Game company Azra Games completes $10 million financing, led by a16z
ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the blockchain gaming company Azra Games has completed an additional $10 million seed funding round, led by a16z (through its $600 million gaming fund), with participation from NFX, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures, and Franklin Templeton. Azra plans to release the first installment of its game Legions & Legends later this year.
According to the crypto data platform RootData, Azra Games completed a $15 million seed funding round in May last year, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z, through its $600 million gaming fund), with participation from NFX, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures, and Franklin Templeton. Azra Games will use the funds to develop its first combat role-playing game, Project Arcanas.
Azra Games was co-founded by entrepreneur Sonny Mayugba (serving as Chief Operating Officer), Travis Boudreaux, and veteran game designer Mark Otero (serving as Chief Executive Officer). Mark Otero is the developer of the game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. (Source link)