Voldex, developer of content for Minecraft and Roblox, announces a new raise led by Andreessen Horowitz. Voldex stated in a press release it plans to use the money to work on new games and support its existing ones.
The Series A round also received continued participation from Dune Ventures, Makers Fund, and POW Interactive – as well as new investments from Lalotte Ventures. In addition, a16z’s general partner Andrew Chen will be joining the Voldex board of directors.
The studio currently holds some of Roblox’s most popular user-generated content. These include Driving Empire, ZO Samurai, Base Battles, Encounters, and Cursed Islands. Voldex also operates the Minecraft server OneBlockMC. According to Voldex, its games have over 1 million daily active users.
Alexandre Singer, Voldex’s CEO, said in a statement:
“The funding will allow us to continue to build out our team. In addition, the funding will support our existing games and allow us to acquire impressive UGC games from today’s best and brightest game creators, helping to unlock each one’s potential by developing awesome new features and updates that are organic to the IP.”
