# Background

### Early Backers

* Animoca Brands, DFG, Hypersphere Ventures and Walsh Wealth Ventures extending our network to 200M fans. [More info](https://bitcountry.medium.com/bit-country-raises-4m-seed-funding-to-start-individualized-metaverses-5dd965cc5c36)

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### Member of World-Class Incubators

![Participant of Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator (2021 Cohort) at UC Berkeley](https://2208527793-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MiwzqiBOrgjumFGT9s9%2F-MlCUsZ1Duv6LQxTuLnQ%2F-MlCV7X2BgpAXbWMFMnO%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=d2979e23-53ef-4764-96d0-95cd4b58d240)

![Participant of Creative Destruction Lab of University of Toronto](https://2208527793-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MiwzqiBOrgjumFGT9s9%2F-MlCUsZ1Duv6LQxTuLnQ%2F-MlCVOy02LUQ2eiqlqj0%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=a6e0a052-aaf0-4557-b037-a77654d1dc91)

### **Grants & Awards**

* Web3 Foundation Open Grant Recipient
* Member of Substrate Builders Program

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