Anichessa subsidiary of Asian conglomerate Web3 Animoca Brandshas just collected 1.5 million dollars to accelerate the development of its decentralized chess set.
This Thursday, Anichess announced a tour de table from 1.5 million dollars backed by several crypto investment funds including GameFi Ventures, Coin Operated Group and Asymmetry Capital.
Anichess designs the ” the next decentralized game inspired by chess “in partnership with Play Magnus Groupthe owner of the popular internet chess server Chess.com.
Launched in 2007, Chess.com boasts the largest online chess community with over 100 million registered players.
The alliance with Chess.com is an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world’s leading chess players and influencers and introduce chess to the open metaverse,” trumpeted Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu in a statement.
The newly-raised funds will be put to good use by Anichess to recruit developers and expand its entertainment community.
A other startup which is developing a blockchain chess platformFrench company Immortal Game closed a $15 million financing round last autumn.
At the end of 2022, the International Chess Federation announced a partnership with the Avalanche network to “bring chess to the Web3”.
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