Sonic is a Layer‑2 network in the Solana ecosystem that focuses on gaming. It aims to lead more developers into the Solana game ecosystem. Sonic provides core technical components including Sonic SVM (Solana virtual machine) and the HyperGrid scaling framework. The company is launching an incubation fund and an accelerator program to help developers become familiar with Sonic SVM and HyperGrid. Sonic completed a $12M Series A financing led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Galaxy Interactive and BigBrain Holdings. The raise is intended to support developer onboarding and broader ecosystem growth through the fund and accelerator initiatives. Mirror World is a game-matrix virtual world service provider that builds a virtual world composed of multiple game titles. Its announced portfolio includes Mirrama, an ARPG that combines Roguelike mechanics; Brawl of Mirrors, a casual PVP arena-duel game; and a strategy title centered on the SLG genre. The company said it will launch Sonic, a game public chain on Solana built on SVM HyperGrid. Recently Mirror World completed a multi-million-dollar Pre-A financing. The article does not disclose participating investors, specific financial terms, or operating metrics. Mirror World is an AI-powered GameFi project that builds multiple games with interoperable NFT assets and AI-driven virtual life forms. Led by CEO Chris Zhu and supported by YC‑incubated rct AI, each game hosts virtual lives that are interoperable across the ecosystem. The company previously launched the world’s first interactive NFT, Mirror NFT (11,000), in September 2021 and introduced the Soul Chip interaction in November 2021. Mirror World plans to publish three initial games as proof of concept and then release a standard economic framework to onboard more content producers. The seed funding will be used to develop and launch the three games and to fully incentivize early community participation. The company describes itself as an "AI-powered virtual carnival" aiming to yield crypto returns of the people, by the people, for the people.

Total raised

$16M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2024