{"id":75960,"date":"2023-03-22T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T08:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75960"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:38:25","slug":"ccp-games-raises-40-million-from-a16z-and-other-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ccp-games-raises-40-million-from-a16z-and-other-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP Games raises $40 million from a16z and other investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company CCP Games has raised $40 million to develop a blockchain-based game set in the EVE Online universe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We&#8217;re excited to announce that we have secured $40M financing, led by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a16z?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@a16z<\/a>, to create a new AAA game within the EVE Universe utilizing blockchain technology. <\/p>\n<p>Learn more here: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZJlPRcZ0z\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/IZJlPRcZ0z<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9cqZKtt2l\\\">pic.twitter.com\/y9cqZKtt2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CCP Games (@CCPGames) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCPGames\/status\/1638179932877512704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The seed round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Other participants included Makers Fund, Bitkraft, Kingsway Capital, Hashed and Nexon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cLong before the first blockchain was created, the science-fiction space MMO EVE Online demonstrated many of the core principles that today define <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>,\u201d said representatives of a16z.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Investors noted the studio&#8217;s skills in creating large open worlds and a thoughtfully designed economy. The new AAA-format game will use smart-contract technology, with a focus on security and scalability, according to the press release. <\/p>\n<p>CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson said the developers&#8217; core idea is to create a virtual world that will be &#8216;more meaningful to users than real life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, the role-playing online game Worldwide Webb <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/web3-game-worldwide-webb-raises-10-million-from-pantera-capital\">attracted $10 million<\/a> from Pantera Capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCP Games has raised $40 million to develop a blockchain-based game set in the EVE Online universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[848,1155,1133],"class_list":["post-75960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-andreessen-horowitz","tag-games-and-gamefi","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75962,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75960\/revisions\/75962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}