• The operation is backed by international funds such as Play Ventures, Defiance Capital, Parafi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures, Metrix Capital, and Peech Capital.  The advisory board is comprised by Youtubers Willy Rex, Reven, and Kmanus88 
• The project has already issued 72 million of its token (MSU) in private sale and 18 million in public sale. 
• The company's goal is to elevate MetaSoccer's professional leagues to the current football leagues. With this round of financing, the founders will hire new positions to develop the video game and will invest in marketing activities.

Inspired by projects such as Axie Infinity, which recently achieved a market capitalization of $9 billion according to Coingecko, play-to-earn is one of the sectors that is managing to raise the most money in the blockchain world. In Spain, the video game studio Champions Games presents the first metaverse football game, MetaSoccer, which is based on blockchain technology, a play-to-earn NFT project. 

To continue growing, the company has just raised 2 million euros in a recent round of financing supported by the investment fund Play Ventures. It has the advice of specialized companies in the sector such as Ath21 and Polygon and, in addition, highly regarded international funds such as Play Ventures, Defiance Capital, Parafi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures and Metrix Capital have entered.  Defiance Capital and Parafi Capital are two of the most important crypto specialized funds in the world.

MetaSoccer is aimed at both play-to-earn players and football fans to enter the new metaverse, a term to refer to the virtual world parallel to the real one in which you interact with other users through digital devices.  The ultimate goal of the Spanish startup, as its co-founder and COO, Patxi Barrios, explains “is to create a new generation of digital native football players and clubs, which in the coming years will achieve similar ratings to those of professional football leagues.  Ultimately, we aspire for the next Messi to be born in the metaverse and play on a platform like ours."  

The first step is to allocate the funding obtained to the dual purpose that the company has set for 2022: on the one hand, to develop and execute the video game with the hiring of new profiles specialized in the development of Golang technologies and onchain programming in Solidity. On the other hand, marketing actions will be reinforced to give more visibility to the project. This will include advisors on digital and football content.

The project is supported by streamers and Youtubers such as Willy Rex, Reven and Kmanus88, who have millions of followers. According to Kmanus 88 himself, “MetaSoccer has three key points to be the next milestone in the world of blockchain gaming: it is the first football metaverse with unique characteristics, it has a new economic model based on token bonding curve that brings stability to the token and as a studio they have over 6 years of experience in developing video games.” 

Three sectors totaling 400 billion dollars

MetaSoccer is part of a new sector that is in full swing, combining blockchain technology, decentralized finance, sports betting and football.  

The potential audience of MetaSoccer reaches 40% of the planet's inhabitants. That's because 3.1 billion people play video games. In addition, 3.5 billion people are football fans in over 200 countries. In addition, 1.6 billion people bet on sports.

This is part of the blockchain sector and NFT technologies, which is another market that is still in its early stage. As a result, MetaSoccer is targeting three sectors with a $400 billion turnover.

A universe based on the MetaSoccer token: buying and selling assets in the metaverse

MetaSoccer users own their assets on the gaming platform (teams, stadiums, players, etc.) and transactions are made with the MetaSoccer Universe (MSU) token.

They have the ability to create and lead their own teams and generate revenue while playing. It closely resembles real clubs because the user can generate income through their assets, by renting their stadiums, or by selling players. Another way that the user has to raise funds is through the sponsorship of their club. 

In addition, managers can also train their players to improve, trying to achieve their maximum performance. At the same time, players age and eventually retire.

At the moment, MetaSoccer has sold 72 million MSU in a private pre-sale and 18 million in a public pre-sale.  The public sale of its token will be on December 7th through the DAO Maker platform. Additionally, the NFT drop sale will take place on December 25 on the MetaSoccer marketplace.

About MetaSoccer

Metassoccer is an earn-to-play alternative football universe developed primarily on the blockchain.  The video game was born with the intention of being the starting point of a new paradigm in the football ecosystem, decentralized and of which it is an active part in many ways. This universe is a combination of 3 billion-dollar markets with global impact: video games, football and sports betting, all merged by blockchain and NFT technologies. Metassoccer is part of a new generation of video games in which users can earn cryptocurrency through their contributions to the ecosystem. 

More information at: https://metasoccer.com

Recently crowned #1 launchpad by average ROI,  Starter (https://starter.xyz), today announced it will host the Initial Dex Offering (IDO) of Starchi, Starter's first play-to-earn blockchain game featuring nostalgic battle leagues that promote societal values inspired by the original Tamagotchi. The IDO will be held on November 22, 2021. 

The game aims to remind users, otherwise named Collectors, of the lost values of humanity. The in-game Starchi, a species of never-before-seen, sun thriving creatures have long dwelled on Earth and are now facing an inherent and existential crisis, unable to survive as a result of humans encompassing the earth and spreading darkness across the planet due to self-created calamities. To reverse the course of the planet, Collectors will have the opportunity to adopt, raise and take care of the Starchi digital pets to help avoid extinction as well as create their own virtual battle arenas for friendly battles between Starchis. 

“As our first play-to-earn game, Starchi grasps at the roots of the issues faced by our society today. It's exciting to see so many of our users interested in the concept and the purpose of the game. The upcoming IDO will provide a chance for Starchi to be more widely disseminated allowing it to grow even more,” said Lionel Iruk, special counsel at Starter. “The hopeful success of the IDO and Polygon's backing will ensure that Starchi carries through the nostalgia felt by the early Tamagotchi fans, however, the additional DeFi and blockchain elements will invite new gamers to experience the Starchi magic.” 

Starchi Collectors will collect their earnings based on daily task completion of everyday responsibilities such as growing and nurturing the Starchi, taking part in friendly battles, staking their earnings, or raising Starchis to avoid their extinction. 

Starchi will operate on a dual token economy with the $START token to be used as a way to grant access to the game and trade Starchi. The second token, $ELIXIR, otherwise known as Starchi Liquid Luck will grant a variety of in-game, economic incentives. 

During the Initial Dex Announcement (IDO), 5,000,000 $ELIXIR tokens will be made available for purchase at $0.030 USD.

To create more earnings opportunities for the Starchi community to find their financial freedom, Collectors will have the ability to stake their $START and $ELIXIR earnings to get access to IDOs on Starter's launchpad. 

Starter's community has provided hassle-free funding to many well known IDO launches and now adds Starchi to the list. Collectors can begin their Starchi journey here https://starchi.gg/. For more details on Starchi's IDO launch with Starter, please visit https://starter.xyz/. 

About Starter

Starter (https://starter.xyz) is the leading IDO launchpad, incubator, and investor network for @0xPolygon, $ETH, $AVAX, $FTM, and #BSC, having raised over $25M for 40+ projects, including Cake Monster, Wall St Bets, Nasdex, and Enjinstarter. Starter provides projects access to funding opportunities without the hassle of bureaucratic hurdles or complex KYC requirements. Starter's suite of products include a venture arm Starter.capital, launchpad Starter.xyz, and token vesting and liquidity locking StartVesting.xyz.

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