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Blockchain Founders Fund sees $75m in fundโ€™s first close

Singapore-based VC Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) has announced the first close of its US$75 million Fund II.

Blockchain gaming / Image credit: Forte

BFF is targeting early-stage startups playing in the blockchain, crypto, Web3, and metaverse spaces. The VC invests in pre-seed and seed rounds, and it can add up to US$5 million in future funding.

The VCโ€™s portfolio already includes blockchain games Splinterlands and Monkey Ball, as well as firms like LunarCrush and Altered State Machine. Meanwhile, its Fund II has invested in games such as Rebel Bots, The Apocalyptics, Cross the Ages, and Dogami, as well as in companies including fxdx, Grid, Raspberry Dream LandHealth Hero, FuseFi, and IndiGG.

BFFโ€™s ecosystem currently has โ€œover 130 corporate partners and 300 experts including executives, fund managers, and successful entrepreneurs that provide our portfolio companies mentorship and often co-invest,โ€ said Tobias Bauer, principal at Blockchain Founders Fund.

See also: Explaining Vietnamโ€™s crypto boom

Some of the investors in Fund II include:

  • Sebastien Borget, COO of The Sandbox
  • NEO Global Capital
  • AppWorks
  • GSR
  • LD Capital
  • Metavest Capital
  • TechMeetsTrader
  • Zipmex
  • Baksh Capital
  • Octava
  • Aria Group

Editing by Miguel Cordon and Lorenzo Kyle Subido

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