Games for a Living

gfal.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

Games for a Living (GFAL) is a Barcelona-based Web3 gaming studio building an "Ownership GaaS" model, publishing blockchain-integrated titles (including the RPG Elemental Raiders and the Diamond Jewels match-3 game) with player-owned assets, an NFT/item marketplace, and the $GFAL token. Founded in 2021 by veterans of King, Activision Blizzard, and EA; closed a $3.2M seed round in April 2024 backed by Supercell and others, adding to $4.4M raised via its 2023 token sale.

Founded
2021
Founders
7
Total funds raised
€4.1M
Rounds
2
Investors
10
Last round
Apr 2024
SectorsGaming, Web3, Blockchain, NFT Start-up MapMedia & Gaming › Web3 & blockchain gaming

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Founders

Carlos Blanco
Co-Founder
Christian Gascons
COO & Co-Founder
Ernest Sánchez
Co-Founder
Javier León
Art Director & Co-Founder
Manel Sort
CEO & Co-Founder
Marc Tormo
CCO & Co-Founder
Trip Hawkins
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder

Global models 5

Animoca Brands
Diversified Web3/blockchain gaming company built around NFT-based games, digital ownership, and token economies, the same core thesis as GFAL.
$880MComparable
Dapper Labs
Blockchain gaming studio (CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot) built on player-owned, tradable in-game NFT assets, closely matching GFAL's ownership-marketplace model.
$666MComparable
Mythical Games
United States · www.mythicalgames.com ↗
Game studio and platform enabling player ownership and trading of in-game NFT items, directly comparable to GFAL's marketplace-driven titles.
$317MComparable
Immutable
Blockchain gaming platform and publisher focused on NFT ownership and trading infrastructure for game assets, same Web3-gaming-as-a-service approach.
$277MComparable
Sky Mavis
Vietnam · skymavis.com ↗
Creator of Axie Infinity, a play-and-earn game with a player-owned asset marketplace and token economy, the archetype GFAL's model follows.
$152MComparable

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Investors 10

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Bonsai Partners
bonsai.vc
2 rounds, led 1 · 2022–24 Spain
Inveready
www.inveready.com
2 rounds, led 1 · 2022–24 Spain
BCNBCNLVC
Seed 2024 Spain
Bonduc Bioscience SL
Seed 2024 Spain
David Fernandez
Seed 2024 Spain Private investor
Heinrich Zetlmayer
Seed 2024 Switzerland
Mitch Lasky
Seed 2024 United States
Nekko Consulting
Seed 2024 Spain
Pre-seed 2022 Spain
Supercell
Seed 2024 Finland

Funding rounds 2

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