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Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Hong Kong in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Sports startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sports companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Hong Kong in November 2024

Investor	Sports Hong Kong investments
SOSV	2
Yitz Applbaum	1
AK Partners	1
CP Ventures	1
Allen DeBevoise	1
Igor Rybakov	1
Seedthrift Ventures	1
Oracles Investment Group	1
Grishin Robotics	1
Antanas Guoga	1
Christopher Fisher	1
Hana Ventures	1
vEmpire	1
Angelsdeck Global Ventures	1
Boost Heroes	1
A.Partners	1
Shuji Honjo	1
Jr. Jon Bond	1
Loyal VC	1
Foxmont Capital Partners	1
Metavest Capital	1
Swiss Founders Fund	1
DeltaHub Capital	1
Token Bay Capital	1
DNA Capital	1
PRYTEK	1
L Catterton	1
Australian Medical Angels	1
Gregory Slayton	1
BlackPine	1
TheCodes	1
HZL Capital	1
Shukri Shammas	1
Fantom Foundation	1
C.Bob Lott	1
Alabaster	1
Kung Sing Cheng	1
Animoca Brands	1
Vectr	1
JOINT JOURNEY	1
Arete Capital Asia Limited	1
Hana Digital Transformation Fund	1
P.A.C. Capital	1
Tencent	1
CoCoon Ignite Ventures	1
Yieldly	1
Artesian VC	1
MV Global	1
BITKRAFT Ventures	1
Juha Paananen	1

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SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Yitz Applbaum

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.

AK Partners is an investment firm.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

CP Ventures is a VC fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4IR

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
Ahura AI — Ahura AI, an EdTech startup using artificial intelligence to create personalized learning tools that replicate a 1-to-1 learning experience
Ensuredit — ENSUREDIT enables and empowers end customers and Insurance Intermediaries with AI-based product platforms for transformational customer experience.

Allen DeBeviose started Third Wave in 2014 after more than 30 years of experience incubating and investing in digital media companies. He has invested in over 70 digital media companies and has co-founded several of the most important digital media brands including Machinima, StyleHaul, DanceOn, INDMusic, Mitu, and Tubular Labs. Prior to foundingThird Wave, Allen built a strong track record as an Angel Investor in the digital media sector and has had over 15 high-multiple exits and NAVs. Allen is currently the Chairman of Machinima and sits on several digital media company boards including StyleHaul, MiTu, Tubular Labs, DanceOn, INDMusic, and Mondo Entertainment. He was an early investor and outside board member for several companies. LowerMyBills.com and Dealer.com are examples of two companies that had highly successful exits. He was featured on the Hollywood Reporter's Digital Power List 2009 and on Digital Media Wire's 2010 List of "25 Executives to Watch” and dubbed the Godfather of Online Video. Allen is a frequent speaker at major digital media conferences and considered an important leader in the rapidly growing Silicon Beach venture capital community.Allen has been engaged on the leading edge in the digital media and interactive arena for over three decades including working on the first uses of computer animation in entertainment ("Tron"), the first interactive video on the Mac ("Guernica"), the first interactive television trial (Time Warner Orlando) and the first broadband cable Internet prototype ("@Home").Allen has an A.B. in Mathematics and an MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Video, Social Media
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Immortals Gaming Club — Immortals was founded in 2015 as a US-based esports and gaming organization that competes in League of Legends (LCS). At Immortals we aim to entertain, inspire, and be the voice of esports fans in the Great Lakes Region through our exciting players, talented creators and innovative regional experiences.
Waggle.tv — Keep your fido safe in your RV/Home with America's most trusted Waggle Pet Monitor. Waggle gives safety to your pets and peace of mind for you. Learn more.
Wisecrack — Wisecrack is a collective of academics, comedians and filmmakers who are endlessly curious about the world around us.

