Unagi, the Paris-based blockchain gaming studio, raises €4.7 million in funding. The round was led by games early-stage VC Sisu Game Ventures with participation from Sfermion, UOB Ventures, Signum Capital, 2B Ventures, Machame, and angel investors Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox), and Mario Götze. The studio is directed by Remi Pellerin and Charlie Guillemot, both previously worked at Ubisoft.
Unagi’s first web3 release is a fantasy sports game called Ultimate Champions which is currently in open beta. The Free-to-play Ultimate Champions platform lets gamers accumulate virtual playing cards representing football players, allowing them to choose their dream squad and change players by adding new cards to their selection. Unagi is now preparing to launch a basketball variant of its game.
Rémi Pellerin, CEO and co-founder of Unagi, commented:
“Web3 gaming is on the rise. For Unagi, Ultimate Champions is a pilot with which we’re creating, testing, and improving the gaming web3 tools we’re developing in our studio.