# Han Kao

> Han Kao is a seed investor at Sanctor Capital (Santa Monica) backing Gaming and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sanctor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanctor-capital)
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hankao/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hankao
- Website: https://x.com/hankao

Han Kao is a seed investor at Sanctor Capital in Santa Monica focused on Gaming and FinTech. Han is the founder and CEO of Crypto Briefing. He grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited several companies in tech and media over the past 15 years. Han Kao grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics.He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited several companies in tech and media over the past 15 years. He is also an early stage investor and advisor in various blockchain-based companies and is currently based in Singapore.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| Video Games | 1 | 25% |
| Online Games | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 50% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aethir | Aethir’s Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure (DCI) is the framework that unbinds the macro trajectory of the AI and gaming industry, from the walled garden resources of the incumbent cloud hegemony.Aethir's make complex cloud resources more accessible. | $9M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| AAG Ventures | AAG Ventures is the IT business behind AAG, one of the fastest-growing Play-To-Earn guilds in the industry. | $181K | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Synchrony | Synchrony is an on-chain asset management protocol built on the Solana blockchain. | $4.2M | Initial Coin Offering | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| THORSwap | THORSwap is a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) built on THORChain. | $3.8M | Initial Coin Offering | Oct 05, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [0x Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/0x-ventures-071e) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fomocraft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fomocraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tess Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tess-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Builder Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builder-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sanctor Capital

VC Fund · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Sanctor Capital is a thesis driven investment fund and deploys capital across both primary and secondary markets.

2 contacts available at Sanctor Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Han Kao | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/han-kao |
| Jay Putera | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-putera |

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## FAQ

### What does Han Kao invest in?

Han Kao invests primarily in Gaming, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Han Kao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Han Kao closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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