Igor Rybakov - Co-Founder @ Larix

Investment focus

Family, Fitness, Women's
Seed, Series C
Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

World Chess — World Chess (LSE:CHSS) is the leading chess company and FIDE commercial partner. World Chess reinvents the sport for the modern consumer by developing chessarena.com, the official gaming platform of FIDE, Armageddon, official merchandise, as well as major tournaments. The company organized some of
amma pregnancy tracker — amma pregnancy tracker is an international mobile service and one of the world’s largest communities for pregnant women and their families. amma pregnancy tracker provides clear, evidence-based pregnancy information and personalized recommendations from professional obstetricians and gynecologists. amma pregnancy tracker allows mothers to track keychanges during pregnancy, receive medical advice from specialists and emotional support from thousands of pregnant women around the world. amma pregnancy tracker is downloaded by 7% of the pregnant women in the world. The active monthly audience of amma pregnancy tracker exceeds 1.5 million people. amma pregnancy tracker tops the ratings of popular applications in the "Health" segment in dozens of countries around the world.

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Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Turkey, Germany, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Sekuya — Sekuya is an anime gaming metaverse platform that transform the gaming landscape through a community-driven approach in an entirely new anime epic fantasy universe.
Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
Safeverse — Safeverse is a training, Learning, and Education to equip people for future jobs in the metaverse and real life.

Oracles Investment Group provides one of a kind platform for Crypto Project teams to raise capital, grow supporters, and Crypto Investors to take part in promising projects.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Singapore, United Kingdom, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

TES AI — TES AI is a decentralized AI computing protocol that provides low-cost, high-quality computing power services in a decentralized way to enterprises
Ordzaar — Ordzaar is the operator of a decentralized Bitcoin marketplace where crypto traders can buy, sell, and exchange ordinals.
Nexus Interactive — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.

Grishin Robotics is an early stage venture capital firm specializing in consumer hardware

Investment focus

Software, Robotics, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, Canada

Portfolio highlights

LF Group — SaaS for communities. We help you find new teammates in your favorite online games.
Playbite — Playbite is a social gaming platform where users can socialize, play, earn, and compete. Playbite was founded by Diego Kafie, Stu Feldt, and Nic Weber.
Squido Studio — No More Rainbows is a first person VR platformer with unique locomotion inspired by classic titles such as Super Meat Boy and Super Mario. The studio behind No More Rainbows is Montreal based Squido Studio, a studio that focuses on core mechanics and gameplay before all else.

Antanas Guoga was the Founder of iBus Media Network. He attended the University of Leicester.

Investment focus

Fitness, mHealth, Software
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Olivex — OliveX is a digital lifestyle company with a focus on the health and fitness industry. It operates as a subscription-based business, providing applications, smart technology, and a user experience that is built on artificial intelligence, gamification, and premium content. With users in over 170 countries including Hong Kong, Australia, and China,OliveX enables brands, influencers, and fitness coaches to engage with their consumers when at home.

Christopher Fisher - Managing Partner, Fund III @ Click Ventures

Investment focus

Advertising, E-Commerce, Fitness
Seed
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Playto — Playto offers educational tools and games for children. It offers GlowMaster, a game that helps children aged 7 to 13 learn to focus on studies.
Floship — Reduce shipping costs & time from one platform, choose Floship for you Global eCommerce fulfillment, and get closer to customers with our global facilities.
Launchpilots — Launchpilots is a marketplace that connects brands and student sponsorships. Student leaders can apply to different brand sponsorships based on their requirements via our platform.

Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.

vEmpire is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, eSports
Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Soulbound — Saga is a decentralized gaming community that aims to improve and grow the metaverse by creating a chain-agnostic market infrastructure.
bitsCrunch — Forensic and AI-powered NFT analytics that fight wash trading, fraud and give accurate value for digital assets.
Chibi Dinos — 10,000 Chibi Dinos on 10 different teams looking for a new home. Coming August 20th at 6 pm PST.

