Animoca Brands計劃為阿聯酋初創企業建立資金

據報導，這家位於香港的面向Web3的公司的價值約為60億美元，將在迪拜開設其第一個區域辦事處

Venture capital and software company Animoca Brands is planning to set up funds for UAE start-ups as it makes its debut in the Middle East, its newly-appointed regional head has said.

新任命的區域負責人說，風險投資和軟件公司Animoca Brands計劃為阿聯酋初創企業建立資金，因為它在中東首次亮相。

The Hong Kong-based Web3-oriented firm, which reportedly has a value of about $6 billion, will be opening its first regional office in Dubai, where it plans to bridge the gaps in financing, market access and mentorship that start-ups are facing.

據報導，這家總部位於香港的面向Web3的公司的價值約為60億美元，將在迪拜開設首個區域辦事處，該公司計劃彌合初創公司面臨的融資，市場准入和指導方面的差距。

Web3 is the third stage of the World Wide Web's evolution that uses the capabilities of artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain to make the internet smarter.

Web3是全球Web演變的第三階段，它使用人工智能，機器學習和區塊鏈的功能使互聯網更聰明。

“There is definitely a high concentration of capital and investors [in the UAE], liquidity providers who are sitting on the sidelines that maybe have been burnt in the past and are waiting for an institutional grade platform to come in. So, that's where we really do see an opportunity; we will be looking to launch a liquid fund and a venture-style investing fund,” Omar Elassar, managing director for the Middle East and head of global strategic partnerships at Animoca Brands, told The National.

“There is definitely a high concentration of capital and investors [in the UAE], liquidity providers who are sitting on the sidelines that maybe have been burnt in the past and are waiting for an institutional grade platform to come in. So, that's where we really do see an opportunity; we will be looking to launch a liquid fund and a venture-style investing fund,” Omar Elassar, managing director for the Middle East and head of global strategic partnerships at Animoca品牌告訴國民。

The size of the funds have yet to be determined.

資金的規模尚未確定。

“In terms of founder enablement, we're going to be supporting some of the start-ups and the more established crypto companies [in the UAE] through investment, through ecosystem advisory and through infrastructure,” Mr Elassar said.

Elassar先生說：“就創始人的支持而言，我們將通過投資，通過生態系統諮詢和通過基礎設施來支持一些初創公司，以及[阿聯酋​​]中更具成熟的加密公司。”

This strategy would then branch out into strategic and commercial expansion, with Animoca planning to work “with some of the corporates the government and regulators to drive high impact, real world use cases”.

然後，該策略將融入戰略和商業擴展，Animoca計劃“與政府的一些公司和監管機構一起開展高影響力，現實世界用例”。

Animoca, which is also a gaming company, has four major business lines aimed at start-ups – advisory, incubation, investments and institutional applications. It has investments in more than 540 companies, including in Sky Mavis, the developer of the popular blockchain game Axie Infinity.

Animoca也是一家遊戲公司，擁有四個主要業務系列，旨在諮詢，孵化，投資和機構應用。它對流行的區塊鏈Axie Infinity的開發商包括Sky Mavis，包括超過540家公司的投資。

It also has a regulated stablecoin project in partnership with Standard Chartered and Hong Kong Telecom.

它還與標準特許和香港電信合作，擁有一個受管制的穩定項目。

Animoca's bookings – a measure of total sales and income generating activity – from Web3 operating businesses of subsidiaries and projects incubated by the company hit $110 million in 2024, the company reported in March.

該公司在3月報導說，Animoca的預訂 - 衡量了該公司在2024年孵化的子公司和項目的Web3運營業務的衡量標準。

While that is down from the $182 million it posted in 2023, overall bookings for last year grew more than 12 per cent annually to $314 million, anchored by its digital asset advisory business that surged 114 per cent year-on-year to $165 million, it said. Investment activity, meanwhile, jumped more than 85 per cent to $39 million.

它說，雖然這與2023年$ 1.82億美元的票房相比，去年的總預訂量增長了12％以上，達到3.14億美元，這是其數字資產諮詢業務的基礎，該業務的同比增長了114％，達到1.65億美元。同時，投資活動增長了85％以上，達到3900萬美元。

While Animoca's Dubai office will officially mark its entry into the Middle East, this will not be the first time it will have a footprint in the region: in October 2023, it partnered with Saudi Arabia's Neom Company for a $50 million investment to support Web3 programmes.

儘管Animoca的迪拜辦公室將正式標記其進入中東的進入，但這將不是該地區第一次有足跡：2023年10月，它與沙特阿拉伯的Neom公司合作，進行了5000萬美元的投資，以支持Web3計劃。

The Emirates and the kingdom will be, for now, Animoca's focus, and any expansion into other countries in the region will be explored, according to Mr Elassar.

埃拉薩爾（Elassar）表示，酋長國和王國將是Animoca的重點，並且將探討該地區其他國家的任何擴展。

“The Middle East is a big place and there are definitely other interesting markets … there's a lot of work to do [in the UAE and Saudi Arabia] for the time being – but I wouldn't take anything off the table,” he said.

他說：“中東是一個很大的地方，肯定還有其他有趣的市場……[在阿聯酋和沙特阿拉伯]暫時還有很多工作要做 - 但我不會把任何東西都拿走。”

The UAE has continuously extended its support to start-ups, which are playing a key role, working to pitch and develop new ideas using the latest innovations to solve real-world problems.

阿聯酋不斷擴大對初創企業的支持，這些初創企業發揮了關鍵作用，致力於使用最新的創新來解決新的想法，以解決現實世界中的問題。

Start-ups in the Emirates raised about $619 million in 2024, second in Mena behind only Saudi Arabia's $750 million and part of an overall $1.9 billion in the region, according to Dubai-based data platform Magnitt.

根據迪拜的數據平台Magnitt的數據，阿聯酋航空的初創企業在2024年籌集了約6.19億美元，在北非僅在沙特阿拉伯的7.5億美元之後僅次於該地區的7.5億美元，這是該地區總計19億美元的一部分。

“The UAE is a springboard for global business, and this market is very well positioned to influence how the Web3 industry really shapes up,” Mr Elassar said.

Elassar先生說：“阿聯酋是全球業務的跳板，這個市場在影響Web3行業的真正塑造方面非常有效。”