mission is to support and mentor entrepreneurs, whom it refers to as "game changers," by providing the necessary backing and investment to help them grow. The firm also operates training programs for incubators and accelerators, particularly in China, aiming to enhance the quality of startups and foster more investment opportunities within the rapidly expanding venture capital ecosystem.

Brinc

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Brinc is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Central Hong Kong, with additional offices in Poland, China, Spain, Australia, India, and Bahrain. The firm invests in a diverse range of sectors, including blockchain, alternative protein, health technology, agritech, smart cities, medtech, cleantech, sustainability, food technology, circular economy, logistics, hardware and IoT, mobility, property technology, fintech, cloud solutions, climate resilience, and insurtech. Brinc's mission is to support and mentor entrepreneurs, whom it refers to as "game changers," by providing the necessary backing and investment to help them grow. The firm also operates training programs for incubators and accelerators, particularly in China, aiming to enhance the quality of startups and foster more investment opportunities within the rapidly expanding venture capital ecosystem.

Skytree Digital

Acquisition in 2019
Skytree Digital build and run high quality mobile games with creative gameplay. Stationing in Hong Kong, we aim to distribute our games worldwide

Skytree Digital

Seed Round in 2019
Skytree Digital build and run high quality mobile games with creative gameplay. Stationing in Hong Kong, we aim to distribute our games worldwide

Zeroth

Funding Round in 2018
Zeroth is an accelerator based in Hong Kong that focuses on early-stage start-ups in Asia, particularly those leveraging artificial intelligence technology. Established in 2017 by Tak Lo, the firm specializes in sectors such as edge computing, natural language processing, autonomous vehicles, agtech, human-machine interface technology, and ethical computing. Zeroth aims to invest between USD 20,000 and USD 120,000 in exchange for a six percent equity stake in the companies it supports. The accelerator offers a structured three-month program designed to help visionary founders at the pre-seed and seed stages develop their innovative ideas into viable businesses.

Scribe Intelligence

Seed Round in 2018
Developer of speech recognition software. The company combines human and artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning to deliver an efficient way to transcribe audio files.

Talon

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

Zeroth

Seed Round in 2017
Zeroth is an accelerator based in Hong Kong that focuses on early-stage start-ups in Asia, particularly those leveraging artificial intelligence technology. Established in 2017 by Tak Lo, the firm specializes in sectors such as edge computing, natural language processing, autonomous vehicles, agtech, human-machine interface technology, and ethical computing. Zeroth aims to invest between USD 20,000 and USD 120,000 in exchange for a six percent equity stake in the companies it supports. The accelerator offers a structured three-month program designed to help visionary founders at the pre-seed and seed stages develop their innovative ideas into viable businesses.
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