Scenius Studio (Episode #20)
Jason Yeh -- Patron
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Scenius: The intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. The communal form of the concept of genius.
Welcome to the Scenius Studio
As a crypto-dedicated Fund-of-Funds Manager at Scenius Capital, host, Ben Jacobs has the unique opportunity to speak daily with the brightest investors in the blockchain space. In Scenius Studio, Ben chats with crypto Hedge Fund Managers and Venture Capitalists in wide-ranging, evergreen, and alpha-focused conversations.
In each episode of Scenius Studio, Ben dives deep with these talented professionals to understand what drove them to crypto, and how they approach the complex craft of investing in the wild west of digital assets and blockchain technology. We are excited to share these discussions publicly through this podcast.
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In this episode, Ben sits down with Jason Yeh, Co-Founder and General Partner of Patron. Jason was head of international publishing and head of EU eSports at Riot Games where he was a key member of the team responsible for making League of Legends the most important game of the last decade. Jason is now investing in cutting-edge gaming content and infrastructure with much of the investible innovation happening right here in Web3.
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In this episode we discuss:
Jason’s publishing experience at Riot Games where he scaled League of Legends into a global phenomenon
The gamification of products and the scale of the gaming market
Investing in gaming globally and the nuance of different geographies
What crypto VCs misunderstand about the gaming industry
What Axie Infinity and P2E got right and wrong
Real value creation vs. ponzi token economic design
AI content and user-generated content and their impact on the industry
How major game developers and publishers are responding to web3 innovation
Jason’s spiciest takes 🌶
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