{"id":64056,"date":"2022-07-07T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T07:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64056"},"modified":"2025-09-06T12:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:14:12","slug":"planetarium-labs-singapore-based-web3-gaming-startup-closes-32-million-series-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/planetarium-labs-singapore-based-web3-gaming-startup-closes-32-million-series-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetarium Labs, Singapore-based Web3 gaming startup, closes $32 million Series A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Singapore-based Web3 gaming startup Planetarium Labs, focused on gaming, closed a Series A round of $32 million. It was led by NFT game developer Animoca Brands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are excited to announce that Planetarium Labs has closed its Series A with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/animocabrands?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@animocabrands<\/a>, Kakao\/Krust, Wemade\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WemixNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WemixNetwork<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungNext?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamsungNext<\/a> to lay the groundwork for a generation of Web3 games powered and governed by the community.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/82QtzPoGHs\">https:\/\/t.co\/82QtzPoGHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Planetarium (@planetariumhq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/planetariumhq\/status\/1544847065896800256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Investors in the round also included Krust Universe, Kakao&#8217;s investment arm, the South Korean game developer WeMade and Samsung Next.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cRather than simply adding play-to-earn elements or non-fungible tokens to games, we are rethinking community-focused content and giving studios tools to engage more deeply with their players and investors,\u201d said Planetarium Labs co-founder Kidjun Seo in a comment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/156219\/planetarium-labs-raises-web3-gaming-firm-funding\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Planetarium Labs plans to launch several games in collaboration with major Asia-Pacific gaming studios. It also aims to grow its team from 25 to 40 people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Seo, representatives from Animoca Brands will join the startup&#8217;s board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>Animoca Brands previously acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/animoca-brands-acquires-game-developer-grease-monkey-games\">the Grease Monkey Games studio<\/a> for an undisclosed amount, and the Eden Games developer <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/animoca-brands-acquires-eden-games\">for $16 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bank of America analysts noted investor interest in the industry and the Web-3 segment amid the crypto-winter.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore-based Web3 gaming startup Planetarium Labs closed a $32 million Series A round, led by NFT game developer Animoca Brands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1155,1133,1110],"class_list":["post-64056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-games-and-gamefi","tag-venture-investments","tag-web-3-0"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64058,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64056\/revisions\/64058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}