According to a report recently released by investment bank Drake Star Partners, in the first three quarters of 2021, there were 493 financing events in the global game industry, with a total financing amount reaching a record $9 billion, of which the blockchain/NFT game sector Private company financing reached 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, and more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in financing in this area occurred in the third quarter of this year.
Two financing transactions worthy of attention are Fantasy Football Game Company Sorare’s acquisition of 680 million U.S. dollars from SoftBank (the company estimates The value reached US$4.3 billion) and NBA Top Shot developer Dapper Labs completed a US$250 million financing (the company’s valuation reached US$7.6 billion).