The team behind Web3-game about adoption and upbringing of virtual dogs Dogami has raised $7 million in an extended seed funding round. The Block reports.
The funding round was led by European venture firm XAnge with participation from Bpifrance, Blockchain Founders Fund and Wagram Capital. In December 2021 Dogami attracted $6 million from Animoca Brands, Sandbox, Ubisoft and others.
“Dogami are not ordinary dogs; they arrived from space on Earth with a specific mission. They must find the person they are connected to, reclaim their memory and recall their heritage and origin,” said Dogami’s CEO Max Stockl.
Founded in mid-2021, the project lets users purchase non-fungible tokens (NFT) for 3D dogs. The startup has also released the mobile game DOGA House for Dogami NFT owners. According to the team, the average age of project players is 30.
According to Stockl, the storyline crafted by a former Marvel screenwriter will allow Dogami to release content for many years. The startup aims for a mass-market rollout with prospects including distribution in comic-book or video formats.
In December, NFT platform Shibuya attracted $6.9 million. The project is releasing an anime series in which viewers choose the direction of the plot with NFTs.
Earlier, the popular media player Winamp integrated NFT support on the Ethereum and Polygon networks.
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