About Horizon Blockchain Games
Horizon Blockchain Games focuses on the gaming industry by providing a development platform for Web3 games called Sequence. This platform allows developers to create, manage, and scale their blockchain-based games efficiently. Sequence simplifies the development process, making it easier for developers to build high-quality games. For gamers, the platform enhances their experience by enabling them to win, own, trade, sell, and gift in-game items. Horizon Blockchain Games generates revenue through subscription fees for its platform, transaction fees from in-game trades, and sales of premium features. Unlike its competitors, Horizon offers a comprehensive ecosystem that supports both game development and the trading of digital assets. The company's goal is to make internet economies enjoyable and accessible for everyone involved.
Benefits
Competitive pay
Conscious about mental health
Equity
Flexible vacation policy
Health benefits for Canadian employees
Personal development support
Work from home option
Risks
Increased competition from established gaming companies entering the Web3 space.
Volatility of cryptocurrency markets may impact digital asset values on Horizon's platform.
Regulatory scrutiny on blockchain and digital assets could lead to compliance challenges.
Differentiation
Horizon Blockchain Games offers Sequence, a comprehensive Web3 game development platform.
Sequence integrates digital asset trading and ownership, enhancing the gaming experience.
Horizon.io simplifies Web3 game development, making it accessible for developers and gamers.
Upsides
Partnership with Google Cloud enhances Sequence's Web3 gaming development capabilities.
Horizon raised $40M to make Web3 easy, fun, and powerful for users and builders.
Adoption of Polygon zkEVM improves scalability and reduces transaction costs for Sequence.
Funding
SERIES A
9/30/2022- Round13 Capital
- BITKRAFT Ventures
- Tobias Lütke
- Quantstamp
- CMT Digital Ventures
- Morgan Creek Capital Management
- Everyrealm
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- xsolla
- Sebastien Borget
- Polygon
- Sky9 Capital
- Brevan Howard Asset Management
- Michael Arnold
- TransLink Capital
- Alex Adelman
- J17 Capital
- Satish Kanwar
- Jaws Ventures
- Unicorn Capital Partners
- Take-Two Interactive Software
- Anthony Sassano
- Aleksander Leonard Larsen
- The Xchange Company
- Initialized Capital