New Funding Boosts Mythical Games
Game publisher Mythical Games has secured $37 million in Series C1 funding, with plans to launch a new marketplace and pursue other revenue-generating initiatives. With this funding, Mythical will continue to hold the unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion.
Targeting Profitability
“Our focus is optimizing our business to get to profitability by year’s end, and the funds will primarily be used in our efforts to achieve that,” told John Linden, co-founder and CEO of Mythical Games.
Funding Partners and Future Plans
The round was led by Scytale Digital with ARK Invest, Animoca Brands, MoonPay, PROOF VC, and Stanford Athletics, alongside previous investors Andresseen Horowitz, WestCap, Gaingels, Signum Growth, and Struck Capital. Mythical expects an additional $20-$30 million raise in the coming months, when the full round is expected to close.
New Releases and NFT Pre-sales
The publisher plans to release in a few months its new game Nitro National World Tour, for which pre-sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been ongoing since February. Additionally, the funds will be used to develop an in-game marketplace for its other title NFL Rivals, which recently hit over one million downloads.
Switching to Polkadot
Mythical recently announced the migration of the Mythical Chain from the Ethereum blockchain to the Polkadot ecosystem, saying Ethereum’s slow transaction speeds and high transaction costs led to the decision. “What this move really comes down to is that Ethereum simply is no longer optimal or ideal, given the growing needs of our platform. […] We needed a blockchain partner that is prepared to scale with us,” explained Mythical CEO.
Mythical’s Sales Performance
With $29 million in sales in the past 30 days, Mythical is one of the top blockchains by NFT sales volume. The new fund is an extension of prior capital raises, including $225 million secured in two rounds in 2021.
