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Spielworks完成了种子轮投资，获得了数百万的融资，本次投资由FinLab EOS VC Fund 和 Volksbank Mittweida eG领投，这两家公司从2019年开始就充当Spielworks的投资人。FinLab EOS VC Fund是EOS VC和FinLab AG (ISIN: DE0001218063; Ticker: A7A.GR)共同支持的风投基金，前者是区块链协议EOSIO发布方Block.one的投资部门，后者是欧洲最大的金融服务技术和区块链投资方。
Spielworks运营游戏平台Wombat和收集和社区游戏 Chain Clash。Spielworks认为，游戏行业会遇到巨大的范式转移，最终会变成玩家可以真正以此谋生的场合。区块链技术不断发展，让用户能够真正拥有数字资产，也就为“边玩边赚”游戏经济打开了巨大的窗户。现在有了这笔新投资，Spielworks会进一步扩展Wombat游戏平台，它会大量上架高质量的游戏、增加新功能支持用户能够舒适和安全地玩游戏、获得数字资产和获得游戏内加密货币。Chain Clash游戏已经在游戏平台上启动了，它也展示了真实的人类如何作为稀有、变化和好玩的藏品“活在”区块链上。
Spielworks的常务董事Swen E. Hallasch说：“我们很高兴能和FinLab EOS VC Fund及Volksbank Mittweida eG形成有力和伙伴关系，他们和我们在游戏行业有相同的愿景，我们都认为游戏是区块链大规模市场应用的催化剂，它也支持我们继续减少入门障碍，尤其是对于区块链的初始用户来说，希望能把区块链技术的优势带到现在的Web 2.0玩家时代。”
FinLab EOS VC Fund的常务董事Stefan Schütze补充说：“我们给EOSIO生态提供资金和投资支持，我们很喜欢SPielworks的方法——它们怎样利用独特的用户解决方案简单地创造免费的EOS代币账户。Wombat用户可以轻而易举地接入建立在EOSIO软件上的最好的区块链游戏，这就是一个真正的‘游戏改变者’要追求的。”
关于 Spielworks:
Spielworks的总部位于柏林，它是2018年由领先的区块链咨询机构CHAINWISE集团孵化的企业。Spielworks由Swen E. Hallasch 和 Adrian Krion 联合创办，现在它有20多名员工，运营着Wombat平台和Chain Clash游戏。2019年6月Wombat上架，现在它吸引了160个国家的110,000个用户，上架了20多款游戏，它还推出了安卓， iOS 和 Google Chrome都支持的唯一一款有免费EOS账户的钱包。Chain Clash是在2020年4月推出的，它吸引了包括Brock Pierce在内的加密货币巨头，2019年它成功出售了第一个基于EOS的NFT（非同质货币），价值1,731 EOS。
关于 Block.one 和 EOS VC:
Block.one的EOS VC项目为利用 EOSIO的开发者和创业家提供资金，帮助他们实现以社区为导向的业务。它通过风投合作伙伴基金实现这一目标，该部门投资于大量各类利用EOSIO软件的区块链公司，从而实现EOSIO生态的可持续使用。EOS VC项目致力于通过各种活动把世界范围内各个不同领域的个体联系起来。这样的使命和愿景之下，EOS VC和区块链开发者社区保持紧密联系。获得更多信息，请访问block.one 和 vc.eos.io。
关于 Volksbank Mittweida eG:
Volksbank Mittweida eG是德国区块链领域真正的先驱，它已经有36,000名顾客，资产负债表规模达20亿欧元。Volksbank Mittweida eG是德国的第一家银行，2019年它加入了领先的德国组织Blockchain Bundesverband，它也是第一个为基于区块链的企业提供账户的银行。银行一直关注对区块链项目的支持，现在它和市政及米特韦达应用科技大学合作推进区块链用例Blockchain-Schaufensterregion Mittweida。
关于 FinLab:
上市公司FinLab AG WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / 股票代码：A7A)是金融服务科技（FinTech）和区块链领域最初也是最大的投资人。这个背景下，FinLab关注的是为初创企业提供风投。FinLab的目标是长期参与其投资的企业，并为它们提供不断的支持。因此，FinLab在其投资公司的不同发展阶段会提供网络和技术支持。此外，FinLab也是资产管理公司，其管理的资产范围高达上亿美元。
原文/Original：
Spielworks has closed a seven-digit seed financing round led by FinLab EOS VC Fund and Volksbank Mittweida eG, which have been investing in Spielworks since 2019. FinLab EOS VC Fund is a venture capital fund backed by both EOS VC, the investment arm of Block.one the publisher of the blockchain protocol EOSIO, and FinLab AG (ISIN: DE0001218063; Ticker: A7A.GR), one of the first and largest investors in financial services technologies and blockchain in Europe.
