Strider raises $5.5M for collaborative story-driven gaming platform
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Strider has raised $5.5 million so that it can co-create story-driven games with players using Web3 technology.
The idea is to build a gamified platform for storytelling, and the goal is to revolutionize how new intellectual properties are both developed and owned.
Makers Fund and Fabric Ventures led the funding, with participation from Shima Capital, Sfermion, Magic Eden and other notable funds, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $8.5 million.
The company was founded by game industry veterans, including former Andreessen Horowitz partner and TinyCo operations and growth executive Andrew N. Green. The company will use Web3 technology to enable players to be creators and own what they create, said Green in an interview with GamesBeat.
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The idea is to give players the ability to really quickly create a new world and IP, and to bring people into that world.
“It feels almost like a real integration between the creator and the content itself,” Green said.
Players can create quests and reap rewards for driving players to engage with the storytelling and quests and overall community.
Other founders include former EA Games and Jam City product management exec Michael Brozman, former Square Enix and Rockstar Games developer Michael Cala and former marketing specialist for TV and film Nick Braccia.
The Strider team has deep roots in narrative games and world-class entertainment intellectual properties, including Harry Potter,
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