Backed by Ubisoft and Take Two, Horizon raises $40 million to develop NFT game Skyweaver
In Brief
Web3 game developer Horizon raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital.
Some of the largest video game developers in the world, Ubisoft and Take Two, participated in the round.
Horizon will use the funds to build and upgrade Skyweaver and to develop the Sequence platform.
Web3 game developer Horizon has announced a $40 million Series A funding round backed by video game giants Ubisoft and Take Two Interactive.
The funding was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital. Other participants included Polygon, Xsolla, Initialized Capital, Everyrealm, and Bitkraft.
Apart from investor companies, Horizon also attracted some individual investors, such as The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget, Axie Infinity co-founder Aleks Larsen, Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke, and Lolli CEO Alex Adelman.
Horizon’s stellar blockchain game is Skyweaver, a virtual NFT trading card game where the cards represent Ethereum NFTs that can be sold and traded. Skyweaver launched in open beta mode earlier this year.
Horizon will use the investment to develop and upgrade Skyweaver and to build the Sequence platform, a development wallet that allows creators to produce their own Web3 games and apps. Another ongoing creation for Horizon is Niftyswap, a decentralized marketplace for Ethereum and Polygon NFTs.
“With Sequence, we enable builders to create the next generation of Internet experiences; with Skyweaver, we deliver a fun, strategic, and rich piece of content for gamers to enjoy; and with Niftyswap, we enable the seamless Exchange of SFTs, which are poised to become some of the world’s most useful and traded virtual goods,”
said Horizon’s CEO, Peter Kieltyka.
Horizon CFO Deborah Marfurt didn’t disclose the company’s valuation after the Series A round. However, Horizon was valued at $89.5 million after last year’s seed round of $13.3 million.
Both Ubisoft and Take Two are some of the biggest video game developers in the world. Ubisoft created popular franchise games such as Assasin’s Creed and Far Cry, while Take Two owns video game studios Rockstar and 2K Games, creators of Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, and Red Dead Redemption.
Although the NFT market is slumping, with sales dropping over 60% in the third quarter of 2022, investors still seem to believe it’s a good moment to fund promising projects in the Web3 space.
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Agne is a journalist who covers the latest trends and developments in the metaverse, AI, and Web3 industries for the Metaverse Post. Her passion for storytelling has led her to conduct numerous interviews with experts in these fields, always seeking to uncover exciting and engaging stories. Agne holds a Bachelor’s degree in literature and has an extensive background in writing about a wide range of topics including travel, art, and culture. She has also volunteered as an editor for the animal rights organization, where she helped raise awareness about animal welfare issues. Contact her on agnec@mpost.io.