Spielworks operates both the gaming platform Wombat and the collectible and community game Chain Clash. Spielworks believes that the gaming industry will face a massive paradigm shift and will develop into a playground where gamers actually can make a living. The emerging blockchain technology helps to enable true ownership of digital assets opening up a huge window of opportunity for play-to-earn game economies. With the new investment, Spielworks will further expand the Wombat gaming platform by extensively onboarding high-quality games and adding features to support users to comfortably and securely play games, own digital assets and earn in-game cryptocurrency. The game Chain Clash already launched on the gaming platform and demonstrates how real human beings can “live” on the blockchain as rare, evolving and fun-to-use collectibles.
Swen E. Hallasch, managing director of Spielworks, says: “We are grateful for the strong partnership with FinLab EOS VC Fund and Volksbank Mittweida eG who share our vision in gaming as a catalyst for mass-market blockchain adoption and support us to further ease the entry barriers especially for first-time blockchain users and to bring the advantages of blockchain technology to today’s Web 2.0 gamers.”
Stefan Schütze, managing director of FinLab EOS VC Fund added: “As a supporter of the EOSIO ecosystem with our fund and investments, we really like the approach of Spielworks – how it enables the unique solution for users to create free EOS token accounts easily. This is in the purist sense a true “game changer” as with Wombat users can get effortless access to the best blockchain games built using EOSIO software.”
About Spielworks:
Headquartered in Berlin, Spielworks was incubated in 2018 by CHAINWISE Group, a leading blockchain consulting agency. Co-founded and led by Swen E. Hallasch and Adrian Krion, Spielworks has 20 employees and operates both the Wombat platform and the game Chain Clash. Since its launch in June 2019 Wombat attracted more than 110,000 users in 160 countries, onboarded more than 20 games and is featuring the only wallet on the market available on Android, iOS and Google Chrome with free EOS accounts. Chain Clash launched in April 2020, attracted crypto-celebrities like Brock Pierce and managed to sell the first EOS-based NFT for 1,731 EOS in 2019.
About Block.one and EOS VC:
Block.one’s EOS VC program offers developers and entrepreneurs the funding they need to create community-driven businesses leveraging EOSIO. It provides support through venture capital partnership funds that primarily aim to achieve sustained utilization of the EOSIO ecosystem by investing in a concentrated and diversified portfolio of blockchain-focused companies building on the EOSIO software. The EOS VC initiative is dedicated to fostering a global network of individuals from a number of disciplines through our engagement events. As part of the mission and vision, EOS VC engages with the blockchain developer community on a regular basis. For further information, please visit Block.one and vc.eos.io.
About Volksbank Mittweida eG:
With more than 36,000 customers and a balance sheet of 2 billion Euros, Volksbank Mittweida eG is a true pioneer in the German blockchain space. As the first bank in Germany, Volksbank Mittweida eG joined the leading German association “Blockchain Bundesverband” in 2019 and was the first bank offering accounts for blockchain based businesses in 2018. Furthermore, the bank focuses on the support of blockchain projects and is currently promoting the blockchain showcase “Blockchain-Schaufensterregion Mittweida” together with the city and the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida.
About FinLab:
Stock market listed company FinLab AG (WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / ticker symbol: A7A) is one of the first and largest investors focused on the Financial Services Technologies (“FinTech”) and blockchain sector in Europe. FinLab’s focus in this context is providing venture capital for start-ups. FinLab’s aim is long-term participation and ongoing support of its investments. FinLab in this regard supports its investments in their respective development phase with their network and know-how. In addition, FinLab acts as an asset manager and manages assets in the three-digit million-dollar range.
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