无聊猿NFT初创公司Yuga Labs完成4.5亿美元种子轮融资,a16z领投

巴比特Pubblicato 2022-03-23Pubblicato ultima volta 2022-03-23

Introduzione

据外媒3月23日报道,市场上三个最大的NFT品牌的所有者Yuga Labs于今天宣布,它以40亿美元的估值筹集了4.5亿美元的资金。

据外媒3月23日报道,市场上三个最大的NFT品牌的所有者Yuga Labs于今天宣布,它以40亿美元的估值筹集了4.5亿美元的资金。无聊猿游艇俱乐部(Bored Ape Yacht Club)背后的团队计划用这笔资金,从游戏和自己的元宇宙项目开始围绕NFT建立一个媒体帝国。

该团队将其名为Otherside的元宇宙项目描述为一款大型多人在线角色扮演游戏,该游戏旨在连接更广泛的NFT宇宙。他们希望创造一个“可互操作的世界”,它是“游戏化”和“完全去中心化的”,匿名为Gordon Goner的无聊猿游艇俱乐部联合创始人Wylie Aronow表示:
我们认为真正的头号玩家体验将由玩家管理。
在宣布这一消息的几周前,Yuga Labs为巩固其在NFT领域的地位采取了一项重大举措,它从Larva Labs收购了CryptoPunks和Meebits。这次收购将三个最有利可图的NFT系列放在一个屋檐下,并给Yuga Labs提供了一个更大的IP名册,以便在制定其游戏和元宇宙计划时加以利用。该公司在上周还推出了一种加密货币ApeCoin;该代币将被独立管理,并在Yuga Labs的财产中作为主要货币使用。
Yuga Labs的首席执行官Nicole Muniz表示,Yuga Labs正在与“一些不同的游戏工作室”合作,以使Otherside成为现实。该游戏将不限于无聊猿的持有人,该公司计划创建开发工具从而允许其他项目的NFT在他们的世界里工作:
我们正在打开大门,有效地建立一个围墙花园,并‘欢迎所有人’。

4月在Otherside见到你。由@apecoin提供
在当前,元宇宙项目很流行,比如脸书就将自己改名为了Meta。但Yuga Labs认为其他公司关于元宇宙的想法是错误的,这给了创业公司一个脱颖而出的机会。Yuga Labs的联合创始人Greg Solano(匿名为Gargamel)表示,人们不会因为呆在一个没有任何事情可做的共享虚拟空间里而产生联系。他说,相反,人们会因为被置于必须合作的位置而结合在一起。
他表示:
你和别人一起玩,交朋友,是因为你是被迫这么做的。基本上,我们不认为深层次的社交体验是来自于各种基于Zoom聊天和四处闲逛并和别人说‘嗨’。
Yuga Labs拒绝提供关于Otherside发布的时间表。此外,它还计划在今年晚些时候推出一款P2E游戏。
这一轮融资是迄今为止NFT公司最大的融资之一,此轮融资由Andreessen Horowitz(a16z)公司领导,该公司一直在Web3领域进行大量投资,它之前资助了OpenSea、Dapper Labs和Coinbase。加入此轮融资的还有游戏工作室Animoca Brands和加密货币公司Coinbase和MoonPay等。a16z的普通合伙人Chris Lyons将加入Yuga Labs的董事会。金融时报在上个月首次报道了此轮融资谈判。
领导a16z加密货币部门的Chris Dixon告诉The Verge:
对我来说,Yuga Labs加上其他这些新兴的Web3公司是对Meta等公司的重要制衡,这里有一个乌托邦式的未来,Meta是这种占主导地位的数字体验供应商,所有的钱和控制权都归该公司所有。
(有趣的是,a16z的联合创始人Marc Andreessen是Meta的董事会成员,并在早期投资了脸书)
迄今为止,Yuga Labs在财政上一直很成功。一份泄露的宣传资料显示,该公司去年赚了1.37亿美元,它的收益来源主要是通过从与其NFT品牌相关的交易中抽成,其利润率达到了惊人的95%。(Yuga Labs拒绝对文件中的数字发表评论)
但该公司在这一点上的建设相当少。根据OpenSea的数据,其NFT系列最多有4万名用户,而且该公司只在有限的时间内发布了一款游戏。这意味着Yuga Labs实质上被给予了数亿美元的资金来建立一个游戏公司,在一个利润丰厚的艺术项目的支持下从头开始建立一个游戏公司(或者至少是Web3化的、2022版本的游戏公司)。
这种成功是投资者在资助Yuga Labs时考虑的问题。
Dixon表示:
他们建立了这个非常有活力的社区和这种文化现象,但该公司最终是在做一个和现在许多其他公司一样的大赌注:某种形式的元宇宙项目将成为下一个爆炸性事件。现在,他们只是要建立它。

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