In brief
- Burn Ghost, a startup focused on casual games that reward NFT prizes to players, has raised $3.1 million in funding.
- Drive by DraftKings and Bitkraft Ventures co-led the seed round for the firm, which was founded by game industry veterans.
As NFTs have taken hold, a growing number of games are using crypto assets for interactive in-game items, as well as tokenized economies. But a new startup is taking a different route in the space: a casual gaming platform in which NFTs are the prizes.
That’s what Burn Ghost is building, and the company revealed exclusively to Decrypt today that it has raised $3.1 million in funding to realize its vision.
The seed round, which was completed in April, was co-led by Drive by DraftKings and gaming-centric fund Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Pillar VC as well.
Rather than develop complex, robust games built around NFTs—which have
