Metaverse Unicorn! Animoca Brands raised $358.8 million with a valuation of $5 billion

Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based blockchain game developer, announced this yesterday (18) in a post announcing that the company is worth $5 billion and has received $358.8 million in funding.

Autres participants : 10T Holdings, C Ventures, Delta Fund, Gemini Frontier Fund, Gobi Partners Greater Bay Area, Kingsway, L2 Capital, Mirae Asset, Pacific Century Group, Para Fi Capital, Provident, Senator Investment Group, China Sequoia Capital, Smile Group , Soros Fund Management, Wildcat Capital, Winklevoss Capital, etc.

Animoca Brands tweeted yesterday, "I'm pleased to report that in this funding initiative led by LC Ventures, the company has raised $358,888,888, bringing the company's valuation to $5 billion. Metaverse We We will continue to move forward with our open plan and .NFT!

Animoca Brands includes several companies, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Lympo, and Bondly, and their game plans include the Ethereum sandbox game The Sandbox, and the next third AAA blockchain, the killer of the ghost galaxies. , and ROV token. Ecosystems (REVV Racing, F1® Delta Time, MotoGP™ Ignition and Formula E: High Voltage), etc.

Animoca Brands is valued at $5 billion and plays a vital role in the metaverse market, many marketers refer to it as the metaverse unicorn. Animoca Brands said the new revenue will be used for fundraising, investing, producing and licensing real estate.

In addition to manufacturing and marketing, Animoca Brands is a market partner in over 150 global NFT and Metaverse brand affiliates, including OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Yield Guild Games, Star Atlas, Axie Infinity, thetan Arena and Moreover. business.

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In this regard, YatSiu, founder of Animoca Brands, said in a press release:. Our goal for the future is very clear: to create an open and open Web3 metaverse that promotes financial integration. Animoca Brands is one of the industry development leaders. We believe that we are still in the early stages of the new Internet revolution and that many opportunities await us in 2022 and beyond.

Chain Game Unicorn has been on a roll since last year

According to previous data, Hong Kong blockchain game developer Animoca Brands raised a total of $216.28 million on May 13, July 1 and October 20, 2021. Subsidiary Sandbox also closed a financial round of $93 million. dollars on November 2 last year.

On May 13 last year, the company announced that it had received $88,888,888 in funding, which would be used to support the development of blockchain and NFTs in the gaming industry. CEO Xiao Yi said in a interview with Dong District: Choosing this money is because it symbolizes blessings and the culture of exclusion, but it also has the meaning of writing NFTs.

On July 1, the company announced that it had raised $50 million of $1 billion. , Gobi Partners, Samsung Ventures, etc.

Animoca Brands announced on October 20 that it had raised $65 million with a valuation of $2.2 billion. Apart from big game developer Ubisoft Entertainment, the CEO of the company also spoke in an interview about the prospect of the open metaverse.