Join us as we geek out about all things blockchain with Yat Siu, co-founder and Chairman of Animoca Brands! This conversation will feature Yat and AppWorks Founding Partner Jamie Lin, moderated by AppWorks Associate Ching. We’ll chat about their experiences turning companies around and making directional changes, how to get involved in new technology through partnering with world-class IPs and community-building, and the roadmap to building an empire, especially in the world of blockchain gaming.
Animoca Brands is the leader in gaming, blockchain, and digital entertainment. They recently closed an US$138.88M capital raise with investors like AppWorks, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Scopely, and Kingsway Capital, making them a newly minted unicorn in the tech industry. Animoca Brands develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV and SAND tokens; original games including The Sandbox and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products using popular IPs including Formula 1® and MotoGP™.
Based in Hong Kong, Yat Siu is known for his enthusiasm in technology, entrepreneurship, and investing. He began his career at Atari Germany in 1990, and in 1995 he moved to Hong Kong to establish Hong Kong Cybercity/Freenation, the first Asian free web page and email provider. In 1998, Yat set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. He sold Outblaze’s services business to IBM in 2009, and pivoted Outblaze to become a conglomerate specializing on AI, blockchain, cloud, and mobile software. His focus is now on Animoca Brands where he helps the team with leveraging popular IPs, gamification, blockchain, and mobile technologies to make engaging products including NFTs, blockchain games, and mobile games.
Animoca Brands: https://www.animocabrands.com
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