# Anthony Borquez

> Anthony Borquez is a seed investor at Grab Games backing Gaming and Blockchain. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Grab Games
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-borquez-81283070
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/adb4usc
- Website: https://x.com/adb4usc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.borquez

Anthony Borquez is a seed investor at Grab Games in Los Angeles focused on Gaming and Blockchain. Anthony is experienced in building and scaling creative tech businesses. His first company he co-founded, Spacient Technologies, was an early mobile GPS software platform that was acquired by Trimble Navigation. Anthony’s prior game company, Blue Label Games, built some of the first mobile gaming technology and content.In 2006, Blue Label Gameswas acquired by Japanese gaming leader Konami. The acquisition helped enable Konami's mobile gaming division to become a top worldwide mobile game publisher. Anthony is also a Professor at the University of Southern California, where he teaches courses in Entrepreneurship and Gaming.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Online Portals | 1 | 50% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AO Labs | AO Labs provides a playground where Web 3 communities can collaborate, create, compete, and be themselves. | $4.5M | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Haste Arcade | Haste Arcade is an operator of an instant leaderboard payout gaming arcade platform. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Yield Guild Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yield-guild-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grab Games

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

At Grab focused on creating high-quality entertainment for VR and AR enabled platforms. Although most of our projects are still behind closed doors, our track record has granted us opportunities to work with some of biggest names in entertainment.The core team at Grab has worked together for the last 15 years with roots in online gaming, mobilegaming, and app development. As VR and AR technology improved, Grab was one of the first companies to start creating content for these new mediums. Grab Games early adoption and passion for this technology has allowed us to excel as one of the leading interactive entertainment companies.

5 contacts available at Grab Games.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Borquez | Founder & CEO | — |
| Elane Reed | EVP of Operations | — |
| Hans Vancol | COO | — |
| Harold Vancol | Creative Director; Director, Design and Monetization | — |
| Joe Hogue | Technical Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Anthony Borquez invest in?

Anthony Borquez invests primarily in Gaming, Blockchain and Online Portals startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Anthony Borquez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anthony Borquez closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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