Bankrupt HQ Trivia's NFT reinvention scores $7 million seed round

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The project reinvents HQ Trivia as Internet Game, a crypto-based twist on the original model.

HQ Trivia meets NFTs,’ has raised $7 million in a seed funding round.Internet Game has begun minting access tokens for its second season, named Bear Market Battle.

HQ Trivia, which rose to prominence in 2018, met a sticky end less than two years later, declaring bankruptcy asdrank and swore during the last live broadcast. The product failed because it was glitchy and lost money. An acquisition offer to keep it alive also fell through. In the midst of the drama, co-founder Colin Kroll, who had faced allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women, died in 2019 of an accidental drug overdose.

he business purchased more than $1 million in NFT prizes voted on by the players, including items from top flight collections such as Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Doodles, Azukis and CloneXs. “Unlike most projects, our 'utility' and main KPI is fun," Jordan Lejuwaan, co-founder and CEO, said in a statement."The experiences we create are an emotional rollercoaster for everyone that plays. The unanimous response from Season 1 was that it was the most fun people had ever had in web3.”

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