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James Ho

Managing Partner, Animoca Ventures

Animoca Brands
SeedSeries ASeries BGamingMetaverseNFTsVirtual Economies

Investment Thesis

Strategic investments in gaming and metaverse at Animoca Brands. Focuses on scaling blockchain gaming ecosystems and building interoperable virtual economies.

What Excites Them

Blockchain gaming innovation, interoperable game assets, virtual economy design, play-and-earn models that are fun first.

What They Pass On

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How to Pitch

Show gameplay quality first, token economics second. Animoca has invested in hundreds of gaming projects — differentiate by showing genuine fun factor and sustainable game economies.

Notable Writing

The Solana Thesisblog

Solana's monolithic architecture offers better UX than modular designs for consumer applications.

Modular Capital's Crypto Thesisessay

Next crypto cycle will be driven by applications, not infrastructure like previous cycles.

Podcast Appearances

Modular Capital ThesisBell Curve
Modular Capitalapplication layerSolana

Key Quotes

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Background

Investment team at Animoca Brands. Focused on gaming and metaverse investment strategy. Part of one of the world's largest blockchain gaming investment portfolios with investments in hundreds of Web3 gaming projects.

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