Ancient8

investment firm

About

Ancient8 develops the infrastructure layer for GameFi, focusing on community and software.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$6M
Industries
Blockchain,Communities,Gaming,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2021
Operating Status
Active

Ancient8 is developing the infrastructure for GameFi, with a focus on software and community. Ancient8 is building GameFi Identity and Launchpad products to serve as the marketing distribution channel for GameFi and Metaverse projects to onboard millions of users. Ancient8 manages Vietnam’s largest blockchain gaming guild, and enables everyone to build the Metaverse through blockchain software products, guild scholarship, blockchain education, institutional-grade research, and community. Ancient8’s vision is to democratize social and financial access in the Metaverse.

Ancient8 is backed by leading investors including Pantera, Dragonfly, Hashed, Makers Fund, C² Ventures, Mechanism, Coinbase, Alameda, IOSG, Animoca, among others.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$10M
Ancient8 has raised a total of $10M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 8, 2022 from a Seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 8, 2022 Seed $6M 12 C² Ventures
Makers Fund
Detail
May 9, 2022 Corporate Round 1 Detail
Jan 19, 2022 Seed $4M 31 Dragonfly
Hashed
Pantera Capital
Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
0
Ancient8 has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 29, 2022, when Roboto Games raised $15M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 29, 2022 Roboto Games
Series A $15M Casual Games
Jun 7, 2022 Chillchat
Seed $6.50M Cryptocurrency
Apr 21, 2022 MetaLend
Seed $5M Blockchain
Apr 14, 2022 Elumia
Seed Blockchain
Series Unknown $10M Blockchain

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
5
42
Ancient8 is funded by 42 investors. C² Ventures and Makers Fund are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
C² Ventures Yes Seed
Makers Fund Yes Seed
Dragonfly Yes Seed
Hashed Yes Seed
6th Man Ventures Seed
Extra Watts Seed
Folius Ventures Seed
IOSG Ventures Seed
Morningstar Ventures Seed
Pantera Capital Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
2
Ancient8 has 2 current employee profiles, including Executive Howard Xu
Executive
Executive