Mar 4, 2022
Derby Stars Closes Seed Round Co-led by Patron and Galaxy Interactive
We are delighted to announce that Derby Stars has raised $6 million seed round co-led by Patron and Galaxy Interactive, including follow-on early supporter Hashed, as well as Arrington Capital, Jump Crypto, Alan Howard, Mechanism Capital, SkyVision Capital, Taureon, RNR Capital, a41 Ventures, Coin98 Ventures, GuildFi, Avocado DAO, Ready Player DAO, Everyrealm, AcadArena, Bites Digital Group, and advisory angels Ryan Wyatt (Polygon Studios), Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox), Daniel Kim (NFTBank.ai), Chauncey St. John (Angel Protocol), SJ Park (ZepetoX Advisor), Kevin Chiao (Google Play). We would like to send our sincerest thanks to our community and supporters for all the cherished support that we received along the way.
Derby Stars team will be using the funds to
- Achieve the highest game quality leveraging the additional internal and partner resources
- Recruit development/business/community team members to scale our operations
- Build strong partnerships essential for our expansive metaverse ecosystem.
This represents a major milestone in our mission to accelerate the advancement and adoption of Web3 gaming. “Heated interest for this round reconfirms our confidence in the market demanding a well-designed horse racing game. As we have partnered with various guilds, we plan to create a strong ecosystem and community-oriented game.” said Sean Hahm, Executive Producer of Derby Stars.
Every NFT horse in the world will want to race within a better quality game. We intend to create that world.
Stay tuned and keep up with the latest news on Derby Stars through our official channels for the latest updates.
About Derby Stars:
Derby Stars is a horse racing metaverse game where players can breed, grow, build and trade. It is a first-of-its-kind AAA play-to-earn game on Polygon. Built by a team of game veterans, Derby Stars aims to provide a high-quality player experience never seen before in an NFT game.
About UNOPND:
UNOPND(“Unopened”) is a research and startup studio powered by Hashed. Focusing on exciting areas of Metaverse and NFTs, the company aims to support various startups wishing to bring blockchain to a new addressable market unlocked by recent strides in metaverse gaming.
