Participated · Equity · May 2024

Owlto is a crypto finance project preparing and promoting its first token under the @Owlto_Finance name. The company has been reported to conduct promotional activity since July 8 and to have completed an earlier seed raise reported at $150+. In May 2024 Owlto executed an $8 million strategic financing led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital with participation from Hailstone Labs, Presto Labs, Skyland Ventures, GSR, Blocore, SNZ Capital, and Kroma Network. Public reporting links the financing directly to the token launch effort. The articles do not disclose revenue, user metrics, valuation, or specific use-of-proceeds details.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2024

Carbonated is the studio behind MadWorld, a post-apocalyptic third-person shooter for iOS and Android that integrates NFT-based territory control. MadWorld pairs competitive shooting action with territory control built on tokenized land assets mapped to a hex grid of over 250,000 plots, each with distinct resources and perks. Players can own, upgrade, and trade tokenized versions of real-world locations, and clans can battle over plots while paying "tribute" in an in-game currency called Rounds. Rounds are intended to be convertible to a future on-chain token pending early access feedback, fueling a tokenized in-game economy on the XPLA blockchain. Carbonated opened early access registration and plans a public launch of MadWorld sometime in 2024. The studio was founded in 2015 by industry veterans from PlayStation and Electronic Arts and is led by CEO Travis Boatman; the company recently raised $11 million in a Series A. Carbonated Games is an El Segundo-based developer of mobile games. It focuses on developing "highly competitive" mobile titles that are more akin to hardcore console and PC games than typical casual mobile offerings. The company was founded in 2015 and is led by founder and CEO Travis Boatman. Carbonated says its founders come from Zynga, Electronic Arts and Blizzard. The company announced it raised $8.5M in a seed funding round. Investors in the round were Andreessen Horowitz, Golden Ventures, and Bitkraft Esports Ventures.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2022

Outdefine is building a token-backed hiring marketplace on the Solana blockchain where talent directly negotiates scope and compensation and earns crypto tokens for referrals, work, and community contributions. The platform is designed to reduce middleman fees and gatekeeping that can take up to 50% of talent pay, and to incentivize network activity and transparency. Outdefine plans to develop its native token to power rewards and align hiring companies, talent, and the marketplace in a fair partnership. The company emphasizes community-driven growth and aims to expand its web3 talent community. Founders include Co-Founder and CEO Romil Verma, who previously co-founded a venture-backed company and worked as an engineer at Google and began his blockchain work at Stanford in 2014, and Co-Founder and CRO Sanjay Verma, who has led public engineering services companies and managed large-scale teams. Outdefine raised capital during a difficult period for the crypto market and will use the funds to develop the token and grow the community.

Led · Equity · Mar 2022

ALTAVA Group builds a fashion metaverse and 3D-based digital twins, producing virtual shows, virtual exhibitions, pop-up stores and exclusive NFT projects for luxury brands. The company was founded by Andrew Ku and Elizabeth von Guttman and has run collaborations with LVMH, Balmain, BVLGARI, Prada and Thom Browne. ALTAVA operates a beta metaverse called "ALTAVA Worlds of you" that it planned to launch globally in H1 2022. Its recent NFT project generated rapid community growth, claiming more than 100,000 global community members in three weeks (about 60,000 Discord and 50,000 Twitter users). The company says it will use new capital to develop services, hire talent, invest in marketing and reach global users through game content and ALTAVA’s digital space. ALTAVA positions itself as a major holder of digital IP for global fashion brands and aims to lead the fashion metaverse sector.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2021

OliveX (BVI) builds a fitness metaverse that lets players work out at home, in the gym, or outdoors to earn in-game rewards. The company develops gamified fitness apps and technologies, including Zombies, Run!, which has over a million players, KARA Smart Fitness, and 22 Pushups. OliveX is preparing a new mobile audio adventure game, Dustland Runner, and plans to add more content, unique in-game NFTs, and new app integrations with $DOSE, its native token. The team links experiences through $DOSE, an ERC-20-compatible token intended as the central in-game currency for purchase, utility and action. Recent strategic funding will be used to accelerate the Dustland Runner mobile release, expand game content, create NFTs, and develop $DOSE integrations across products. The company has announced forthcoming IDO offerings of the $DOSE token on Chainboost and Polkastarter.