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旧金山，2019年6月13日/美通社讯：UPlandme公司完成了一轮融资，该融资由Finlab EOS VC Fund领导，并有几位天使投资人参与。FinLab EOS VC Fund是由区块链协议EOSIO的发布者Block.one和FinLab AG共同支持的风投基金，后者是世界最大的金融服务技术的公司创立者和投资者。
这些资金将会用来支持Upland的初始开发和推出，这款游戏是数字资产交易游戏，它能模糊现实和虚拟世界的界限。玩家根据现实世界的地址购买、出售、交易财产。Upland内部的经济靠游戏内货币UPX支持。玩家能够完成财产收集、使用地点功能、在市场上交易财产。
“我们之所以投资UPlandme. Inc是因为我们喜欢EOS区块链支持的虚拟财产市场这个概念，其团队经验丰富又充满热情，这也是打动我们的一个理由。”FinLab EOS VC Fund的经理Stefan Schuetze说。“区块链，尤其是EOSIO，带来了很多以前不可实现的崭新的游戏。”
“我们很高兴能和UPlanme.Inc合作，因为我们相信他们带来一个非常独特和与众不同的概念。而且，游戏和Uplanme这样的数字藏品公司是区块链技术，尤其是EOSIO，的一个伟大应用，“EOS VC的COO Paul Grotowski说。
“我们选择EOSIO区块链软件，因为它给日常的游戏体验带来了最好的基础，游戏中，玩家可以很快参与、不断享受游戏而不会遇到什么问题、还不需要了解当今复杂的区块链世界。我们很高兴能和Finlab和EOS VC合作，利用EOSIO的背景和它们在金融方面的专长，这在我们建立Upland的过程中是非常重要的，”Uplandme. Inc的联合创始人Dirk Lueth说。
关于Uplandme. Inc
Uplandme. Inc是2018年由企业家Dirk Lueth, Mani Honigstein, 和 Idan Zuckerman创立的公司。该公司坐落于硅谷，主要开发游戏Upland。Upland的使命是通过创建虚拟和现实交叉的游戏体验，把把区块链技术的好处呈现给市场。Upland在2019年6月实现了封测，游戏的早期玩家可以在旧金山购买数字资产。想排队参加封测请点击https://upland.me/
关于EOS
VC
Block.one的EOS
VC风投项目给开发者和创业者提供他们所需的资金来创建社区导向的经济服务，从而推动EOSIO发展。它通过风投合作伙伴基金提供支持，其主要目标是通过大量投资建立在EOSIO软件上的不同区块链公司促成EOSIO生态系统的广泛应用。
EOS VC项目希望能够通过我们的投资项目把各个领域的个体联系成全球的网络。EOS VC认为和区块链开发者社区的互动是我们的使命也是我们的目标，并定期付诸行动
关于 FinLab AG:
上市公司FinLab AG（WKN 121806/ ISIN DE0001218063/ 股票代码A7A.GR）是世界上第一个，也是最大的一个公司创立者和投资者，它关注金融服务科技（”FinTech”）领域。FinLab关注开发德国的金融科技创业公司、为他们的金融需求提供风投，而每个投资案例中，其目标都是对于该投资的长期参与度和持续支持。FinLab在全球范围内也有投资，一般是在FinTech公司的风投轮注资，其主要注资的区域是美国和亚洲。
获得更多信息请发送电子邮件给Natasha Carter： media@upland.me.
来源 Uplandme, Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Uplandme, Inc. has closed a financing round, which was led by Finlab EOS VC Fund and with the participation of several angel investors. FinLab EOS VC Fund is a venture capital fund backed by both Block.one, the publisher of the blockchain protocol EOSIO, and FinLab AG, one of Europe’s largest company builders and investors focused on financial services technologies.
The funds will be used to support the initial development and launch of Upland, a digital property trading game that blurs the boundaries between real and virtual worlds. Players buy, sell, and trade properties based on real-world addresses. An in-game currency called UPX will power the economy of Upland. Players will be able to complete property collections, use location-based features and trade their properties on a marketplace.
“We invested into Uplandme, Inc. because we like the genuine idea of a virtual property market powered by the EOS Blockchain and the very experienced and passionate team behind it,” said Stefan Schuetze, Managing Director of FinLab EOS VC Fund. “Blockchain and specifically EOSIO allows the creation of completely new game mechanics that were not possible before.”
“We are excited to work with Uplandme, Inc. as we believe they present a very unique and differentiated concept and that gaming and digital collectable companies, such as Uplandme, Inc., are a great application of Blockchain technologies, in particular EOSIO,” commented Paul Grotowski, COO of EOS VC.
“We have chosen the EOSIO blockchain software because it offers the best foundation to create a strong casual gaming experience where players engage quickly and can continuously enjoy the game without the hassle and need to understand today’s complicated world of Blockchain. We are excited to work with Finlab and EOS VC to leverage their EOSIO background and financial expertise which are very important for us as we build out Upland,” said Dirk Lueth, Co-founder of Uplandme, Inc.
About Uplandme, Inc.
Uplandme, Inc. was founded in 2018 by serial
entrepreneurs Dirk Lueth, Mani Honigstein, and Idan Zuckerman. The company is based in Silicon Valley
and develops the game Upland. Upland’s mission
is to bring the benefits of Blockchain technology to mass markets by creating
gamified experiences at the intersection of the real and virtual worlds. Upland launched a closed beta in June 2019 where early adopters of the game can
buy virtual properties in San Francisco. A wait list for the beta version can be
joined at https://upland.me/.
About 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.
About FinLab AG:
Stock market listed company FinLab AG (WKN 121806 /
ISIN DE0001218063 / ticker symbol: A7A.GR) is one of the first and largest
company builders and investors focused on the Financial Services Technologies
(“FinTech”) sector. FinLab focuses on developing German FinTech
startups and providing venture capital for their financial needs, whereby in
each case the aim is a long-term participation and ongoing support of the
investment. FinLab also invests globally, as part of venture rounds, in FinTech
companies, primarily in the USA and Asia.
For more information please contact Natasha Carter at media@upland.me.
SOURCE Uplandme, Inc.
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