AngelsDeck Global Ventures. Joint investments and exclusive community.AngelsDeck was created:01 For comfortable and mutually beneficial communication among its members, who share venture capital and self-development values. 02 For priority access to venture capital deals with a recommendation from trusted syndicators.03 By and forinvestors who have an impeccable business reputation and capital transparency.Our Values:* Expertise * We are proud of our members' combined expertise. We create and maintain an environment where all members can conveniently and comfortably share their valuable knowledge.* Exclusivity * In the venture capital market, there is a lot of competition among investors for promising projects. We showcase exclusive deals that are not on the surface.* Syndication * We have created a marketplace where experienced syndicate investors can compete for members' attention by the quality of their deals. Everyone can try the role of a syndicator.* Communication * "As a fish needs water, an investor needs a network," and we have created an exclusive club with a unique atmosphere of online and offline communication between members of equal enthusiasm, aspiration, and motivation.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Signum.ai — Signum.AI is a unique and powerful suite of external data acquisition and management solutions to growing your business. Make data-driven decisions, align sales and marketing and boost your company’s revenue.
Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Upshift — The convenience of owning a car without all the headaches.

Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Italy, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
Ricehouse — Ricehouse uses organic residues, such as rice straw, husk and chaff, from the rice industry and creates natural construction materials.
Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

A.Partners invests globally in early-stage startups. We believe that successful business models arise in different regions often simultaneously and we can leverage this phenomenon. Nonetheless, we are especially keen on emerging markets, such as LatAm, MENA, and SEA.

Investment focus

Education, Mobile Apps, EdTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Russian Federation, Peru

Portfolio highlights

InTone — We Reduce Accent. In a single click.
Refocus — Making people in SEA master new skills from scratch and land their first job in IT
Crabi — Full stack, digital car insurance

Dr. Shuji Honjo provides business consulting to Japanese and international companies, focusing on new business development, marketing, technology and innovation. He advises large corporations and investors as well as entrepreneurial companies. He is active in entrepreneurial education and community development, as a mentor with 500 Startups,Founders Institute, Net Service Ventures, Docomo Innovation Village, Fukuoka Prefecture etc.Dr. Honjo is Visiting Professor at Tama Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of the editorial committee for Japan Marketing Association.As a speaker, panelist, moderator, and contest judge, Dr. Honjo is often invited to major events such as New Economy Summit, Slush Asia, ad tech Tokyo, Nikkei, Kyoto University, Infinity Ventures Summit, B Dash Camp, and G1 Summit.Dr. Honjo authored a number of books and articles. He introduced Tony Hsieh’s “Delivering Happiness” to Japan.Dr. Honjo was born and raised in Japan. He has extensive consulting experiences with Boston Consulting Group in Tokyo and Computer Sciences Corporation in California. After BCG and CSC, he was Assistant to Chairman and Group Strategy Manager of CSK/SEGA Group, a leader in enterprise IT solutions and digital entertainment in Japan. In 1999, he founded and represented the Tokyo office of General Atlantic LLC, an IT-focused growth equity firm. Since he left Lehman Brothers Japan as SVP for principal investment in 2008, Dr. Honjo has been Managing Director, Honjo International.Dr. Honjo has Ph.D. in International Studies from Waseda University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. from the University of Tokyo.

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.

Jr. Jon Bond

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UTOBO INC. — utobo is the one-stop platform for educators and coaching services to take live classes, create courses and test series, and sell them online in just 30 minutes.
NIU NIU — NIU NIU is an e-Waste operating system that maximizes critical mineral extraction, while minimizing the environmental and social impact
The Leaf Protein Company — Unlocking Earth's most abundant source of proteins - green leaves.

