Metaverse Startup Ready Player Me Raises $56 Million in Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz – Metaverse Bitcoin News
The AI-generated avatar creation cross-platform for the metaverse, Ready Player Me, has raised $56 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The startups co-founder and CEO Timmu Tõke says the funding will be used to scale the cross-platform metaverse avatar system. Investors Inject Ready Player Me With Fresh Capital, CEO Says ‘Interoperability’ Is the Key to Unlocking the Metaverse मंगलवार को, रेडी प्लेयर मी (RPM), a startup that issues 3D avatars to be leveraged in the metaverse, anounced that the firm has raised $56 million in a Series B funding round. The latest financing follows the companys Series A anounced in December 2021, when the team raised $13 million in a funding round led by Taavet+Sten. The Series B financing for $56 million was led by a16z, and other participants include Roblox co-founder David Baszucki, King Games co-founders Sebastian Knutsson and Riccardo Zacconi, Hartbeat Ventures, Punk6529, DAmelio family, Snowfro, Collab Currency, Plural, and Konvoy Ventures. Twitch co-founder Justin Kan also participated in the RPM Series B. RPM CEO Timmu Tõke believes that cross-platform conectivity will be the key to unlocking the metaverse. “What will unlock the true metaverse experience is interoperability between games, worlds, and applications and a consistent