# Beam

> Beam is a VC fund in Gibraltar backing Gaming and Blockchain. See 59 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
- Total investments: 59
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/merit-circle
- Website: https://www.meritcircle.io/

Beam is a VC fund in Gibraltar focused on Gaming and Blockchain. Merit Circle is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on developing the play-to-earn economy.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Beam. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Beam. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/merit-circle?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$10M |
| Series A | $10M–$225M |
| Initial Coin Offering | $1.2M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 31 | 53% |
| Blockchain | 19 | 32% |
| Video Games | 14 | 24% |
| Online Games | 8 | 14% |
| Web3 | 6 | 10% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 35 | 59% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 5 | 8% |
| Series A | 4 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 14% |
| Sweden | 3 | 5% |
| Vietnam | 3 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 3% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brandon Aaskov | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-aaskov |
| Marco van den Heuvel | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-van-den-heuvel |
| Remco Katz | Partnerships | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/remco-katz |
| Tommy Quite | Chief Financial Officer & Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tommy-quite-a943 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cold River Games | Cold River Games specializes in development of games. | $2M | Seed | Jul 02, 2025 |  |
| Aria | Aria is a role-playing game in which players can freely traverse an open world while experiencing the thrill of epic quests and combat. |  | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Qooverse | Qooverse is a Web3 gaming studio that creates fast-paced, win-to-earn mobile card games with a compelling gameplay loop. This involves developing an ecosystem of mid-core and casual social games for Telegram and future social platforms. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 25, 2024 |  |
| KOKODI | KOKODI is a cross-chain, multi-platform MMO game that allows players to play with zero-knowledge cryptography. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Oxalis games | Oxalis Games develops games and is now creating the next generation of crypto games. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Gameplay Galaxy | Building the first Web3 competitive games decentralize ecosystem. | $11.2M | Seed | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Pixelverse | Pixelverse is a blockchain-based, pixelated P2E game. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Aria | Aria is a role-playing game in which players can freely traverse an open world while experiencing the thrill of epic quests and combat. |  | Seed | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Param Labs Inc | Param Labs is a startup that specializes in PC and mobile game development, AAA design, and unique technology development. | $7M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Monad | MONAD is a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain and decentralized computation platform that combines the best of performance and portability. | $225M | Series A | Apr 09, 2024 |  |

10 of 59 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Yield Guild Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yield-guild-games) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
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- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Beam invest in?

Beam invests primarily in Gaming, Blockchain and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Beam's check size?

Beam typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed, $10M–$225M at Series A and $1.2M–$20M at Initial Coin Offering. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Beam participates in.

### How do I contact Beam?

Public channels for Beam include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Beam?

The team at Beam includes Brandon Aaskov (CTO), Marco van den Heuvel (Founder & Chief Executive Officer) and Remco Katz (Partnerships). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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