Foxmont Capital Partners invest in Filipino-focused or Filipino-founded early stage technology startups that have proven that they can scale effectively and lead the Philippine digital evolution. Foxmont Capital Partners believe that if a Filipino startup can succeed in the Philippines, it can succeed anywhere.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Philippines, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Etaily — A digital innovator revolutionising how brands connect to the Southeast Asia consumer base.
RuralNet — RuralNet is a digital API-driven platform that assists by providing a wide range of insurance and other financial services.
Toki — Discover a world of treasures at Tokiasia.com! Shop for exclusive collectible toys, LEGO sets, Funko Pops, sports cards, and sneakers. Find your passion now!

Metaverse & NFT gaming consultancy. Project incubation, capital & advisory #playtoearn

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Digital Entertainment
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Hong Kong, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Inery — First-Ever Decentralized Database Management
Myria — Myria is a decentralised Ethereum Layer 2, built to empower digital assets, NFT and blockchain gaming.
Today — Today is a Web3 social simulation game, offering interactions with GenAI backed NPCs, and no-code tools for virtual world development.

Swiss Founders Fund is a seed and early stage investment fund based in St.Gallen, Switzerland. SFF invests in and builds companies globally.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Singapore, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Canza Finance — We are an Open Finance Portal enabling access to unlimited financial services for emerging markets, backed by Polychain, Avalanche, CoinMarketCap...
RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Nerif Network — Nerif Network is designed to automate smart contract execution and build decentralized applications across multiple chains.

DeltaHub Capital is a blockchain investments and portfolio management.DeltaHub Capital focuses on Rich discussions, smart fundraisings, spot-on technical analysis, deep fundamental analysis, project reviews, and much more.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Internet, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

InvArch — Invarch is an intellectual property ownership, utility and cross-chain authentication protocol for Web3.
FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks
Hackless — Hackless is a platform of security services and analytics for your DeFi protocol. The 1st out-of-the-box MEV-solution that helps to protect smart contracts from the hack attacks.

Since 2021, Token Bay has invested in digital assets and blockchain companies, providing investors with diversified exposure across the Web3 ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
Taiko Labs — Taiko is a fully permissionless, Ethereum-equivalent based rollup. Inspired, secured, and sequenced by Ethereum.
MANTRA — MANTRA bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi by offering the necessary infrastructure for tokenizing Real World Assets (RWAs) while adhering to real-world regulatory requirements.

DNA Capital is an investment partnership specializing in multi-stage investments in the healthcare sector.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, China

Portfolio highlights

Piwi — Hi there, we are Piwi®. Like a broker, only easier. We didn’t create the company because we were in love with the market. It was exactly the opposite. With an easy to use and intuitive digital benefit managing platform we replaced the old school brokerage changing the way in which companies research, buy and manage their health plans and benefits.That’s evolution coming around!
Reema Health — Transforming the way people navigate the gaps between health care and social care. Reema combines a 24/7 AI-based confidant with in-person community guides to help people meet their social needs.
Sanar — 26K Followers, 709 Following, 489 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sanar (@sanar)

Prytek is a technological infrastructure as a service group driven by AI. Prytek builds vertically integrated ecosystems by combining top tier managed service companies and leading proprietary technologies under one roof via a decentralized organizational structure. We build infrastructure, outsource operations and provide managed services forFinancial institutions, Universities, and Enterprises. The group is divided into two arms: the Corporate Arm which comprises of controlled service companies and the Technology Arm which comprises of minority stakes in start-up tech companies. The goal of the Corporate Arm is to build businesses, while the Technology Arm’s goal is to develop products for the Corporate Arm and generate equity value for Prytek.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ThriveDX — Enter the world's premier EdTech provider and discover ThriveDX's cyber security training and digital skills programs. Contact us to learn more!
CYREBRO — CYREBRO is your online centralized interactive SOC platform that integrates all your security events with strategic monitoring, threat intelligence and IR
TritonExec — TritonExec is a global executive search firm specializing in chief executive, board & senior talent for businesses experiencing growth

L Catterton provides capital to companies to support acquisitions, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and turnarounds. They consider investments across many targeted industry verticals within the consumer industry: food and beverage, retail and restaurants, consumer products and services, and media and marketing services.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, China

Portfolio highlights

EGYM — The only open ecosystem in fitness combining smart gymtech, software, and services into the perfect solution for your fitness or health facility. Learn more!
Viee — Viee offers all-natural, healthful drinks that combine fashion and nature to produce beauty and health.
Ghost — The backbone for retail brands to optimize their inventory lifecycle.

