According to TechFlow, on September 24, game developer Darkbright Studios announced the completion of an oversubscribed seed round of financing of $6 million. The company plans to use the funds to develop the life simulation game Smolbound.

The round was led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Play Ventures, Anthos Capital, King River Capital, Rockaway X, Zentry, Caballeros Capital, Gam3Girl Ventures and Offchain Labs. Darkbright has begun closed beta testing and plans to launch on the Treasure Layer-2 blockchain next year.