# Central Research

> Central Research is a VC fund in Hong Kong backing Web3 and Music. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/CentralResearc3

Central Research is a financial research firm that supports entrepreneurs in the decentralized space.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Central Research. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Central Research. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/central-research?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |
| Music | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Dylan | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-dylan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fireverse | Fireverse is an AI-powered musical and Web-3 platform. | $2.5M | Series A | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| MetaArena | MetaArena is a Web3-based gaming platform that has built a blockchain game engine driven by Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) technology, called the Realm Engine. This engine, based on a modular sovereign Layer3 Rollup and various ZK-powered service SDK components, provides the composability, programmability, scalability, and privacy required for fullyon-chain games. MetaArena is dedicated to offering a fair, transparent, and efficient gaming environment, allowing every player to benefit from blockchain technology. | $750K |  | Sep 15, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stratified Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stratified-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Chain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chain-capital-a6f6) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gate-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nobody](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobody-7987) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Central Research invest in?

Central Research invests primarily in Web3, Music and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Central Research?

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### Who are the partners at Central Research?

The team at Central Research includes Lee Dylan (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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