Mona, a San Francisco, CA-based metaverse world-building platform, raised $14.6M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Protocol Labs, Archetype, and Collab+Currency with participation from Placeholder, Rogue Capital, Synergis, a_capital, Palm Tree Crew Crypto, Venture Reality Fund, SV Angel, Fourth Revolution Capital, OpenSea Ventures, Polygon Studios, LongHash Ventures, Taavet+Sten, ConsenSys Mesh, Big Brain Holdings, Everyrealm, Ready Player DAO, POAP Ventures, Gaingels, and The Grey Trust. Angel investors include gmoney, Rahilla Zafar, Conlan Rios (founder, Async Art), Miles Anthony (founder, Decentral Games), and Dennison Bertram (founder, Tally).
The company intends to use the funds to grow their global community of builders as they onboard thousands of new creators to the open metaverse and web3.
Co-founded by Justin Melillo and Matthew Hoerl, Mona provides a platform and network for creators to build, mint, and sell interactive metaverse worlds as NFTs. The world-building platform is free for anyone to create and access via their web browser, and creators can mint their metaverse worlds on Ethereum or Polygon. Creators are already using Mona to build and showcase photorealistic works of architecture, mesmerizing art, dynamic 3D gardens, immersive POAP scavenger hunts, unforgettable virtual events and concerts, and mysterious escape rooms.
More than 3,000 builders are already using Mona to design and mint online worlds as NFTs, launch immersive exhibitions, host electrifying concerts, and more.
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01/07/2022