Odaily News Web3 mobile gaming platform Party Icons announced the completion of a $9 million seed round of financing, led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from IDG Capital and Sebastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox. The funds will be used to promote the development of Party Icons' games and social experiences while enhancing its Web3 infrastructure. Quinn Campbell, vice president of growth at Party Icons, said the platform is catering to consumers' love of "mini-game" entertainment, "all game modes are designed with modern gaming habits in mind, and most games last less than 12 minutes." In April, Bitkraft Ventures co-led a $10 million financing round for crypto game studio Avalon. (The Block)

Odaily News India has become the largest supplier of content creators to Metaverse platform The Sandbox, doubling its user base to 350,000. India currently has 66,000 game creators, compared to 59,989 in the United States and 25,335 in Brazil. The platform, which announced plans to focus on India in December, is now aiming to attract 1 million users within two years, co-founder Sebastien Borget said. (Coindesk)

Odaily News MetaCene has received a new round of financing from Galaxy Interactive, an institution under Web3 giant Galaxy Digital that focuses on game entertainment investment, and Gam3Girl Venture, a top Web3 game incubation fund. Sebastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox, Giulio, co-founder of LiquidX and other well-known people participated as individual investors. Recently, Bybit announced that MetaCene's governance token MAK has landed on its Launchpad and announced that MAK will be officially launched on September 5. Immediately afterwards, Bitget announced the opening of MAK Fair Launchpool. Just now, KuCoin announced that MAK is logged in to its GemPool.

Odaily News According to official news, DAOBase, an AI-driven data and infrastructure platform tailored for DAOs, announced the completion of a $6 million financing round, with SevenX Capital, AntAlpha Ventures, Tanuki Studio, y2z Ventures, Slingshot Labs, LD Capital, Mix Marvel DAO Venture, TI Capital, Bitrise Capital, The Sandbox co-founder Sébastien Borget and DeXe Protocol co-founder Dmytro Kotliarov participating in the investment. It is reported that DAOBase is an AI-driven data and infrastructure platform tailored for DAOs. The company uses advanced algorithms to help DAOs and voters build their own on-chain and off-chain data reputation layers, enabling users to intelligently monitor DAO governance, make informed decisions, and explore future working models. The platform seamlessly integrates six blockchains, covering more than 160,000 DAOs and 6 million voters, and is the largest DAO aggregator and analysis platform on the market. The funds raised in this round will be mainly used for product development, marketing and global expansion. It is expected that DAOBase will enter a stage of rapid development in Q4 2024.