Web3 gaming giant Animoca Brands plans to expand its current portfolio of about 600 companies beyond gaming next year, said Keyvan Peymani, the company's chief strategy officer.
“We invest in dozens of companies a year,” Paymani said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “The aim is to always keep an eye on how the ecosystem we are a part of is expanding, whether it’s AI, DePIN, DeFi, gaming, new sectors, stablecoins, and opportunities that are coming in.”
Games represent the largest category in Animoca Brands' portfolio, with 230 of the 628 companies in which Animoca Brands has invested tied to games. The company was founded in 2014 and initially focused solely on games, with early investments in a number of Web3 gaming projects including Axie Infinity, CryptoKitties, Colossal, and Yield Guild Games.
Keyvan Peymani, chief strategy officer at Animoca Brand, speaks to CNBC's Crypto World. sauce: CNBC
The company is increasing its investments in infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
“Our aim is to be one of the market leaders whenever something interesting and exciting happens, like stablecoins and RWA,” he explained, adding that Animoca aims to be a vehicle for the entire retail industry to benefit from the changes that occur within the Web3 ecosystem.
Animocha focuses on “game-changing” projects
“Expect us to continue that and continue to find projects that we think will disrupt the industry,” he said, adding that stablecoins will be a major focus for the company in the near term.
Animoca founder Yat Siu told Cointelegraph on Wednesday that institutional participation will be “very important” for the next phase of growth in the crypto industry, but it’s not all about Bitcoin.
“The institutional aspect will be led by Bitcoin and not just buy some tokens to get exposure. Because of the market structure bill, it will be adopted institutionally from a practicality perspective,” Siu said.
On November 11, U.S. lawmakers released a draft of the Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act that lays out how the regulation of cryptocurrencies will be divided among government agencies, and the Senate is expected to vote on it in December.
Animocha remains bullish on the gaming field
Even though Animoca is expanding into new areas, Paymani said gaming remains a strong priority.
“We remain very bullish about what's going to happen with the game and how people can truly benefit from the time, energy, effort and money they put into the game to get an asset that will live on beyond the Web3 space,” he said.
In the third quarter of 2025, crypto venture funding increased 290% quarter-on-quarter, with $4.8 billion invested, the highest quarter since the first quarter, Galaxy Digital reported on Monday.
According to the report, established companies in the crypto space, especially those founded in 2018, accounted for the majority of the funds raised, while companies founded in 2024 accounted for the highest number of transactions.
Animoca Brands plans to list on the Nasdaq next year through a reverse merger with Currenc Group, a publicly traded AI-focused fintech company.
