Absolutely onchain recreation developer Curio has raised $5.7 million in a funding spherical co-led by its unique lead investor Bain Capital Crypto, and SevenX Ventures. OKX Ventures additionally participated. With $2.9 million raised in 2023, this takes Curio’s complete funding to $8.6 million.
Based in 2022, Curio has beforehand launched 4X technique recreation demo Treaty. Along side the latest funding information, the crew has launched season 1 of its flagship wagering technique recreation Duper. Using on the present rise of web3 wagering video games, “poker for web3” Duper provides social team-play, the place 5 gamers interact in 40 minute high-stakes matches. The sport is browser-based and deployed totally onchain.
“Whereas most crypto video games try to imitate current video video games, we appeared in one other course at basic board video games and card video games which can be easy, infinitely re-playable, and combine stakes with the sport meaningfully, as a part of the core recreation design. Due to this distinctive type issue, Duper is very accessible,” commented Curio co-founder Kevin Zhang.
“We’ve labored with the Curio crew since inception and proceed to be impressed with their imaginative and prescient for a way subsequent technology video games can leverage blockchain parts,” mentioned Bain Capital Crypto accomplice Stephan Cohen.
“By specializing in emergent social dynamics and skill-based wagering, Curio combines the perfect components of basic video games like Poker and Mahjong with the immersive nature of video video games.”
Uncover extra and begin taking part in Duper by visiting the sport’s web site.