OUR MANIFESTO
We live at the cutting edge of web3,
Catalysing the emergence of
true digital property rights
We are The WEB3 Builders’ VC
GET TO KNOW OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Yat Siu
Yat is the co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, a multi-billion leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification.
Prior to Animoca, Yat founded and sold Outblaze Limited, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services to IBM in 2009.
Yat has also received numerous accolades including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the DHL/SCMP Awards as well as the prestigious InnoStars Award in Hong Kong.
James Ho
James is Managing Partner, and leads the team at Animoca Ventures.
Since joining Animoca Group in 2018, James directly managed or originated early investments into numerous Web3 companies (including Yield Guild Games, Opensea, Magic Eden, Matic and Immutable X). Many of these companies are today the giants in the Web3 space, and more than a few have achieved unicorn status.
With a track record of over 100 deals, James brings unique and battle-tested experience and acumen to Animoca Ventures’ mission of identifying the Web3 giants of the future, and building an ecosystem that boosts the performance of every investee company.
Prior to Animoca, James was a serial entrepreneur & builder. His past companies had served discerning global clients such as LVMH, Richemont, Chanel, Sothebys’ to name a few.
Jenny Cheng
Jenny is Vice President at Animoca Ventures, focusing on early stage investments in blockchain infrastructure, gaming and content.
Prior to Animoca Ventures, she was an Assistant Vice President focusing on web3, consumer and tech investments at C Ventures (now C Capital), an investment fund backed by New World Development. Previously, she was an analyst at J.P. Morgan. Jenny holds a BSc (Econ) Statistics and Economics degree from University College London.
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Nenter Chow
Nenter Chow holds a dual role of investing and portfolio strategy for Animoca Ventures, focusing on both early stage venture investments and working with portfolio companies to identify opportunities and synergies within the portfolio. Notable Web3 venture investments include the likes of Monad, Berachain, and TON. He was also an angel investor in several early Defi projects.
Prior to Animoca Ventures, he was an investment banker for 17 years in New York and Shanghai across various roles including head of corporate and investment banking for US MNCs in APAC, leveraged finance, cross border M&A, project finance, business development, relationship management, and credit trading. Nenter holds a BBA from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ross School of Business.
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Trevor Liu
Trevor is the Operations Manager of Animoca Ventures.
Prior to Animoca Ventures, he was the Head of Operations at Fullgoal Asset Management, a Chinese Asset Management firm for four years in the Operations Division, where he developed extensive skills and experience in fund operations. Previously, he was the Operations Supervisor at State Street and Team Leader at Crédit Agricole CIB. Trevor holds a BSc (Applied Physics) degree from City University of Hong Kong.
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Animoca Ventures In Numbers
We invest in Web3 companies typically from the early stage, and continue to support them through their stages of growth.
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