Top 10 Video Games Angel Investors in Hong Kong in January 2025
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Video games startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Video games companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Video Games Angel Investors in Hong Kong in January 2025
Investor | Video Games Hong Kong investments |
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Gregory Slayton | 1 |
Yitz Applbaum | 1 |
Timo Soininen | 1 |
Shukri Shammas | 1 |
Jr. Jon Bond | 1 |
Christopher Fisher | 1 |
Daniel Shin | 1 |
Juha Paananen | 1 |
Shuji Honjo | 1 |
Allen DeBevoise | 1 |
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.
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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.
Yitz Applbaum
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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.
Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games.
Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles.
Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation.
Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force).
Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Gilion — Gilion (Formerly known as Ark Kapital) is creating custom growth loans that helps founders protect equity. Because founders who remain in control, are hard to overtake.
- Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
- MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
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.
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- 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.
Jr. Jon Bond
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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.
Christopher Fisher - Managing Partner, Fund III @ Click Ventures
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- Advertising, E-Commerce, Fitness
- Seed
- Hong Kong, United States
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- 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.
Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Malaysia
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- Bering Lab — Bering Lab provides AI-powered machine translation services for the legal, IP, financial, technology, enterprise markets
- Port One — Experience every payment in the world with one line of code
- Korea Credit Data — • Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides business management solution to small and medium-sized businesses in Korea. KCD established a dominant position (M/S 70%+) through ‘Cashnote' and ‘Bizbot’ services used by more than 1.1 million businesses. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of his business life.To this end, KCD will expand its business areas to include B2B commerce to B2C payment area.
Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba
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- Health Care, Wellness, Video Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland, Singapore
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- 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.
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.
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- 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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Video, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Hong Kong
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- 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.
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