# Raymond Yip

> Raymond Yip, also known as Ray Yip, is a Hong Kong-based product designer, startup founder, investor and advisor. He co-founded SHOPLINE with Tony Wong and Fiona Lau and served as its founding CEO, later co-founded Clickful, and worked in startup acceleration and venture investing. His current personal biography lists lead product design work at Animoca Brands / Open Campus and a managing partner role at Playmaker Ventures.

- **Role:** Lead Product Designer at Animoca Brands / Open Campus; Co-founder and Managing Partner at Playmaker Ventures
- **Organizations:** SHOPLINE, Clickful, Playmaker Ventures, Animoca Brands, Open Campus, Zeroth.AI, Mount Parker Ventures, Citi, Lehman Brothers, GMAC, 500 Global, Entrepreneur First, Founder Institute
- **From:** Hong Kong
- **Education:** Stony Brook University
- **Known for:** Co-founded SHOPLINE and helped take it through 500 Startups in 2014., UI designer on the Best User Experience-winning team at Startup Weekend Hong Kong in April 2013., Co-founded and served as CEO of Clickful.

## Career timeline

- **2000–2008** — Enterprise technology roles at GMAC, Lehman Brothers and Citi, as grouped in his personal biography.
- **2008–2014** — Vice President, Architecture and Technology Engineering at Citi.
- **2011** — Founded a mobile social network for sneaker enthusiasts, according to his General Assembly biography.
- **2013** — Co-founded SHOPLINE with Tony Wong and Fiona Lau; served as founding CEO.
- **2014** — Completed the 500 Startups accelerator with SHOPLINE.
- **2016–2018** — Founder and CEO of Clickful, according to his Wellfound profile.
- **2018** — Announced that he had joined Zeroth.AI as a full-time partner to invest in and lead accelerator cohorts.
- **2019** — Joined Mount Parker Ventures as a venture partner; his Wellfound profile dates the start to 2019.
- **2022–present** — Co-founder and Managing Partner at Playmaker Ventures, according to his personal biography.
- **2023–present** — Lead Product Designer at Animoca Brands / Open Campus, according to his personal biography.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SHOPLINE and helped take it through 500 Startups in 2014.
- UI designer on the Best User Experience-winning team at Startup Weekend Hong Kong in April 2013.
- Co-founded and served as CEO of Clickful.
- Led Hong Kong accelerator work at Zeroth.AI after participating in accelerator programs as a founder.
- Designed across the Open Campus main site, EDU Chain, Open Campus ID and incubator platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: his personal website currently lists lead product design work at Animoca Brands / Open Campus and co-founder/managing partner responsibilities at Playmaker Ventures. This is an observation date, not an announced job-change date.

## Links

- Website: https://raymondyip.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayyip/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raymondyip/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raymondyip

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Last updated: 2026-10-21