Untamed Planet gets US$24.3 mln to build natural world in metaverse

Untamed Planet has closed a Series A funding round led by Animoca Brands and built a partnership with Animoca’s video game arm nWay to create a natural world in the metaverse, Animoca said in a press release.

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Fast facts

• The project, the Untamed Metaverse, will allow players to experience wild landscapes in the virtual world, participate in missions and collect NFT assets.

• Untamed Planet said it will use at least half of the project’s profits for conservation initiatives or local communities that support the same.

• Untamed Planet says the project’s first NFT series will be based on Solana for energy conservation reasons.

• Untamed Planet’s homepage says that it will release the metaverse project’s white paper in June.

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