iLogos is a full-cycle game development and art production studio that creates engaging, thoughtful, addictive stories.  Since 2007, we've finished 458 projects, worked with indies and giants like Sony, EA, Wargaming and Warner Brothers, and we’re here to help you — as gamedev experts & storytellers & people who know the industry challenges. total installs 1+ bln;  completed projects 400+;  happy customers 100+;  years on the market 14+;  team members  300+. Solutions: https://ilogos.biz/solutions-services/; successful cases: https://ilogos.biz/case/ Clients: Supercell, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts (EA), Zynga, Playrix, Rovio, Wargaming, Peak Games, G5, WB Games, Dena, Wooga, Storm8, Nekki, Gameforge, Paradox interactive, IGG, InnoGames, High5Games,, Social Quantum, Pixelberry,, DOTS, Viber, etc.

iLogos Game Studios

Social Discovery Group is a global tech company uniting nearly 50 brands, an investment fund, and a venture studio. It is the parent company of Dating Group, which has 45 dating apps in its portfolio, more than 250 million users, and 100 countries covered by its products. Its diverse portfolio of popular relationship-based services includes Dating.com, Once, XOXO, Tubit, DilMil, and many others.

Social Discovery Group

Blockchain Cuties Universe is the world's first, OG multi-blockchain collectible NFT game with adventures where you get to play with kittens, puppies, lizards, bear cubs and other real and fantasy creatures alike. Each Cutie is a unique ERC-721-esque standard non-fungible token (NFT) that 100% belongs to you. You get to collect them, breed them, test their skills in battles, arm them and even level them up! In-game economy lets you trade Cuties using smart-contracts on six different blockchains: Ethereum, EOS, TRON, NEO, Polygon and HECO. Blockchain Cuties offers dozens of engaging gamefi mechanics and more than 2 years of in-game content for new players. BCU is one of the oldest games on the cryptogame market that is constantly being updated and expanded, so If you want to own a piece of NFT history, you got to get yourself a Cutie!

Blockchain Cuties Universe

WannaBiz is a startup incubator and angel seed fund focused on seed stage global projects in the ad and SaaS-based technology sectors. It also invests in web and mobile development projects. The company’s investment criteria include the market size, business model, early traction, and team. Its goal is to build and develop global projects in line with the competitive market. WannaBiz was founded in 2012 and is based in Odessa, Ukraine.

WannaBiz

Nika Tech Family is an investment firm that focuses on tech companies.

Nika Tech Family

Blackshield Capital offers customized wealth management services and data-driven decisions to corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals, financial intermediaries, institutional investors, multi-family offices, and financial advisors.

Blackshield Capital

My NFT Wars

My NFT Wars is a Play-Create-Own-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It uses tokenomics and NFT character development to reward players and is built on a Play-Create-Own concept.

Play2Earn is the developer of My NFT Wars, a free-to-play, browser-based Web3 MMORPG metaverse gaming platform launched as a joint venture between crypto game developers iLogos Game Studios and Blockchain Cuties Universe. The game features a play-create-own model that leverages NFTs and the $GMFI token, powered by the ImmutableX blockchain. Players can earn tokens through victories in battles and raids, which can be used to purchase NFT characters, land pieces, dungeons, raids, arenas, and other features. Other game features include NFT breeding (where heroes can be bred and developed with varying stats, rarity, class, skills, and visuals), NFT Dungeons (for PvE combat), NFT Arenas (for PvP combat), NFT Guilds (to team up with other players), and DAO Governance (allowing players to stake tokens, earn battle ratings, and more).

