PANews reported on August 13 that according to Cointelegraph, the team behind the TON ecosystem game Hamster Kombat recently revealed that they have received investment intentions from some top cryptocurrency venture capital firms, but "have rejected all proposals so far." The team said that the decision to reject venture capital funds was to protect Hamster Kombat's player base and retain the core focus of the development team, which is to provide players with a game experience based on ability, allowing players to earn rewards by actually playing the game.

This is in stark contrast to many crypto games and projects that receive venture capital funding, which often use the player base as a channel for exit liquidity, the team said in an announcement on August 10. The Hamster Kombat team did not disclose which venture capital firms expressed investment interest in it. Hamster Kombat developers also explained that 60% of the upcoming HMSTR tokens will be reserved for players, and the remainder will be used for liquidity, future partnerships, in-game rewards, and ecosystem development.