It ain't ancient history. Meet Ancient 8! They're a Vietnamese blockchain gaming guild that also builds infrastructure for play-to-earn games. Just months after their seed, they've just raised another $6M!

• They have a community of over 200,000 members and manage a guild with over 3,500 scholars.
• They've partnered with over 25 blockchain games like Axie Infinity, Cyball, Phantom Galaxies and more.

Who cashed in? Makers Fund and C2 co-led the round. Pantera Capital, Morningstar Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Folius Ventures, Sky9 Capital, Th3ia Capital and Play Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Sanctor Capital, DWen3, IBA, K300 Ventures, GFS Ventures, HC Ventures and Astrapto Capital also joined in.

• 👼🏻: Richard Ma and Cozomo de' Medici.
• Their last round was a $4M seed co-led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital and Hashed early this year.

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🤨 Not playing around

They run a guild and are building the largest GameFi and Metaverse community in Vietnam, supporting players with scholarships and education.

• Play-to-earn can massively uplift people's lives in Vietnam, where monthly average incomes can be as low as $250 a month.

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😎 Going hard on software

With the new cash, Ancient8's doubling down on building scalable software products to support the growth of Web3 gaming.

• They'll be launching an Identity product and a pair of Token and NFT Launchpads.

What's it for? These products will help Web3 game studios reach more gamers and run Web3-native targeted advertising.

• Plus, gamers and communities will soon be able to create identity profiles to track and showcase their Web3 achievements in one place.