AAA Razer plans corporate venturing expansion

Razer plans corporate venturing expansion

US and Singapore dual-headquartered gaming equipment maker Razer is preparing to increase the rate of investments through its corporate venturing arm, zVentures.

LiMeng Lee, chief strategy officer ofRazer and head of zVentures, said: “We are amping up our early-stage investments here at Razer through our zVentures arm, which is housed under my office.

“Just in the past few months, we have made direct investments into Animoca Brands, Coinomo, Loupedeck, Lambda Labs, Pinch, Ratio, Bambooloo, Morning Coffee, Revery, Skibre Private and Dive.

“We are also [limited partners] in tech and gaming funds such as Altara Ventures, Play Ventures and 1Up Ventures….

“In parallel, we are also evaluating [merger and acquisition] opportunities for the group and Razer Fintech (for which Lee is also CEO) to further grow our ecosystem of hardware, software and services for our gamers and partners.”

By James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.