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Play2Earn

Play2Earn is the developer of My NFT Wars, a free-to-play, browser-based Web3 MMORPG metaverse gaming platform launched as a joint venture between crypto game developers iLogos Game Studios and Blockchain Cuties Universe. The game features a play-create-own model that leverages NFTs and the $GMFI token, powered by the ImmutableX blockchain. Players can earn tokens through victories in battles and raids, which can be used to purchase NFT characters, land pieces, dungeons, raids, arenas, and other features. Other game features include NFT breeding (where heroes can be bred and developed with varying stats, rarity, class, skills, and visuals), NFT Dungeons (for PvE combat), NFT Arenas (for PvP combat), NFT Guilds (to team up with other players), and DAO Governance (allowing players to stake tokens, earn battle ratings, and more).Play2Earn is a part of the Samurai Starter acceleration program and in August 2022, it launched a demo version of the game. As of January 2024, the platform was in its closed alpha testing phase, with anticipation of the full game to be launched between Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.Key customers and partnershipsThe company partnered with multiple key players from the gaming and entertainment industry, such as Warner Bros. Games, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Disney, and Supercell, among others.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16140">February 2022</a>, My NFT Wars raised USD 2 million in a funding round co-led by Social Discovery Group and crypto collectible game developers Blockchain Cuties Universe and iLogos Game Studios. Details of the utilization of funding remained undisclosed.

Gather is a virtual space with web-based video calling capabilities, combined with a 2D pixel art-based map and characters that allow individuals to carry out natural conversations in a multitude of settings (office, university, etc.). The company was a part of the Y Combinator Summer 2019 cohort. The platform also offers private virtual meeting spaces with chat, whiteboards, document, and screen sharing features. Further, Gather also offers integrations with other enterprise applications, such as Slack, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. The company claims to have superior compatibility with spatial technology due to its natively built video conferencing system.It operates with a freemium subscription model that is free for up to 10 users, with paid plans starting at USD 7 per month for up to 500 people. The company also generates revenue for virtual conferences (free for up to 10 users), with paid plans starting at USD 3 per user per day.The company has a long-term vision for the metaverse to freely make work and educational opportunities available worldwide. In line with its vision, Gather has hosted over 20,000 virtual professional events, including academic conferences, job fairs, and professional societies (November 2021).Key customer and partnershipsAs of January 2024, the platform was used by over 1,000 teams, including notable enterprises, such as Y Combinator, Yelp, and Notion.Funding and financialsGather raised USD 50 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/6425">November 2021</a>. The fresh funds were expected to be funneled toward expanding its operations and business reach.Key competitors: None under the same stage.

Gather

Mytaverse offers a hardware-agnostic 3D metaverse platform that enables enterprises to digitally host a wide range of activities, such as meetings, conferences, training simulations, and tradeshows. The company also allows for the creation of branded metaverses in the form of functioning environments or digital twins. Mytaverse also provides support for CRM integrations and customer profiles, with support for 50 users on any given virtual world. Further, Mytaverse claims that its tech allows for the creation of photorealistic spaces.Key customers and partnershipsNotable customers included Nike, PepsiCo, Dolby and Dassault Aviation, among others.Funding and financialsIn April 2022, Mytaverse raised USD 7.6 million in a seed funding round led by Blumberg Capital. The funds were raised to accelerate product development, expand sales and tech teams, and further expand interactions with brands and support strategic partnerships. As part of the deal, David Blumberg (founder and managing partner, Blumberg Capital) and John Paul Milciunas (general partner, Baselayer Ventures) were expected to join Mytaverse’s board.

Mytaverse

Alta is the game studio that developed Township Tale, an open-world VR multiplayer game set in a medieval fantasy world. Users can engage in multiplayer experiences that revolve around a wide range of activities such as cooking, crafting, PvE, mining, blacksmithing, and carpentry. The game relies on procedural generation, a method to combine computer and human-generated content on a large scale for mass content creation as its key differentiator.The company generates revenue via 1) sales of its game on the Meta Quest Store, priced at USD 10 and 2) sales of in-game cosmetics, ranging from USD 10-80. Users can also show further support to the game devs via monthly donations of USD 10, with players receiving in-game currency (for the purchase of in-game cosmetics), exclusive in-game discounts and the ability to create a private PC server.In April 2024, the company disclosed that it was developing a dark fantasy-themed VR exclusive game, codenamed ‘Project 2’. Key customers and partnershipsAccording to data from MMO Stats, The company was estimated to have a total of ~850,000 players as of January 2024.Funding and financialsIn its most recent funding round (January 2022), the company raised USD 12.4 million in seed funding co-led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz. The round valued the company at USD 62 million and the fresh funds were expected to be used to expand its team, create new partnerships, and further develop its technology.

