PLAY VENTURES - Key Persons
Based in Helsinki, Anton leads new investments across game studios, platforms and tech.
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 Seoul, Eliana has close to 20 yrs experience in the event world.
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.
Job Titles:
- Head of Talent
- Recruiting Leader
Joe is a recruiting leader with over a decade of experience in the tech and games industry - most recently at Electronic Arts and Epic Games. He has hired for world class games and tools such as Fortnite, Unreal Engine, Rocket League, Need For Speed, Battlefield and Frostbite.
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.
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.
Phylicia is based in Singapore and leads new investments into game studios, tech, and plays into the intersection of gaming and lifestyle. She also leads Play's diversity and inclusion initiatives and is part of Play's ESG committee.
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.