Ascensive Asset is a private investment firm focusing solely on digital assets industry

Ascensive Assets

Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in non fungible tokens (NFTs) used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The organization’s mission is to create the biggest virtual world economy, optimizing its community-owned assets for maximum utility, and sharing its profits with its token holders.

Yield Guild Games

Arca is an institutional grade financial services firm building products utilizing and investing in digital assets. The Arca team blends the time-tested attributes of traditional finance with the transparency, immutability, and efficiency of the blockchain to create institutional-caliber products designed to seamlessly allow today's' investors to transition into the digitally-powered global economy of the future.

Arca

Tess Ventures does what it takes to move customers from the earliest stage to Series A and beyond. At the earliest stage, they help customers refine the idea, product, and all aspects of the company’s operations, investor relations, and market positioning. They often invest in you through a seed round and sometimes at a later stage.

Tess Ventures

D1 Ventures is powering the Future of Open Economy.

D1 Ventures

Mechanism Capital is an investment firm that invests in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi.

Mechanism Capital

Moonboots Capital is a value adding Venture Capital Network and Community inspired by decentralized blockchain technology

MoonBoots Capital

Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance. We have been deeply entrenched in the crypto markets since early 2017, and invest in liquid cryptocurrencies on the secondary market as well as early-stage funding rounds. We aim to be power users of the project we invest in and help projects with bootstrapping liquidity, token economics, market making, marketing, and connecting founders with our vast network.

Genblock Capital

SkyVision Capital (SVC) is founded with the mission to promote new, open decentralized technology and its development. We provide advisory services and a strong ecosystem to overcome barriers to allow you to succeed in your space. We will forge a strategic partnership with you to promote, develop, and deliver new, open decentralized technology and architecture. We are a Venture Capital Fund that is dedicated to incubating and investing in founders of tomorrow, today.

SkyVision Capital

Morningstar Ventures is an investment firm backing ambitious ideas by early-stage founders. Based in Dubai, Morningstar Ventures focuses primarily on the blockchain and digital assets space and is led by Chief Investment Officer Danilo S. Carlucci. The firm is active in both token investments and equity investments and has a particularly strong focus on the Elrond ecosystem. In October 2021 Morningstar Ventures launched the Elrond Dubai Incubator to support projects building with Elrond technology.

Morningstar Ventures

Eden Holdings operates as a venture capital firm.

Eden Holdings

GHAF Capital Partners was formed in Q1 of 2021 and is one of the fastest growing & first blockchain venture capital fund based in Dubai, U.A.E. The name was inspired by the beauty and characteristics of the Ghaf tree. Known for its strong roots, extreme self-sustenance, essential source of shade, food & medical supplies for all species, being one of the only evergreen trees in the harsh conditions of the desert. For us at GCP, we believe it is the perfect formula for a fund to base its values on. Our key focus is to bring value to all our partners and act as their extended team or bridge to the U.A.E.

Ghaf Capital Partners

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.

Animoca Brands

IVC (Infinity Ventures Crypto) is a Web3 venture capital firm that invests in pioneering game, Web3, infrastructure, and DeFi projects. IVC leverages its global connections to innovate, build, and propel forward the next generation of founders.

Infinity Ventures Crypto

M.H. Carnegie & Co. was launched by Mark Carnegie in 2010 with total equity commitments of $132 million to capitalise on the post financial crisis environment in the Australian market for smaller alternative investment opportunities. M.H. Carnegie & Co. was launched with a focus and expertise in expansion capital, as well as operating real estate.

M. H. Carnegie & Co.

Akatsuki offers MobileSocialGame services. They utilize cutting edge technology and ideas to realize and deliver their ambitions to their users. They provide new value to society through the services we manage daily. Providing services throughout the world that brighten up everyone's daily lives.

Akatsuki Games Inc.

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and venture capital fund. We seek financial returns through venture building and investing in early stage blockchain start ups, with a mission to enable the Web 3.0 blockchain native economy. We source projects globally, leveraging especially on our strong Asia network across key hubs like Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. In addition to providing capital, we support portfolio companies with a rigorous hands-on venture building platform with strategy formulation, go-to market execution, and our comprehensive investor network.

LongHash Ventures

GBV Capital is dedicated to invest, develop, and the support blockchain and crypto projects to build our future

GBV Capital

SevenX Ventures is an independent thinker and tech-driven cryptocurrency investment firm that provides insights and operational expertise to help blockchain startups in growing.

