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ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the metaverse technology company Futureverse announced the acquisition of the digital collectibles platform Candy Digital on April 16, 2025, with the transaction amount undisclosed. This acquisition gives Futureverse access to Candy Digital's 4 million digital collectibles and 1.5 million user accounts, as well as partnerships with blue-chip brands such as Netflix, DC Comics, and MLB.It is reported that Futureverse was established at the end of 2022 and completed a $54 million Series A funding round in 2023, with a valuation of approximately $1 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Animoca Brands has reached a strategic partnership with the metaverse infrastructure company Futureverse. The two parties will promote the development of the technology stack and token ecosystem through mutual investment.It is reported that this collaboration will also accelerate the development of the Futureverse token ecosystem, which includes the ROOT token of the Root Network, the ASTO token that supports Futureverse's artificial intelligence protocol, and the SYLO token that facilitates the communication and social graph protocol of SYLO. According to the memorandum of understanding, Futureverse and Animoca Brands intend to conduct a share swap involving each other's (or their respective group companies) shares, valued at 5 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to VentureBeat, the metaverse startup Futureverse has established a strategic partnership with Animoca Brands, aiming to leverage Animoca Brands' blockchain-based product ecosystem (including games and other forms of digital entertainment) to enhance the impact and capabilities of Futureverse's metaverse technology stack. This collaboration will also accelerate the development of Futureverse's token ecosystem, which includes the ROOT token of the Root Network, the ASTO token that supports Futureverse's AI protocol, and the SYLO token that facilitates communication and social graph protocols for SYLO.

ChainCatcher news, AI metaverse startup Futureverse announced a partnership with Alibaba Cloud to bring high-performance computing technology to its AI music platform JEN.It is reported that this collaboration combines Futureverse's expertise in AI music solutions with Alibaba Cloud's secure and scalable cloud computing capabilities to further develop and establish high-performance AI infrastructure and security standards. JEN is the first version of Futureverse's general high-fidelity model for text-to-music generation.According to the crypto data platform RootData, in July 2023, Futureverse completed a $54 million Series A funding round, led by 10T Holdings, with participation from Ripple Labs and others.

ChainCatcher news, according to VentureBeat, the metaverse development company Crucible announced that it has completed a new round of financing, led by the Web3 technology fund Born Ready under the AI metaverse company Futureverse, with the amount of financing not disclosed.In addition, Crucible also announced a partnership with Futureverse to integrate its Emergence SDK into the Futureverse open metaverse ecosystem, helping game avatar characters, wallets, and other tools to be more interoperable in the metaverse.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune magazine, AI metaverse startup Futureverse co-founders Aaron McDonald and Shara Senderoff announced the establishment of a $50 million Web3 technology fund called Born Ready, which will provide investments ranging from $250,000 to $2 million to companies building the Futureverse Web3 infrastructure and content network.It is reported that the Born Ready portfolio already includes sneaker startup FCTRY Lab and Web3 game studio Walker Labs, among others. The Born Ready fund will also launch an accelerator to help nurture some of the portfolio companies.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from RootData shows that in July this year, a total of 76 projects disclosed completed financing, with a cumulative financing amount of $547 million, a month-on-month increase of 7.8% compared to June, reversing the trend of declining financing amounts since February this year. However, compared to July last year, the crypto sector raised $1.499 billion in 143 rounds of financing, with this month's financing rounds and amounts still down 47.5% and 63.5% year-on-year, respectively.In terms of sectors, infrastructure, DeFi, and NFT sectors ranked in the top three for financing amounts. Among them, the infrastructure category had 24 projects that secured $228 million in financing in July, a month-on-month increase of 7%. The NFT sector raised $69.85 million, rebounding from $12.35 million in June. The social sector saw a significant increase in financing rounds, rising from 3 in June to 11.The five projects with the highest financing amounts are Flashbots, Futureverse, RISC Zero, Cosmic Wire, and hi. Among them, the MEV protocol Flashbots secured $60 million in Series B financing led by Paradigm, achieving a valuation of $1 billion. The AI metaverse Futureverse completed $54 million in Series A financing.Additionally, this month, 7 blockchain projects with AI concepts received financing, namely Futureverse, Tromero, Giza, AwesomeQA, SuperSight, Aspecta, and Web3Go.

ChainCatcher news, AI metaverse startup Futureverse has completed a $54 million Series A funding round, led by 10T Holdings, with other investors including Ripple Labs, Futureverse co-founders Aaron McDonald and Shara Senderoff, among others.It is reported that Futureverse was formed by the merger of 11 different companies from the fields of blockchain, artificial intelligence, virtual universe, and gaming, starting with the merger of eight companies at the end of 2022, followed by the addition of three more companies.