Jason Yeh
Co-Founder & General PartnerMore About Jason
Jason was on the founding investment team at FirstMark Capital, where he led diligence in the Riot Games Series A raise. He then joined Riot as the company’s first business hire to help launch League of Legends and build out teams that drove publishing, international growth, and Esports over a 9 year period. After leaving Riot, Jason was an active angel investor in the consumer space backing companies such as Highsnobiety, 88 Rising, Italic, and Avant Arte.Featured Content
Introducing Patron
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Announcing Patron Fund I: $90M to invest in the convergence of games, consumer, and Web 3. We are proud to debut Patron. Patron is an early-stage venture firm investing in the convergence of games, consumer, and Web 3. We call this convergence the “Spectrum of Play.” The Spectrum of Play is our conviction that games... Read More
Consumer Technology in 2024
At Patron, we strive to back founders revolutionizing the games and consumer sectors. Our background spans across Riot Games and Discord, two companies that started out building for gamers, but expanded into broad consumer success stories. They now impact hundreds of millions of people around the world on a daily basis. Three key trends are... Read More
The venture opportunity in Esports
The League of Legends Worlds 2023 tournament is currently underway in Korea. As evidenced by early viewership, with opening matches topping 1.5m CCU, LoL esports is as big as ever. That said, the business health surrounding many esports companies continues to remain shaky. It’s insightful to take a look at the China esports market given... Read More
Venture investing in games
The gaming industry has seen explosive growth in the past decade, attracting significant VC funding. However, only a select few startups have managed to achieve true venture-scale outcomes. Drawing from personal experience at Riot Games, a game studio that went on to be acquired by Tencent for nearly $10bn, I want to share some factors... Read More