A16z Leads $4.8M Round for P2E Gaming Startup Battlebound

“The founding team of Battlebound is a rare mix of web3 savvy and veteran game development expertise – collectively Adam Hensel and team have helped build some of the industry’s most successful games such as Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends, and Overwatch 2,” Jonathan Lai, general parter at a16z, told CoinDesk in an email. “Their inaugural project ‘the Evaverse’ was proof of their capabilities with a small team, and we’re excited to support them as they scale up to even more ambitious experiences on chain.”