SevenX Ventures

ROK Capital is a multi-strategy fund based out of Korea, with an in-house services arm that helps portfolio companies with community management, localization, branding PR, marketing, on and off-line events, business development, and local exchange listing guidance as part of our investment. The 4 partners of ROK Capital have previous senior roles at FTX, Serum and Parity. and were highly involved in expanding the defi and web3 ecosystem for Solana, Sandbox and many more.

ROK Capital

Ghaf Capital is an independent strategic and investment advisory firm.

Ghaf Capital

Huobi Ventures is a venture capital firm which focuses on projects related to blockchain technology, crypto assets, and digital currency.

Huobi Ventures

Ignite Tournaments

Ignite Tournaments is building an esports tournament mobile app that makes esports accessible to 3 billion gamers worldwide. Payouts in 70 currencies to 175 countries.

Ignite Tournament (Ignite) specializes in developing platforms for play-to-earn competitive gaming. Ignite’s pipeline includes the option to create tournaments using its ability to turn any mobile game into a “play-to-earn game.” Platform payouts are made via cryptocurrency and NFTs. Ignite’s metaverse-focused partnership with Crypto Gaming United will allow it to create “player-owned tournaments.”

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Ignite Tournament (Ignite) specializes in developing platforms for play-to-earn competitive gaming. Ignite’s pipeline includes the option to create tournaments using its ability to turn any mobile game into a “play-to-earn game.” Platform payouts are made via cryptocurrency and NFTs. Ignite’s metaverse-focused partnership with Crypto Gaming United will allow it to create “player-owned tournaments.”It announced a USD 10 million funding round co-led by Animoca Brands, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and Moon Holdings Fund <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8929">in March 2022 </a>. The funding consisted of USD 3 million in seed funding (closed in December 2021), with the remaining funds closed via a strategic round in February 2022. The funds were earmarked for the improvement of the platform’s infrastructure and operations.

Stakester is a platform for gamers to compete against one another for cash prizes. The platform was launched in May 2020 and is currently available in 38 US states, the UK, and Singapore. As of November 2020, the platform has more than 15,000 users. Stakester has also established partnerships with ESL (Electronic Sports League) and GameByte (competitive gaming community).Stakester’s management includes Gary J. Foreman (co-founder of Rockstar Games) and Alan Patmore (former EVP and GM at Humble Bundle, GM of Mafia Wars and CityVille at Zynga), who joined as a strategic advisor and board member in June 2020.In November 2020, the company raised USD 2.7 million in seed funding led by RTP Global with participation from angel investors Jens Lapinski (CEO of Angel Invest and former MD of Techstars) and Chris Adelsbach (founding partner at Outrun Ventures and venture partner at Techstars). The funds will be used to grow its community by increasing the value of prizes on the platform. In addition, the company plans to expand its platform to Australia and Germany in the near future.

Stakester

Peru-based ESGPlay operates an esports platform that creates competitive esports tournaments.

ESGPlay

eMasters is a Brazilian esports platform that facilitates the creation of esports competitions with cash prizes. The platform supports games including League of Legends, Dota 2, and FIFA 19.

eMasters

Gaming Frog is a console based online esports tournament platform. The platform offers single player and multiplayer competitive matchups for cash prizes in FIFA.The platform officially launched in August 2019 and since has seen over 1,500 matches being played on the platform.Since launch, the platform claims to have attracted 3,500 users. The company has raised USD 150,000 from friends and family and is in the process of raising a USD 400,000 seed round. The company outlined plans to launch on Android, expand its development team, integrate artificial intelligence (AI), introduce a membership model and bring in NBA and Madden games into the platform.

Gaming Frog

NAG Studios is a Swedish startup focused on creating esports games and platforms. It was founded by esports and gaming industry veterans Peter Stahl (former head of development at Resolution Games, a game studio focused on augmented and virtual reality) and Johan Skott (former esports product owner at Tobii Tech, a unit of technology company Tobii AB). NAG’s vision entails building an esports game and platform which will incorporate the community (i.e., professional players, streamers, broadcasters, and viewers) from the beginning of the development process.The company raised USD 1 million in an extended pre-seed funding round led by London Venture Partners in October 2020. The company aims to use the funds to build its development team.

NAG Studios

Companies facilitating communication among esports players or between players and esports communities during gameplay.

Companies operating esports arenas and providing technical expertise for hosting and broadcasting competitive leagues and tournaments. 

Companies facilitating competitive online and in-person esports tournaments.

Companies producing and broadcasting esports related content.

Companies recruiting players to form professional teams and rosters for esports tournaments and leagues.

Companies developing esports related titles.

Commonly used in the tournament platforms segment to match players of equal skill

Ignite Tournaments

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