Founder, Investor

Yat Siu

Key Info

Hong Kong
Founder, Investor
17 Investments
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@ysiu
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Experience

Animoca Brands

from - Present·

HKG

Advisor

LCX

Aug 2018 - Present·5 yrs 9 mos

New Delhi, Delhi, IND

Member of the Board

Cortico

May 2017 - Present·7 yrs

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Member of the Advisory Board

BAFTA

Dec 2013 - Present·10 yrs 5 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

Fonero Leader

Fon

Jan 2007 - Present·17 yrs 4 mos

NGA

Director

Typhoon Games

Jan 2001 - Present·23 yrs 4 mos

Director and Co-Founder

Animoca Brands

Jan 2015 - Mar 2020·5 yrs 1 mo

London, England, GBR

CEO

Outblaze

May 1998 - Mar 2020·21 yrs 10 mos

100 Cyberport Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Executive Director

Undisclosed organization

Dec 2001 - Dec 2006·4 yrs 11 mos

News

NFTs Are the Pillars of Digital Capitalism, Animoca Founder Says
Feb 8, 2024 • powered by CryptoPanic
Blockchain Gaming Surges on Spot Bitcoin ETF Anticipation
Nov 6, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Deciphering the Web3 investment Blueprint: An interview with Yat Siu, Co-founder of Animoca brands
Oct 27, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
CMCC Global Raises $100M for Hong Kong-Based Blockchain Companies
Oct 4, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Animoca CEO Says Company Doing Just Fine Despite $110M Debt
Sep 13, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Atari founder, Animoca sees Web3 games as vital for virtual ownership and education
Aug 25, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Hong Kong’s crypto stance: Execs weigh in on Web3 in the region
Aug 17, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
This Will Trigger Crypto’s Mass Adoption Next Years: Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu
Aug 1, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Animoca Brands’ $30 Million Investment Paves the Way for Personalized NFT Debit Cards and Mass Adoption
Jul 29, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic
Animoca still bullish on blockchain games, awaits license for metaverse fund
Jul 6, 2023 • powered by CryptoPanic

Investments

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Investors
Apr 12, 2024	Berachain	Series B	$100,000,000	Samsung NEXT Hypersphere Ventures Cypher Capital No Limit Holdings Primitive Ventures Tribe Capital Laser Digital Framework Ventures Nomad Capital Superscrypt Amber Group Animoca Brands SNZ Holding BH Digital Baboon.VC Hack VC Polychain Capital Portal Ventures Hashkey Capital Arrington Capital The Spartan Group Everest Ventures Group AVID3 Rubik Ventures Sandeep Nailwal Antony Lewis Yat Siu Bo Feng
Feb 28, 2024	Humanity Protocol	Venture Round	—	Cypher Capital Mechanism Capital Foresight Ventures Hashed CMCC Global Sandeep Nailwal Yat Siu
Feb 02, 2024	MON Protocol	Venture Round	—	Animoca Brands Formless Capital Bing Ventures The Spartan Group Delphi Digital Fund Mechanism Capital Newman Capital Sfermion Mask Network Merit Circle Foresight Ventures Cypher Capital Bitscale Capital Kun Gao Yat Siu Patrick Lee Ray Chan
Dec 05, 2023	Endless Clouds	Venture Round	$2,500,000	Animoca Brands SkyVision Capital Rocinante Research GameFi Ventures Narcissus Ventures Citizen Capital 2 Punks Capital Gabby Dizon Boomer Gm Chris Sirise Alex Becker Luca Netz Andrew Sorokovsky RookieXBT EllioTrades Crypto Sean Gearin Bharat Krymo Jeff Zirlin Faze Banks Yat Siu David Choi Dingaling
Oct 17, 2023	Life Beyond Studios	Venture Round	$3,500,000	Animoca Brands GameFi Ventures Blocore Yat Siu Brian Rose
Sep 11, 2023	Mocaverse	Venture Round	$11,000,000	CMCC Global Kingsway Capital Liberty City Ventures GameFi Ventures Yat Siu Gabby Dizon Aleksander Leonard Larsen
Jun 03, 2022	The Red Village	Seed	$6,500,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu IQ Protocal JellyC GameFi Ventures CGU DuckDao Dweb3 Capital Fundamental Labs KuCoin Ventures LucidBlue Ventures Metavest Oracles Investment Group Paribu Ventures Polygon Studios Pylon Labs Rendezvous Equity Sfermion SL2 Capital Spark Capital Vendetta Capital MEXC Ventures
Apr 28, 2022	T.E.A.M DAO	Series A	$5,000,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Shima Capital GoldenSand Capital Ex Capital NGC Ventures Great South Gate Krust Universe Nexo Capital Partners Algorand CoinHako Libra Capital Anti Fund Octava
Apr 20, 2022	SoundMi	Seed	$1,700,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Castle Island Ventures Focus Labs Sfermion SkyVision Capital Goodwater Capital Tess Ventures
Apr 07, 2022	LOVO	Series A	$6,500,000	Goodwater Capital Hashed PKO Investments Yat Siu Ray Chan Patrick Lee Matt Finick Holly Liu Daniel Wu
Mar 16, 2022	Wombat Exchange	Series A	$5,250,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Hailstone Ventures Seng Huang Lee BNB Chain CryptoWesearch Eureka Stock & Share Broking Services GSR Lunar Station TPS Capital Unanimous Capital Zokyo
Mar 07, 2022	Space Runners	Seed	$10,000,000	Accel Jump Capital Pantera Capital Polychain Capital Yat Siu Patrick Lee Justin Kan Holly Liu Ashwin Navin
Mar 07, 2022	Immutable	Series C	$200,000,000	AirTree Ventures Gillian Findlay Animoca Brands Yat Siu Bitkraft Ventures Declaration Partners Double Peak Group Fabric Ventures GameStop Digital Ventures King River Capital ParaFi Capital Possible Ventures Princeville Capital Prosus Ventures Temasek Holdings Tencent Alameda Research Arrington XRP Capital Crowd Venture Capital Liberty Global Mirae Asset Capital
Feb 25, 2022	bitsCrunch	Venture Round	$3,600,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Shima Capital Coinbase Ventures Crypto.com Capital Dweb3 Capital GravityX Capital Morningstar Ventures Polygon Studios Tykhe Block Ventures Mapleblock Capital Bison Fund Borderless Capital Spark Digital Capital Vel Kanniappan Ravindra Kumar Ahmed Al Balaghi
Nov 30, 2021	MetaMundo	Seed	$2,700,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu OP Crypto Ascensive Assets Cryptomeria Capital Hypersphere Ventures Marshland Capital MetaCartel Ventures Own.fund Polygon Studios Sfermion D1 Ventures Digital Currency Group
Nov 23, 2021	Fragcolor	Token Round	$3,150,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Signal Ventures ArkStream Capital Athena Ventures Double Peak Group Existential Capital Gains Associates ICONIUM LD Capital Lemniscap Momentum6 Outlier Ventures Taureon Dweb3 Capital Sfermion
Aug 19, 2021	Vera	Seed	$3,000,000	Animoca Brands Yat Siu Shima Capital Krypital Group Mosaik Partners Sandbar Investments SL2 Capital