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Thousands, a revolutionary web protocol that transforms mouth marketing into the mouth into a universal-togetherment attribution infrastructure with the sister company The Wildcard Alliance – Today it has announced a joint fundraising round of $ 9 million.
Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and the paradigm directed the round. Texas-based McKinney companies, founded by CO-CEOS Paul and Katy Drake Bettner, who include words with friends, Lucky’s Tale and Age of Empires, have achieved $ 6.5 million so far and expect to close the remaining funding for the next 60 days.
Wildcard is a third -person card action set, 2v2, which perfectly mixes a rhythm sand combat with a strategic roof construction. As a champion, you fight in real time, calling powerful creatures from your cover to fight next to you. Master dynamic capacities, opponents of the machine with a skilled mechanics and take advantage of the power of your summons in an exciting fusion of collectible card strategy and third -person action combat, all located on a live interactive field.
This new funding is based on companies Series A from $ 46 million to raised by 2022 and will be used
To accelerate the development of their integrated product ecosystem, using thousands
Protocol and Mil.TV Platform to unlock new Focused Users Focused Users Channels
And help launch your next game, Wildcard.
“It’s simple,” said Paul Bettner, co-director general, in a statement. )Comedy It only gets if its creators and their community succeed. So we need a better way to reward these amazing collaborators who drive immense
Game value. Thousands provide us with the “rails” of the chain to solve this problem, to record and reward the acquisition and conversion of users to each step of the funnel. “”
The synergy between jokes and thousands has already shown explosive growth.
The network of thousands recorded more than $ 800,000 in revenue only in May 2025, with an average income of $ 50,000, the average conversion of viewers to 77%payers and a new record of revenue of all time to $ 134,000, the metrics that exceed industry standards.
The network of thousands deals with an economy from mouth to mouth without exploiting and trillion dollars, making transparent, programmable and incentive influence and attribution. The network of thousands allows creators and communities to gain instantly when their content drives conversions, while IP owners benefit from significantly lower customer acquisition costs compared to traditional channels.
“Thousands are redefining how games and content reach the public,” said Rick Johanson, a founding partner of Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, in a statement. “Its native web-think twitch streaming layer finds Walletconnect-Permet to all spectators connected to become an active participant in an economy of the chain, transforming viewers into committed users.”
“We believe in this game and believe in this team,” said Dave White, a paradigm research partner, in a statement. “Paul, Kate and Team have created one of the most anticipated games in Crypto and we are very excited about what comes next.”
Since its initial funding, both platforms have achieved significant landmarks. Wildcard was recently approved for publication in Steam, where the 100k+ community is now in the Alfa fashion of Game Weekly, in preparation for Wildcard’s early access launch by the end of this year.
These games are transmitted in thousands.TV several times a week, helping to demonstrate the capacity of the network of thousands of supporting the commitment and monetization, with an average income per spectator of $ 141.
“Thousands do not want to convey. It’s no longer a unidirectional street,” Payton Kaleiwhea, a content creator and Wolvesdao founder, said in a statement. “Fans and creators interact; you are not only watching the game. You are connected to him. You are inside. With thousands, being there is important and that changes everything.”
Companies have 30 full -time employees and another 30 contractors.
