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Kevin Lin

Co-founder at Metatheory

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Kevin is the co-founder of Metatheory Inc., the former co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Twitch, a co-founder of Gold House, a partner in AUM Group (an independent film financing organization), and a board member of Krafton, Oura, Baobab, and OneMoreMultiverse.

Education Experience

Investments

Tag
Ecosystem
Token Issuance
Region
Operating Status
Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Nest Wallet Nest Wallet
Seed -- $ 3.6 M
Feb 20, 2024
AnotherBall AnotherBall
Angel -- $ 2.2 M
May 17, 2023
Wild Wild
Seed -- $ 7 M
Mar 09, 2023
Catena Labs Catena Labs
-- -- --
Feb 10, 2023
Oh Baby Games Oh Baby Games
Seed -- $ 6 M
Jan 31, 2023
Buildspace Buildspace
-- -- $ 10 M
Nov 18, 2022
Chillchat Chillchat
Seed -- $ 6.5 M
Jun 08, 2022
FreshCut FreshCut
-- -- $ 15 M
May 18, 2022
Paper Paper
-- -- $ 7.3 M
May 10, 2022
Yomi Games Yomi Games
Seed -- $ 2 M
Apr 21, 2022
Fractal Fractal
Seed -- $ 35 M
Apr 02, 2022
SkateX SkateX
Seed -- $ 5 M
Mar 22, 2022
RSTLSS RSTLSS
Seed -- $ 3.5 M
Mar 17, 2022
Lootex Lootex
-- -- $ 9 M
Jan 11, 2022
Concept Labs Concept Labs
Series A -- $ 25 M
Jan 11, 2022
Nyan Heroes Nyan Heroes
Seed -- $ 2.5 M
Nov 03, 2021
Numbers Protocol Numbers Protocol
-- -- $ 6 M
Oct 21, 2021
Coinrule Coinrule
Seed -- $ 2.2 M
Sep 27, 2021
Axie Infinity Axie Infinity
Series A -- $ 7.5 M
May 11, 2021

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

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Total rounds

19

Portfolio Numbers

21

Lead Investment

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