Gamepad․co Raises a $2.5M Seed Round

Published on: 08.03.2022

Gamepad.co, the next-generation decentralized accelerator for crypto games, guilds, and metaverses, has closed its investment round valued at $25 million. This successful funding round was led by Enjin and OKX Blockdream Ventures, two of the leaders in the blockchain industry.

Gamepad.co, the Next Generation Accelerator for the Metaverse Era

GamePad is a platform that curates and nurtures then accelerates top Gamefi, guilds, and metaverse projects. It features an incubation program, an IDO launchpad, NFT sales platform, and various components to support projects’ long-term fundamentals and community strength.

With Gamepad’s team and council’s massive reach, strategic value, and resource as well as technical innovations, Gamepad aims to be the Ycombinator of Gamefi and Metaverse projects.

– Oscar Franklin Tan, CFA, Chief Financial Officer

“We’re really honored to lead the investment round for GamePad. We are already seeing that GameFi, blockchain gaming, and game NFTs without a doubt will be the biggest disrupter to the gaming industry and we are extremely excited to back a company like GamePad that taps into this booming disruptor space. GamePad’s unique solutions and first-principles thinking in solving the age-old gamer retention problem will surely bring tremendous value to projects that partner with them. ”

– Dora, Founder of OKX Blockdream Ventures

“We are excited to meet Gamepad in this investment round to explore the growth and development of GameFi. We believe GamePad has the potential to be a game changer in the blockchain space. Their unique solutions to solve rentions problems and experienced team with vast connections, will surely create massive value for partnered projects. We will help GamePad to establish in-depth cooperation with more high-quality Gamefi projects in the market, and reach win-win cooperation between the two parties”

– Eric Su (Founder of GamePad)

“We built Gamepad.co after thoroughly understanding the inadequacies of generic launchpads and what gamefi, play to earn and metaverse projects really need to become the next Axie Infinity. Together, with our partners – Enjin.io, Okx Blockdream fund and 20+ other valuable funds and service providers, we envision to become the decentralized Ycombinator of the blockchain powered digital experience industry.“

About Enjin

Enjin is behind Efinity – a next-generation blockchain for digital assets, built on Polkadot. By revolutionizing virtual goods creation and management, the Enjin team is a leader and innovator in the NFT space and Metaverse.

About OKX Blockdream Ventures

OKX Blockdream Ventures is an investment institution under the world-leading trading platform okx.com. It is focused on exploring and investing in innovative blockchain projects worldwide and promoting sustainable development across the industry globally.