Medical Angels is the premier medical and health-specific angel investment syndicate, comprised of over 1,000 clinicians from across Australia.

Investment focus

Events, Sports, Cycling
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Sineva — Sineva is a medical device manufacturing firm that makes ultrasonography simulators.
VueMotion Labs — Optimize athletic performance with VueMotion's AI-driven movement analysis. Accessible, affordable, and trusted by pro teams worldwide. Start testing today!
Neogenix Biosciences — NeoGenix Fertility: Selecting sperm for life through microfluidics and AI

Gregory Winston Slayton is an American author, diplomat, professor, businessman, and philanthropist.Born in Ohio, Slayton now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire with his wife and children. After graduating from Dartmouth College magna cum laude in 1981 Slayton was a Fulbright Scholar to Asia – earning a Masters in Asia Studies in 1982 from theUniversity of the Philippines. He then ran regional programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America for international non-profits such as World Vision International. In 1990 he graduated with honors from the Harvard Business School and then worked for McKinsey and Company for five years. Hired out of McKinsey to help run Paramount’s Technology Group in Palo Alto, California – Slayton remained in Silicon Valley for 10 years as a public and private company CEO and then a venture capitalist. As a CEO he was responsible for a number of successful turnarounds such as Paragraph International and MySoftware. As the Managing Director of Slayton Capital he was on the Board of Advisors of Google and Salesforce.com as well as Bloom Energy.

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.

BlackPine is a private investment firm. Their firm provides financing solutions to companies and asset owners with presence in Greater China. They target opportunities where they can take an active role in the business and co-operate with management to help develop strategies both domestically and abroad. Their approach to investing enables them toleverage their long term relationships with strategic partners and portfolio companies to source and manage deals. These relationships, together with their strong intermediary network allow them to maintain a close pulse to business activities in the region.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series C
Hong Kong, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Gusto Collective — First brandtech group using the latest technology to help brands create content and experiences across the physical and virtual worlds.
Aspen Digital — Aspen Digital is the gateway to Digital Asset allocation, an innovative technology-driven platform that empowers asset and wealth managers to offer / invest into digital asset products with confidence.
YAS Digital Limited — Every Moment Matters!YAS MicroInsurance is a Hong Kong-based next-generation InsurTech company to reshape the industry with simple, affordable, flexible MicroInsurance products tailored to customer’s needs.Built on innovative technology, YAS provides on-demand MicroInsurance products that activate protection for you anywhere and anytime on theYAS app. Whether it is your daily ride to work, a hike in the mountains, or a trip to the vet with your furbaby, we care about each moment in your life. YAS Microinsurance is redefining insurance. Simple, affordable, efficient, and coverage you control at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.

Blockchain focused. Web3, DeFi. Gaming, DAO. Layer 2, anything.

Investment focus

Gaming, eSports, Blockchain
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

MagicCraft /New Generation Game — MagicCraft is an exciting multiplayer PvP MOBA blockchain game: fast moving multiplayer battles. Earn through our in game cryptocurrency. Free to play and play to earn options for all.

HZL Capital is a privately held investment company focused on early-stage TMT investments and capital advisory.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

Shukri is a Partner at Initial Capital which he co-founded in 2010 and serves on the boards of several of its portfolio companies. Prior to Initial Capital, Shukri was co-founder, Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. BeforePlayfish, Shukri was co-founder and Managing Director of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Previously, he was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London.

