Digitaalse kinnisvara kauplemisplatvorm Upland teenib Animoca juhitud A-seeria 18 miljonit dollarit

NFT-põhise digitaalse kinnisvaraga kauplemise mängu emaettevõte Kõrgustik on lõpetanud 18 miljoni dollari suuruse A-seeria rahastamisvooru, mida juhib Hongkongis asuv Animoca Brands. 

Uplandi väärtuseks hinnati uues voorus 300 miljonit dollarit.

The game, which involves buying and selling digital properties linked to real-world addresses, has already attracted more than 100,000 “landowners” that have bought more than 2 million NFTs.

The Mountain View-based gaming company will use the funding to continue building out a three-phase strategy, Upland co-founder Dirk Lueth told The Block. Right now it’s moving past a first phase focused on setting up infrastructure, which involves selling virtual land tied to addresses in cities like New York and San Francisco.

The game is currently focused on building a digital economy so that players can operate businesses. The third phase would be “mixed reality,” Lueth said.

Several other investors participated in the round, including some fresh faces. They include: OneTeam Partners, Block.one, Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund, Global Founders Capital, former SoftBank managing partner Michael Ronen, Vorhaus Advisors’ Mike Vorhaus and Transform Group CEO Michael Terpin, among others. Frankfurt, Germany-based C3 Management also participated as a returning investor. 

Animoca Brands has been especially impressed with Upland’s focus on mobile apps and that its players can sell digital assets to one another for U.S. dollars, the venture capital firm’s co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu said in a press release. Siu will become a member of Upland’s board, Lueth said.

Upland on keskendunud koostalitlusvõime toetamisele, et mängijad saaksid oma NFT-sid mujalt kasutada, ütles Lueth. Osa sellest on NFT-portaali käivitamine, kuhu kasutajad saavad importida NFT-sid teistest plokiahelatest ja kasutada neid metaversumis. See võib aidata toetada selliseid asju nagu digitaalse kunstigalerii pidamine teiselt turult ostetud NFT abil või autovõistlustel osalemine.

“We really want to build something where users can go between the different applications of the metaverse,” Lueth said.

Allikas: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122981/digital-property-trading-platform-upland-scores-18-million-series-a-led-by-animoca?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss