Participated · Seed · Dec 2022

Dogamí builds a Web3 mobile game and companion applications centered on collectible NFT virtual dogs. Its mobile app, DOGA House, lets owners play with, feed, pet, and walk their NFT dogs and earn rewards in the native $DOGA cryptocurrency; the app is exclusive to Dogamí NFT holders on iOS and Android. The project currently offers 12,000 unique virtual NFT companions across four rarity tiers and has released fifteen breeds, including Shiba Inu, Corgi, and Australian Shepherd. Co-founded in mid-2021, the team includes CEO Max Stöckl, COO Adrien Magdelaine, CBO Kristofer D. Penseyres and CTO Bilal El Alamy. Dogamí plans to expand features such as avatar personalization with branded accessories, game environment development, new animations and interactions, augmented reality, mini-games, and competitions between Dogamers. The company is also developing a new mobile game slated for 2023 to offer adventures with virtual companions. Dogamí raised $14M in Seed funding to scale its Web3 games and mainstream applications.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2022

Horizon Blockchain Games develops the Sequence developer platform and smart wallet, the Skyweaver trading-card game, and the Niftyswap SFT marketplace. Sequence is an all-in-one developer platform and smart wallet that supports Ethereum, Polygon and other EVM chains and is integrated by nearly 40 projects, with twelve already utilizing the platform. Sequence Wallet has 675K+ users and has been integrated into projects like DAZN Boxing, where early data showed about 80% of users were new to crypto and NFTs. Skyweaver launched open beta on Feb. 8, 2022, has added content such as the Clash of Inventors expansion (50 new cards), and Horizon plans new tradable items, spectator mode, guilds and Skyweaver economy 2.0. Horizon is preparing Niftyswap, a decentralized marketplace for semi-fungible tokens (SFTs) — enabled by the ERC-1155 standard the company co-authored — and has released the product to external testers ahead of a public release this fall. The company raised $40M in a Series A to grow Sequence, expand Skyweaver, and launch Niftyswap, and said the round was significantly oversubscribed. Horizon Blockchain Games develops games on Ethereum and tools for managing blockchain-based digital items. Its first title, Skyweaver, is a competitive digital trading-card game that uses the blockchain to give players verifiable ownership of cards that can be sold, traded, or withdrawn into storage. The company also operates Sequence (formerly Arcadeum), an easy-to-integrate wallet and item-management platform intended to hide blockchain complexity for users and developers. Horizon is pursuing both the platform (Sequence) and its own game (Skyweaver) in parallel, aiming to support not just gaming goods but other digital items and NFT art. Skyweaver is currently in private beta with plans for a wider launch later in the year and has admitted over 66,000 players so far. The company has raised a little over $13 million to date. Horizon is building Arcadeum, an Ethereum-powered platform that records ownership of in-game items and enables verifiable trade, sale and transfer between players. In parallel it is developing SkyWeaver, a cross-platform, free-to-play digital trading card game that showcases Arcadeum. SkyWeaver cards exist in silver and gold variants; silver cards can be bought for $2 while gold variants are earned or traded on the open market. Cards are stored in a player’s Arcadeum wallet on the blockchain but can be transferred to any Ethereum-based wallet. SkyWeaver has been in private beta since around July last year and currently has about 12,000 users with roughly 92,000 on the waitlist. The company plans to roll SkyWeaver into an open public beta later this year. Horizon Blockchain Games builds blockchain-enabled video games and developer tools with the aim of onboarding users to blockchain through play. Its debut title, SkyWeaver, is a free-to-play digital trading card game now in private testing and slated for open beta in Fall 2019; it will launch with more than 300 cards, cross-platform play, and player-owned tradable cards on Ethereum. Horizon also created Arcadeum, a crypto-arcade platform and wallet on Ethereum that stores game assets, serves as a browser for Ethereum applications, and offers an open-source platform for third-party developers. SkyWeaver allows players to win, trade, give away, or sell cards for real-world value and uses blockchain to enable ownership and secure trading. The company emphasizes enabling applications as economies that share value with users and creators. Horizon has raised external capital to support its product and platform development and is led by co-founder and CEO Peter Kieltyka. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Toronto.

Led · Seed · May 2022

Cometh is a Paris-based blockchain game studio that creates games able to connect with DeFi protocols and a suite of crypto-based tools. The studio builds titles that integrate NFT ownership and yield-generating NFT mechanics to combine DeFi and playable assets. Alongside its funding, Cometh launched its second title, Cometh Battle; its first game, built on Polygon, amassed over 10,000 players according to the company. The new $10 million will be used to expand the platform and user-facing features that enable digital ownership and play-to-earn experiences. Cometh also offers its technology to brands to showcase NFTs, including a partnership to display artist Helena Hauss’s work at the Venice Biennale. Founder Jerome de Tychey framed the work as exploring new possibilities offered by blockchain to enhance traditional games.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

Gadsme builds an immersive adtech SDK that delivers blended, native ad formats designed to be non-intrusive within gameplay. The platform is integrated with premium studios including Voodoo, Ubisoft, Tilting Point, TapNation and Lion Studios, offering brand-safe, quality-controlled inventory. The company focuses development exclusively on high-quality in-game ad inventory and immersive brand experiences. Gadsme positions itself against interruptive full-screen or interstitial formats by embedding ads into gameplay. The gaming market cited in the article is valued at $134 billion with over 3 billion players and trillions of ad impressions, highlighting the opportunity Gadsme targets. Financially, the firm was bootstrapped for more than two years and has just completed an $8 million seed raise to scale operations and product development.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

Cross the Ages develops NFC-enabled card games and presents a combined fantasy and sci-fi universe. The company is referred to as CTA in coverage announcing its fundraising. CTA announced it received a strategic equity financing of $3.5 million. The round was led by Animoca Brands, which is named as the lead investor. No other investors, revenue, user counts, or prior financings are mentioned in the article. Further product roadmaps or future plans beyond the universe concept are not detailed in the coverage. Cross The Ages (CTA) is a mobile-first, blockchain-powered collectible card game and free-to-play-and-earn metaverse built around seven fantasy and science-fiction novels. The platform spans virtual and physical worlds, offering NFTs, physical collectible cards with NFC integration, and an in-game economy that lets users lease, trade, sell, and convert digital assets to physical items. CTA’s first book, Artellium, is already available online and the project is translated into five languages; the game lore is driven by established authors and scored by a four-time Emmy-nominated composer. The team has grown to 140+ people and the community has reached 380,000 members worldwide. CTA plans a beta launch in late May, digital and physical card drops in June, and subsequent releases of an NFT marketplace and a DeFi protocols suite for farming, pooling, and bonding. The company recently raised $12 million in seed funding to support development, talent retention, and go-to-market activities.