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The investments follow the launch of the publisher's $ 30 million blockchain fund in May last year
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The Japanese publishing house Gumi Inc. has acquired a stake in Double Jump.Tokyo, developer of blockchain.
The agreement provides that Gumi receives shares and holdings from Double Jump.Tokyo, parent company DLE.
In addition, two boards of directors of Double Jump.Tokyo will join the Gumi board of directors.
This agreement represents one of Gumi's first major investments in blockchain ever since the launch of a $ 30 million fund in May of last year.
Double Jump.Tokyo released its first game My Crypto Heroes entered pre-sale in September last year and generated $ 160,000 in revenue through Ethereum transactions in its first ten days.
"We were impressed with the quality and momentum of interest in My Crypto Heroes," said Gumi founder and CEO Hironao Kunimitsu.
"We believe that through this succession of equity, the allocation of new shares and the capital involved in our commercial alliance, we can offer global marketing know-how to Double Jump.Tokyo, and both our companies can develop new properties blockchain success by using our intellectual property and accelerating business development in the blockchain business. "
