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== Basics ==

* Aka Animoca Brands
*[[Blockchain]] game [[maker]] and investment firm

== Projects ==

=== Axie Infinity ===

* One of the [https://cryptobriefing.com/axie-infinity-ubisoft-binance-ethereum-sidechain/ inaugural] [[Node|validators]] of [[Ronin]] (24-12-2021).

== Investments ==

* Animoca Brands’ 2022 investments [https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2023/yat-siu included] companies such as Neptune Mutual, Balthazar, Metaplex Foundation, Burnt Finance, Ancient8, TRLab, Kyoko, Pixels and many others.
* Animoca Brands [[V|will aim to raise $1 billion]] for its metaverse investing fund in the early part of 2023, softening previous ambitions to raise as much as $2 billion.
* Has a [https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/05/yat-siu-most-influential-2022/ portfolio] of over 380 Web3 projects like [[Axie Infinity (AXS)|Axie Infinity]], [[The Sandbox (SAND)|The Sandbox]] (of which they [https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2023/sebastien-borget own] the developer company), [[OpenSea]] and [[Dapper Labs]] (5-12-2022).
* [[Shima Capital]]; they got some of their [[seed]] money for their [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/17/bill-ackman-among-investors-as-venture-capital-crypto-firm-shima-capital-raises-200m-fund/ first $200M fund] from here (17-8-2022).

== Team, Funding and Partners ==

* [[Yat Siu]]; co-founder and executive chairman
*The firm has continued to grow, raising its valuation to $5.9 billion during [https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/05/yat-siu-most-influential-2022/ 2022].
*From [[Decrypt]] (12-11-2020):

''"[[Atari (ATRI)|Atari]] has announced partnerships with other online games and services that plan to implement the [[Atari]] [[Token]], providing further opportunities to make use of it.''

''Atari has also partnered with Animoca Brands, a major player in crypto games thanks to titles like [[The Sandbox]] and F1 Delta Time, to develop blockchain-powered versions of classic Atari games like Asteroids and Centipede. These games will be playable on the VCS."''
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