Animoca Brands becomes official AWS Activate Provider to accelerate Web3 development and true digital property rights
16 August 2023 – Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, announced today that it has become an official AWS Activate Provider, enabling it to offer to its portfolio companies the tools, resources, content, and expert support to build on AWS and accelerate development for Web3 products and services. Animoca Brands’ portfolio companies will also be able to directly apply for up to US$25,000 in AWS Activate credits to support development on AWS.
With a growing portfolio of over 450 Web3 companies and projects, Animoca Brands is highly active in the development of decentralized ecosystems that offer users the benefits of true ownership over their digital assets. The ability to truly own digital property is a keystone of the open metaverse, where participants are not merely users but can also become owners and stakeholders.
The collaboration between AWS and Animoca Brands focuses on nurturing upcoming Web3 companies in Animoca Brands’ portfolio, and extending to them technical, networking, fundraising and marketing support from the AWS Startup team through the AWS Activate program, including credit, access to solution experts, mentorship and exclusive content and offers. AWS Activate is a program that has helped hundreds of thousands of early stage startups grow their businesses in the cloud. Startups that qualify for AWS Activate can use these credits for scalable, reliable, and secure AWS Cloud services such as compute, storage, database, analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), and machine learning.
By leveraging AWS Activate benefits, Animoca Brands further connects its portfolio companies with AWS to enable them to build using world-class infrastructure, develop go-to-market strategies and partnerships across both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems, go global and gain visibility in minutes, and strengthen security and compliance.
Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, commented: “We’re absolutely thrilled to work with AWS as its Activate Provider. This collaboration marks a milestone moment for both Animoca Brands and the broader Web3 startup ecosystem. Hong Kong has always been a hub of innovation, and with AWS’s world-renowned cloud capabilities and its deep-rooted commitment to the startup community, we are now ready to supercharge Web3 startups all around the world.”
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including original games such as The Sandbox, Phantom Galaxies, Life Beyond, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Life Beyond Studios, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be., PIXELYNX, and WePlay Media. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of over 450 Web3 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.