Animoca Brands Backs Upland’s Real Estate-Based Metaverse With $18M Raise

Animoca Brands Backs Upland’s Real Estate-Based Metaverse With M Raise
Upland, a metaverse game combining the EOS blockchain with real-world landmarks, has raised $18 million at a $300 million valuation, the company announced Tuesday.The Series A funding round was led by Animoca Brands with participation from C3 Management, OneTeam Partners, Block.one, Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund and Global Founders Capital at a time when Facebook (now Meta) is going big on its version of the metaverse.Read more: Facebook Steals Another Crypto Idea for Its Nonsensical RebrandUpland is a mobile game that lets users buy and sell virtual land parcels that correspond to real-life property. First launched in early 2020, the game…