Alta

BitDegree is a cryptocurrency learning platform that offers Learnoverse, a gamified and interactive crypto learning metaverse powered by the blockchain, where users will be able to create their own avatars, collect NFTs exclusive to Learnoverse, explore a virtual world (CryptoDegree City) that is divided into topic-based districts with each building representing a specific educational course on crypto, earn tokens through learning, and eventually obtain crypto-degrees. Course creators will be able to purchase NFT land on the platform and create NFT buildings to represent their courses, and its novel tokenomics will allow instructors to earn from their courses without charging the user.Key customers and partnershipsIn September 2022, the company partnered with web3 mobile development infrastructure provider Mirror World to create a course about Web3 gaming within Learnoverse, and NFT platform Lympo, to enable creators to mint NFTs within Leanoverse.Funding and financialsBitDegree raised over USD 1 million in funding from Japanese/Singaporean venture investor Mistletoe in June 2022. The funds were raised to create innovative methods of learning blockchain, crypto, and Web3-related topics within Learnoverse.

BitDegree

Star Atlas is a space-themed metaverse gaming platform built on the Solana blockchain and Unreal Engine 5. The game allows users to interact, organize, and explore unknown regions in space, alongside joining factions and harvesting resources. The platform includes assets that are tokenized, which provides users ownership over these unique assets and enables them to generate income through these assets. Star Atlas' in-game economy and governance is run using its native currencies, POLIS and ATLAS, and, as of May 2022, the platform had nearly 100,000 players.In May 2024, the company announced that it would launch Star Atlas on mobile Android and iOS by the end of the year.The company also developed the SAGE Labs browser-based open-world game in August 2023, which focuses on deep space resource extraction and crafting.Key customers and partnershipsIn July 2023, the company partnered with blockchain indexer Hello Moon, aiming to bolster the scalability and robustness of Star Atlas real-time data handling capabilities, effectively replacing its proprietary in-house solution. Additionally, the company partnered with Web3 company MetaGravity in the same month to scale its concurrent player count on a single server to 30,000 from 5,000.Funding and financialsIn December 2021, Star Atlas received USD 3 million in funding from Animoca Brands in the form of a purchase commitment of Star Atlas NFT spaceships. The NFT spaceships sold to Animoca Brands were part of Star Atlas’ Galactic Asset Offering (GAO) and all the revenue from asset sales from its GAO was expected to be used to further develop the Star Atlas metaverse.

Star Atlas

Platforms that offer collaborative 2D and 3D environments for enterprise and education-related use cases

Platforms that facilitate entertainment-focused virtual events and concerts

Platforms that focus on multiplayer gaming experiences in virtual worlds

Platforms that focus on social interaction, experience creation, and virtual land purchases

Platforms that enable the creation of avatars that are used as digital identities in metaverse platforms

Platforms that offer virtual worlds for multiplayer social gaming experiences enable users to create experiences and conduct transactions (e.g. buying virtual land)

Some solutions in the gaming platforms segment use AI for non-playable characters (NPCs)

Some gaming and social metaverses are decentralized, with features such as play-to-earn and NFT minting

Social gaming and pure-play social platforms facilitate virtual land transactions using crypto

Most solutions in this hub use AR/VR for virtual events, enterprise, and social/gaming use cases

Virtual worlds and web3 are the primary enabling technologies for the metaverse industry

Work platforms offer virtual spaces for enterprise use cases

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