{"id":60650,"date":"2022-04-26T17:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60650"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:34:03","slug":"loud-affiliated-startup-snackclub-raises-9-million-seed-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/loud-affiliated-startup-snackclub-raises-9-million-seed-round\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUD-affiliated startup SNACKCLUB raises $9 million seed round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SNACKCLUB startup, affiliated with the Brazilian esports team LOUD, closed a $9 million seed round. ForkLog was told by project representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised from Mechanism and other investors will be used to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-dao-decentralised-autonomous-organisation\">DAO<\/a> focused on reimagining ownership in games.<\/p>\n<p>Round participants also included Animoca Brands, Ascension Assets, Formless Capital, Jump Crypto, OP Crypto and Shima Capital.<\/p>\n<p>SNACKCLUB&#8217;s mission is to inform players in developing countries about the advent of the <span data-descr=\"Game Finance\" class=\"old_tooltip\">GameFi<\/span> era and related opportunities. Its founders emphasised that the new format could have a real impact on the incomes and livelihoods of people in Latin America and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>LOUD&#8217;s audience stands at around 300 million. SNACKCLUB expects supporters of the esports team to join the emerging blockchain-gaming community.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation will acquaint the community with new games, assets and development teams. Over time, users will begin making strategic decisions about the use of game concepts and mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a vote on investments in blockchain platforms, game developers and project-development efforts. DAO members may be any person over 18. There are no entry fees.<\/p>\n<p>Most of SNACKCLUB&#8217;s ownership and governance will be reserved for the community. By year-end, the founders and investors will complete the organisation&#8217;s strategic vision.<\/p>\n<p>Newzoo analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/study-finds-developers-will-shift-games-to-the-play-to-earn-model-in-2022\">forecasted<\/a> that P2E models in games will become more widespread as developers seek to diversify revenue sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to DappRadar, in January <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/report-gamefi-sector-investments-reach-1-billion-in-january\">$1 billion<\/a> was invested in the GameFi infrastructure and blockchain games \u2014 a quarter of the total for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, venture accelerator Brin\u0441 and NFT-game operator Animoca Brands <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/animoca-brands-i-brinc-zapustili-fond-na-30-mln-s-fokusom-na-p2e-igry\/\">\u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438<\/a> Guild Accelerator Program to support GameFi guilds.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SNACKCLUB startup, affiliated with the Brazilian esports team LOUD, closed a $9 million seed round. 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