Investment focus

EdTech, Gaming, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round
Finland, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.
Peak — Challenge your brain with Peak, the No.1 app for your mind. Push your cognitive skills to their limits and use your time better with fun, challenging games and workouts that test your Focus, Memory, Problem Solving, Mental Agility and more.
TrapLight Games — A hard-hitting mobile game studio from Finland. Traplight is a premium mobile games studio with 10+ years of game development expertise at the highest level. Our ambition is to create world class, chart topping, scalable game services.

Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, eSports
Seed
Norway, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Gateway.fm — GatewayFM is the first truly decentralized blockchain infra/node provider, with globally distributed, multichain infrastructure
MagicCraft /New Generation Game — MagicCraft is an exciting multiplayer PvP MOBA blockchain game: fast moving multiplayer battles. Earn through our in game cryptocurrency. Free to play and play to earn options for all.

C.Bob Lott

Investment focus

Events, Sports, Cycling
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Miro AI — The most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in sports identifies players, teams, sponsors and scenes in seconds

Alabaster is a start-up investor in founders to help them grow breakthrough companies that will make a positive, planet-level impact.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Fitness
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, Israel, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
Muse — Muse is an immersive meditation device that provides real-time feedback on your mental activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements to help you build a consistent meditation practice.
Fluid Biomed Inc. — Fluid Biotech is a Calgary based company that aims to develop the next generation of stents to improve patient well-being and realise better health and quality of life through innovation.

Kung Sing Cheng

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Analytics
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

eyes3 — eyes3 is a provider of Fair Play technologies such as VAR, Challenge systems, for tournament organisers, Real-time analytics for spectators, athletes, coaches. ITF (International Tennis Federation) Approved system.

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

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GEODNET — The Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network (GEODNET) is a decentralized network of Space Weather mining stations that report the real-time influence of the Sun’s solar winds on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. This data is commonly used to accurately correct GNSS (GPS and other navigation satellite) signals to providecentimeter level positioning accuracy and improve absolute time accuracy to nano-second level. Traditional applications for these data services include Automotive/Autonomous Navigation, Agriculture/Construction Vehicle Machine Control, Earthquake/Geohazard Monitoring, and traditional Land Survey. Blockchain applications include decentralized Mapping, Metaverse Digital Twins, Location-Aware Smart Contracts, and Proof-of-Location and Time. GEOD is the native utility token that is used for: Fees for providing GEODNET data streams and services. Rewards to Space Weather Miners. Used for governance votes to determine how network resources are allocated. Gas for future native GEODNET blockchain location/time proofs.
Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
Alliance Games — Next level Web3 Gaming Infrastructure, Now Fully Decentralized

Vectr is a venture firm based in Hong Kong. They combine investment, creation and growth to deliver game-changing impact to teams ready to tackle global issues, transform industries and improve the lives of millions.That combines capital, creation and partnership to deliver game-changing impact. We strive to be the ideal partner for founders thatare building transformation products and looking to expand their businesses into asia.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Hong Kong, Singapore

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Percent — Unlock private credit investments with Percent. Access alternative investments on the platform powering the future of private markets.
Micro Connect — Micro Connect provides market infrastructure, fintech, and platform development.
MasterExchange — Trading platform for music rights leveraging emerging technology to create friction free and compliant investment opportunities to everyone.

Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Altris.AI — AI for Ophthalmology & Optometry is the future of eye care. It will set high diagnostic standards for the industry and bring better patient outcome as a result. Together we will solve the preventable blindness problem.
Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.

