PLAY VENTURES - Key Persons
Based in Helsinki, Anton supports the partners in deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio support.
Based in Singapore, Chiew Tung is part of our finance team, dealing with day to day finance topics.
Chiew Tung brings with him prior experience in audit with PwC & KPMG, working in various industries such as Real Estate Industry Funds, Asset Wealth Management & others.
Based in Paris, Florent joined our investment team, working on investment evaluation, due diligence and portfolio support.
Harri has over 18 years experience in gaming and previously co-founded Rocket Pack, which was acquired by Disney in 2011. He is also the co-founder of Matchmade (Shark Punch), the leading influencer marketing platform for games.
Henric previously co-founded Nonstop Games which was acquired by King for US$32M + earnout and was an early investor in Huuuge Games (IPO),Omniata (acquired by King), DataTiger (acquired by Apple), Astralis Group (IPO on Nasdaq), and more.
JASON CHAN - Chief Compliance Officer
Based in Singapore, Jason brings with him over 12 years of industry experience in compliance topics.
Juha is based in Berlin and heads our platform function, focusing on supporting founders hands-on on a variety of topics and connecting the dots across our networks.
Julian is based in Singapore and helps the investment team with deal evaluation, due diligence and portfolio support.
Prior to Play Ventures, Julian was part of the core team of ONE Esports, the gaming-focused subsidiary of Group ONE, Asia's largest sports media property, playing a key role in strategy and business development. He started his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and at Abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Asset Management).
Job Titles:
- General Partner ( Play Future Fund )
From July 2021, Kenrick will be the partner of our Play Future Fund. As an early adopter of all things crypto he founded LuneX Ventures in 2018 investing in equity and tokens of blockchain & crypto companies building the decentralized web. Before that he was running growth strategies with numerous startups in Singapore including Zalora/Lazada, Nonstop Games, Travelmob and Golden Gate Ventures.
Michail Katkoff has well over a decade of experience in building free-to-play games and kick-ass game teams. Prior to starting his own gaming startup, which was acquired by PlayStation in 2022, he held leadership and product management positions at Supercell, Zynga, FunPlus and Rovio. He's also known as the founder of famous gaming blog and podcast, Deconstructor of Fun. Connect on LinkedIn ▸
Phylicia has over 9 years experience in marketing and growth, working with the likes of Mighty Bear Games, Voice Labs, Homage, Ethnicraft Online, as well as for the Singapore Economic Development Board.
Job Titles:
- Finance and Admin Manager
Santo has over 7 years of experience in auditing at EY, specialising in wealth and asset management industry.
He has worked with a spectrum of global institutions ranging from Alternative investment funds to Asset managers, and now manages all things finance and admin at Play Ventures.
Prior to joining Play Ventures, Zhende started his career in KPMG where he worked with a spectrum of companies across different industries.