Skyweaver’s parent company secures $40M in Series A funding

The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital, along with Polygon and Take-Two Interactive, among other investors.

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Skyweaver’s parent company secures $40M in Series A funding

Horizon Blockchain Games, the developer behind the Skyweaver game, has raised $40 million in Series A funding, the company disclosed on Oct. 4. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital, with additional participation from Polygon, Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft, Xsolla, The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget, Sky Mavis and Axie Infinity co-founder Aleks Larsen, among other investors.

With the funds, Horizon plans to invest in Web3 products and scale its operations. Specifically, the company wants to grow its developer stack and smart wallet Sequence, expand the content and reach of the nonfungible token (NFT) turn-based card game Skyweaver, and introduce the semi-fungible token (SFT) marketplace Niftyswap.

Peter Kieltyka, Horizon’s co-founder and CEO, said the Series A allows the company to “grow the Sequence ecosystem by attra