Eric Clark Su’s Profile Bio
Eric Clark Su is a Web3 builder and investor at a Web3 gaming and metaverse accelerator which is Gamepad. He is also the co-founder and CEO of PicLyf and Exnetwork Capital. After discovering blockchain, he became a big believer in decentralization and started a validator company, a blockchain growth agency, and a Web3 venture capital firm.
The venture capital firm founded by Eric Clark Su has successfully accumulated Assets Under Management (AUM) worth $200 million). He also had a successful NFT investment DAO, a Web3 growth agency, and a Web3 gaming and metaverse accelerator.
Gamepad is a next-generation GameFi and Metaverse launchpad, where Eric Clark Su served as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is an outstanding strategist and technical leader; he collaborated with Appetiser when they decided to expand from Europe and Australia into the Asian market.
Eric Clark Su is also the designer and founder of Lifebit, a photo-based game about making life more interesting. The platform offered a social, fun, and evolving collection of bucket lists that encouraged players to start with life, level up their passions, and make new experiences.
Educational Background and Volunteer Works
The recognized Filipino venture capitalist Eric Su graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) from John Paul II College in Davao City from 2000 to 2004. He was an active member of the Computer Science Club during his college years.
Eric Su volunteered for various organizations and communities in the Philippines. He has been a volunteer in AngelHack as a Judge since August 2014. AngelHack is a global leader in developer relations and marketing, and they help tech companies get their products into the hands of developers across the world.
Aside from AngelHack, Eric has been a volunteer Judge for Techstars Startup Weekend since 2013. Techstars Startup Weekend is a civic and social organization that aims to educate entrepreneurs in 54 hours. They helped educate and inspire over 400,000 entrepreneurs worldwide.
Recognition from International Companies
The venture capitalist Eric Su won as AngelHack winner in August 2015 after he led a team that conceptualized and designed a product and won a 24-hour hackathon against 30 teams. Samsung also recognized him as the Philippine representative in Singapore during the company’s Worldwide Gear App Challenge. He designed the product called Epic Life – a full post-apocalyptic adventure game on a smartwatch (Samsung gear). This project was associated with FuFu Labs.
In August 2012, Eric Su was chosen among the 75 applicants worldwide to pitch in a major mobile event in Beijing, China. This project was associated with Twidl Inc., also known as Lifebit. He also launched a startup product against 11 other teams and won a 3-month immersion in Silicon Valley in an event organized by the STAC organization.
Being the founder of Lifebit, Eric Su was chosen along with ABS-CBN and three other Philippine companies as one of the best employers in the Philippines. The World HRD Congress & Stars of the Industry Group issued the award in July 2011.
Orange Telecom also recognized Eric Su in his connection with the Cavalcade Games. There, he designed and helped develop EcoSaviours, which is a game around environmental issues. Cavalcade Games placed second in the global game competition organized by UK’s Orange Telecom, and Su’s team won the prize money worth around €4,000.
Eric Su’s Companies
PicLyf
Eric Clark Su co-founded PicLyf, a pictures-only blogging platform where visual content is the focus of the community. The product provides badges, quests, fun community activities and hooks up Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and many other APIs to let members use their existing social networks to jumpstart their picture blogs.
PicLyf was described as one of the coolest ways to turn your pictures into stories. The company is a small group of Internet geeks and entrepreneurs from Davao City. The Philippine-based app started by raising $10,000 in seed funding in 2009, followed by $11,000 from angel investor Toivo Annus, co-founder of Skype, and $20,000 from Jehzeel Laurente in 2010.
Exnetwork Capital
Eric Su was the co-founder and CEO of Exnetwork Capital, an investment firm focused on funding innovation in the decentralization movement. The company was founded in 2018 and has been a key ingredient in the success of numerous projects launched since they started their operations in the Philippines.
Some notable companies funded with the help of Exnetwork Capital include Kingdom Karnage, Alphadex, Heroes of Mavia, Bullieverse, VisionGame, KlayCity, Reign of Terror, and Volare Finance. Together with crypto researcher and operations manager expert Dric Yao, the Exnetwork team of Eric Su and a network of allies achieve exemplary results not just in monetary value but also in knowledge accrual.
Exnetwork Capital has been a leader in the crypto fund and incubator program. Their portfolio of companies includes FTX Exchange, Orion Protocol, Thorchain, Celsius, Serum, and Polkadot. The company has been an early investor in GameFi projects. Part of Exnetwork Capital’s portfolio companies include Splinterlands, one of the world’s most popular blockchain-based collectible card games built on the Hive blockchain.
Gamepad
Exnetwork Capital has built Gamepad to promote the next-generation accelerator for the Metaverse era. Gamepad is a decentralized accelerator platform for Play-to-Earn (P2E), GameFi, and Metaverse projects. $GPAD tokens power the accelerator program and provide a new way to incubate, launch, and grow projects alongside their token and NFT holders.
The project will allow everyone to participate in the public sale of tokens from upcoming DeFi, GameFi, DAO, and meme tokens. The Gamepad Acceleration program involves four phases: the Prep or the starting phase, where the narrative and pitch are fine-tuned, and the project team is mentored. The next phase is the Launch, where Gamepad’s content providers and community network will provide materials to convey the project’s qualities.
The third phase is the Growth Phase, which will handle the road to a playable build. The last phase is the Play Phase, where Gamepad will prepare the project team with their product, focusing on gameplay and in-game events. GamePad’s acceleration structure aims to become the top decentralized Y Combinator of blockchain-powered worlds. Games going through Gamepad’s acceleration program will have a higher chance of achieving long-term success.
Under the leadership of Eric Clark Su, Gamepad, the next-generation decentralized accelerator for crypto games, guilds, and metaverses, announced closing its investment round valued at $25 million. Enjin and OKX Blockdream Ventures, leaders in the blockchain industry, led the successful funding round.
Blockchain industry leader Enjin is behind Efinity, a next-generation blockchain for digital assets built on the Polkadot network. OKX Blockdream Ventures is an investment institution under the world-leading trading platform OKX. The company is focused on exploring and investing in innovative blockchain projects worldwide.
Eric Clark Su’s Other Projects
Before working with the GamePad and Exnetwork, venture capitalist Eric Su was a co-founder of Cosmic Validator, a Limited Partner for Blockchain Founders Fund, an Investor for Republic, and a Founder at Armament Agency. Eric Su also served as Strategic Advisor for Debond Protocol and Bullieverse, ZeroSwap Labs, Manga Token, Spherium Finance, Raze Network, Kickpad, Big Data Protocol, and Kira Core.
He is also a Member of The Board of Advisors for Kylin Network and Razor Network. Erik Clark Su’s contribution to the technology sphere in the Philippines was already recorded as one of the few individuals from Mindanao who shines bright in Metro Manila and worldwide.
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