The web3 Metaverse “tremendous app,” Upland, has prolonged its Collection A funding, efficiently securing an extra $7 million.
Based on Upland, this newest funding spherical, which incorporates EOS Community Ventures as a brand new investor, brings the agency’s whole funding to $25 million.
Driving a wave of accelerating person engagement and steadily rising digital property possession, Upland appears poised to double down on the resurgence of metaverse hype. The app has registered over 3 million accounts on the EOS blockchain, with nearly 300,000 digital property house owners, whereas repeatedly launching and enhancing options, together with a brand new automobile racing app, in-game racing options, and a third-party developer platform.
The newly acquired funds goal to propel Upland’s mission to assemble the world’s most expansive digital open financial system and advance its innovation roadmap, akin to introducing novel options and platform parts using AI.
Moreover, the funding will bolster the corporate’s initiative to make its utility token, Spark, tradeable outdoors the Upland platform on Ethereum by way of a Token Tradability Occasion, marking its debut on exterior exchanges.
Final yr, Upland raised $18 million final yr, channeling funds to broaden its international footprint, develop new options, type strategic model partnerships, and speed up person acquisition. This transfer aligns with “Upland’s means to supply a fascinating web2 expertise that seamlessly abstracts away the intricacies of blockchain expertise whereas delivering the benefits of true asset possession,” as EOS Community Ventures’ director, Yves La Rose, defined.
Upland is creating an immersive internet expertise mapped to the actual world by way of its metaverse. The platform presents numerous actions for gamers and creators alike, together with digital property buying and selling, world-building, and aggressive automobile racing. Furthermore, it permits entrepreneurs to function digital outlets powered by UPX, Upland’s native forex, and Spark, a utility token that fuels worth creation by its extremely engaged group.
Upland is offered from the App Retailer or Google Play. The current announcement of plans to make Spark tradable on exchanges (transformed to “Sparklet” on Ethereum) and the publication of a white paper, authorized by an 87% majority of the group, can be discovered on the Upland web site.
