Pre-Seed · Pre-Launch Round 2026
The ask
$130,280
Raising over 6 months (May → October 2026) to bring the game to public beta on October 1, 2026 with the visibility needed to open the SEED at the Hacker House Seoul during Korean Blockchain Week.
📊 Already committed before this round
12 mo
6 founders · sweat equity
5 mo
InfinityLabz partnership
€325–525K
Total value committed
⚔ What's already built
🎮 Product built
- PvP arena gameplay + core loop (risk / reward)
- Lobby, onboarding, multiplayer, free training zone
- Retention mechanics + boss €2 entry · redistribution
- Full UI / UX integration after iterations
🏆 Gameplay validated
- Shaped with top competitive eSport players
- Gromalok — #2 Warzone (Gentlemates)
- Léo Gouren — #2 V-Rising
- Multiple test phases · combat / UX iterations
📣 Go-to-market ready
- X / Twitter content engine + Discord activation
- Micro-streamer referral + Guinness viral activation
- eSport pipeline + Seoul IRL activation (KBW)
- InfinityLabz partner — marketing & KOL · equity-paid
💰 Use of funds — $130K
- Team $81K · 62% — salaries + key hires
- Marketing $44K · 34% — KOL, Ads, Korean Activation
- Infra $5K · 4% — Open Beta scale + Hacker House live
📅 Funding sequence — staggered release
Phase 1May → early August
$29,640
Cash burn — 3 months runway, released at closing.
Phase 2August → September
$85,640
Marketing + key hires + remaining salaries (Aug-Oct).
Phase 3October · launch
$15,000
Hacker House Seoul ($10K) + infra ($5K) at ramp-up.