# WAX

> WAX is a VC fund in Grand Cayman backing Web3 and Internet. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldwide-asset-exchange/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/wax_io
- Website: https://on.wax.io
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WAX.io.Community/

WAX is a decentralized platform that enables anyone to operate a fully functioning virtual marketplace with zero investment in security, infrastructure, or payment processing. Developed by the founders of OPSkins, the world’s leading marketplace for online video game assets, WAX is designed to serve the 400+ million online players who alreadycollect, buy and sell.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for WAX. Shizune tracks 4 team members at WAX. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/wax-f984?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Brechisci Jr | Lead Designer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-brechisci-jr |
| Jonathan Yantis | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-yantis-f1a3 |
| Lukas Sliwka | Chief Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukas-sliwka |
| William Quigley | Co-founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-quigley |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tea | Tea Inc. is a Puerto Rico-based corporation that is building the open source toolkit that makes development possible and builds the internet: it’s “brew2 for web3.” Developers can work on any platform, CI/CD on any platform, deploy on any platform; Tea abstracts this detail away so developers can get on with the work that matters. | $8.9M | Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acuitas Group Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acuitas-group-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Betaworks Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Round13 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/round13-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StrongBlock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strongblock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does WAX invest in?

WAX invests primarily in Web3 and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact WAX?

Public channels for WAX include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 WAX?

The team at WAX includes John Brechisci Jr (Lead Designer), Jonathan Yantis (Chief Operating Officer) and Lukas Sliwka (Chief Technology Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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