Arete Capital Asia is a Multi Family Office and Boutique Financial Advisory Firm. We are licensed by the Hong Kong SFC for Asset Management, Dealing in Securities and Advising on Securities. Our Directors have a combined total of 85 years’ experience working with individual and corporate clients in the financial markets.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Series A
Hong Kong

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Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

Hana Digital Transformation Fund is an investment fund.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Series A
Hong Kong

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Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

PAC Capital is a privately-owned, independent investment manager offering high-performing funds and tailored portfolios.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, United Kingdom

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Ualá — Ualá is a fintech company whose mission is to bring Latin American financial services into the 21st century. Through an app and an international Mastercard card, it offers an innovative and integrated experience. It also brings the unbanked into the financial system by offering cheaper and more convenient services than any other alternative.Itwas founded by the Argentine entrepreneur Pierpaolo Barbieri and launched in October 2017 in Argentina and in September 2020 in Mexico.Ualá offers an international Mastercard card and is the first free card on the market, with no issuance, renewal, maintenance, and closing costs. It can be used to make purchases on any website or store in the world that accepts Mastercard. In addition, it offers the possibility of carrying out a wide variety of financial transactions through the app such as transferring money, paying bills, and topping up cell phones and transportation cards. Users can also track expenses through an analysis tool, apply for loans and invest in mutual funds.With more than 3.100 million cards issued, it is available throughout Argentina for anyone above 13 and Mexico for anyone above 18, both for Android and iOS.
TrueLayer — We power faster and safer online payments with our open banking payments network. Onboard users, accept payments & make payouts in seconds. Learn more today.
Insighta — Insighta is an early cancer detection company that focuses on developing tests and clinical trials for additional cancer types using technological advancements. It is a joint venture between Prenetics and scientist, Prof. Dennis Lo.

CoCoon Ignite Ventures is a theme-based early stage fund that invests in entrepreneurs who have a unique vision of the new economy and can create value from decentralized networks and new business models.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Art
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Hong Kong, United States, Singapore

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KidPass — The best indoor and outdoor kids activities, summer camps, and online classes for kids ages 0-18+ in art, music, dance, yoga, language, STEM, sports, coding, and more.
Lanturn — Streamline your company incorporation. We assist both locals and foreigners in hassle-free, ACRA-compliant incorporation. Contact us today.
Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.

Yieldly is a protocol building the first dynamic suite of non-custodial smart contracts on Algorand, with a lossless lottery as the initial use case.is a protocol building the first dynamic suite of non-custodial smart contracts on Algorand, with a lossless lottery as the initial use case.

Investment focus

eSports, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong, United States

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Alchemon — Alchemon is the first monster-collecting NFT staking, crafting, and trading card game on the Algorand blockchain.
Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

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Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
Sova Health — Sova Health is a precision nutrition platform that guides users towards a healthier lifestyle with personalized nutrition advice based on accurate blood biomarker analysis. Understand what is stopping you from achieving your nutritional goal and get your personalized nutrition plan.

Master Ventures is a blockchain focused venture studio. We combine visionary ideas, exceptional talent, and investment capital to invest and build the next generation of revolutionary blockchain businesses and products.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Mintify — Mintify is a VC-backed NFT multi-chain aggregator, analytics platform and trading terminal to deploy sophisticated NFT investment strategies. Our platform caters to a new type of trader looking for better tooling to discover, trade, and manage their NFT portfolios.
Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
Mind Network — The 1st Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Restaking Layer for AI and POS Networks. Mind Network is backed by Binance Labs, Hashkey, Big Brain, Chainlink, etc.

We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

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Loot Labs — Loot Labs builds ways to acquire digital collectibles.
Buddy.ai — Buddy lets children practice spoken English by talking with a virtual AI-powered cartoon character in a mobile app. With its engaging virtual character, speech technology, and adaptive learning, Buddy is making speaking practice affordable for 500 million children around the globe by automating the mundane part of tutoring work at a fraction ofthe cost. This enables teachers and parents to give kids unlimited speaking practice, essential for mastering English.
Darkbright Studios — Darkbright Studios is the developer of Smolbound, a Web3 life sim RPG.

Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba

Investment focus

Health Care, Wellness, Video Games
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Finland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Talewind — Talewind specialises in creating immersive brand experiences on Roblox, helping businesses engage with audiences through custom-built virtual worlds and interactive games.
Revery — The team at Revery is on a mission to make access to wellness affordable and accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, through the medium of gaming.
Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.

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