Introduction
Forte was founded in 2019 by Brett Seyler Josh Williams Kent Wakeford Kevin Chou and Mahesh Vellanki. It has its headquarter in San Francisco, United States.
Forte is building economic technology for games that is secure, easy to use, and fully compliant. Its end-to-end blockchain platform enables the emergence of community economics, a system where the interests of game developers and players are aligned, leading to healthier, sustainable game communities. The team is composed of longtime industry members (Unity, ngmoco, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Rockstar Games, among others), and is currently working with over 25 acclaimed game developers from across the globe to reimagine the economics of games.
Forte’s platform allows game publishers to easily integrate blockchain technologies into their games, enabling features such as seamless, embeddable token wallets, non-fungible token (NFT) minting and selling, payment rails, and other services built specifically for blockchain token economies and the management of digital and virtual assets. In blockchain-enabled games, players can truly own goods, rather than making pure entertainment expenditures. Players around the world can freely trade goods and services with each other, and can participate in community economies that reward creativity, collaboration, and skill. These new systems provide game players and communities all around the world with new creative and economic opportunities.
Mission
Forte’s mission is to prepare all game developers, big and small — whether you already have a AAA title with millions of players or you are building a blockchain game from the ground up — to be successful in this new landscape.
Why Forte?
With Forte, publishers can grow their businesses with new, innovative technical solutions, and business models. Players are now able to truly own their in-app purchases and virtual goods. This is a win for the entire ecosystem.
Funding
Forte has raised a total of $910M in funding over 4 rounds and is funded by 27 investors.
Below, are the details of the different rounds of funding received by Forte.
Funding Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors |
Series B | $725M | 9 | Kora
The Sea Capital |
Series A | $185M | 6 | Griffin Gaming Partners |
Seed Round | - | 2 | - |
Seed Round | - | 13 | - |
Acquisitions
Forte has acquired one organization namely N3TWORK.
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