ChainCatcher news, the video game platform Forge has completed a $11 million seed round financing, led by Makers Fund, Bitkraft Ventures, and Animoca Brands, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Polygon Ventures, Formless Capital, and Adaverse. The funding will be used to build a platform that connects and rewards gamers for their achievements.According to reports, Forge is a gaming platform that allows players to aggregate their gaming lives and achievements into their profiles and earn rewards based on their participation.Existing investors in Forge also include strategic investors such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Riot Games, and Sony Innovation Fund, as well as angel investors including gaming industry leaders like Riot Games founder, Twitch founder, TSM founder, Kabam founder, and YouTube founder Steve Chen.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Web3 advertising startup HypeLab has completed a $4 million seed round financing, led jointly by Shima Capital and Makers Fund, with other specific financing details not yet disclosed.HypeLab is a Web3 advertising startup aimed at personalizing and providing advertising services using on-chain data to help clients grow their businesses and user bases. It was founded by Ed Weng, a former Google product manager with a background in digital advertising.

ChainCatcher news, according to Venturebeat, CCP Games has announced that it has raised $40 million in funding to develop a new AAA blockchain game set in the Eve Online universe. Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) led the investment, with Makers Fund, Bitkraft, Kingsway Capital, Nexon, Hashed, and other participants following.CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar stated that this funding will enable CCP Games to leverage the discoveries of its R&D team to fully develop a new AAA game using blockchain technology. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 player co-creation game startup Strider has completed a $5.5 million funding round, led by Makers Fund and Fabric Ventures, with participation from Shima Capital, Sfermion, Magic Eden, and several other funds. To date, the company's total funding has reached $8.5 million.Strider co-founder Andrew N. Green was a well-known partner at the venture capital firm a16z. They initially aimed to build a DAO governed by token holders for a story-driven gaming community, but later shifted back to the core of gaming. It is reported that they have established some early crypto infrastructure to support content ownership and cryptocurrency rewards. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, digital fashion platform House of Blueberry has completed a $6 million financing round, led by Makers Fund. This round of financing will be used to expand partnerships with games and other virtual worlds.House of Blueberry was founded by Mishi McDuff in 2012 and has sold over 20 million digital assets under its own brand on platforms such as Roblox, The Sims, and Second Life. (source link)

According to Chain Catcher news and reported by Pocket Gamer, the new game studio Theorycraft Games has announced the completion of a $50 million Series B funding round, led by the blockchain gaming investment fund Makers Fund, with participation from NEA and a16z.Theorycraft Games stated that it will use the funds to accelerate the development of its first game "Loki." It is currently unclear whether Loki will incorporate any crypto mechanisms, but the lead investor Makers Fund has previously invested in several Web3 gaming companies, including leading a $15 million seed round for MetaKing Studios, an $8.2 million funding for Trailblazers Games, and a $25 million funding for the metaverse game Gamefam. (source link)