Get ready for some exciting news! Web3 gaming powerhouse Animoca Brands is ready to broaden its horizons in the upcoming year, aiming to grow its impressive portfolio of around 600 companies. Keyvan Peymani, the company’s chief strategy officer, shared some intriguing insights about their future plans.
“We invest in dozens of companies every year,” Peymani mentioned in a recent CNBC interview. “Whether it’s AI, DePIN, DeFi, or even games, we’re always exploring how our ecosystem is expanding!”
Gaming currently holds the top spot in Animoca Brands’ investment portfolio, with 230 out of the 628 companies linked to this exciting field. Since its founding in 2014, the company has been all about gaming, pumping funds into projects like Axie Infinity, CryptoKitties, and Yield Guild Games.
But that’s not all! The company is also diving deeper into sectors like Infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
“Whenever there’s something exciting happening, like with stablecoins and RWAs, we want to be at the forefront,” he added, mentioning that Animoca aims to help the retail sector benefit from the evolutions happening in the Web3 space.
Animoca targets “game-changing” innovations
“Expect us to keep finding those groundbreaking projects that will shake up the industry,” he said, with stablecoins set to be a major focus for the near future.
Animoca’s founder, Yat Siu, also spoke to Cointelegraph, stressing that institutional involvement is going to play a “huge role” in the next phase of the crypto industry’s growth, and it won’t just revolve around Bitcoin.
“Institutional participation will go beyond just buying Bitcoin or tokens. It’s going to be about adopting crypto for its utility, especially with the new market structure bill,” Siu noted.
Speaking of legislation, on November 11, US lawmakers unveiled a draft of a crypto market structure bill that outlines how agencies will regulate crypto, with a Senate vote set for December.
Animoca remains optimistic about the gaming industry
While Animoca looks to diversify, Peymani assures that gaming is still a major priority.
“We remain very optimistic about the gaming sector and how players can truly gain from their time, energy, and money spent on games, creating assets that extend into the Web3 universe,” he elaborated.
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The third quarter of 2025 marked a whopping 290% increase in crypto venture funding, making it the strongest quarter since Q1, with $4.8 billion invested, as reported by Galaxy Digital on Monday.
Most of the capital raised came from established companies in the crypto space, particularly those founded in 2018, while newer startups from 2024 secured the highest number of deals.
Looking ahead, Animoca Brands is planning to go public on the Nasdaq next year through a reverse merger with the AI-focused fintech firm Currenc Group.
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