True Global Ventures 4 Plus invests in Forza Ikonia, a leading walletless NFT platform with card payments targeting the mass market
Forza Ikonia has created a frictionless first buyer experience with card payments that’s more than five times quicker than Opensea and Rarible.
Forza Ikonia has created a frictionless first buyer experience with card payments that’s more than five times quicker than Opensea and Rarible.
(Singapore - November 9th, 2021)
True Global Ventures 4 Plus Fund Pte Ltd invests 1,250,000 USD into Forza Ikonia to finance a vision of taking NFTs to the mass market with a frictionless first buyer experience using the eco-friendly Polygon blockchain technology.
The investment coincides with the release of MAUER (mauer.digital) - an NFT collection memorializing the Berlin Wall. MAUER consists of 10,316 NFTs, one for every day the Berlin Wall stood. 51% of the proceeds of the primary and secondary market go to charities that work for freedom, fairness and democracy.
"True Global Ventures is the perfect partner to Forza Ikonia and is a strategic fit to our plans to build a world-class NFT experience”, said Mikael Pawlo, chairman Forza Ikonia.
Forza Ikonia has previously pioneered the concept of Emotion NFTs to illustrate the emotional experiences of athletes during important moments. The first release was by tennis legend Björn Borg and Ikonia has upcoming drops with several top tier sport stars. Other near future projects include esports teams and influencers. The goal is to become the Y Combinator of NFTs, releasing at least one new NFT project per month.
The secret sauce is a frictionless first buyer experience which is more than five times quicker than traditional NFT platforms like Opensea and Rarible. Forza is introducing a purchase process with streamlined card payment and automatic crypto wallet creation.
"We strongly believe in the NFT market and have already many investments in the area. Forza Ikonia’s team and background is exactly the kind of drive and opportunity we are looking for”, said Dušan Stojanović, founder and director of True Global Ventures (TGV).
Creatives, brands and stars alike can now make end-to-end use of Forza’s platform to quickly and affordably launch green, mass market NFTs with zero gas fees.
The NFT market has experienced a meteoric rise with over 10,000,000 NFTs sold to date, generating over US$10,000,000,000 in sales. It is driven by many factors including true digital ownership of sports memorabilia, gaming, appreciation of art and culture, etc.
"With the investment we can further expand our commitment to the NFT art and collectibles market”, said Patrik Arnesson, CEO of Forza Ikonia.
With the recognition of the growth of NFTs and the platforms that enable them to target the masses, TGV 4 Plus invests in serial entrepreneurs leading globally ambitious Blockchain start-ups. It invests across 20 cities in North America, Europe and Asia. The fund is dedicated to Web 3 companies, primarily in late-stage Series B and C across 3 verticals: Entertainment & gaming , financial services, infrastructure & data analytics/Artificial Intelligence (AI). Founded by an international group of “super angels”, TGV 4 Plus limited partners are entrepreneurs, business angels, family offices, and institutional investors.
Start-ups can reach out via LinkedIn or through the Fund’s Contact page:
https://www.tgv4plus.com/contact.html
True Global Ventures 4 Plus Fund Pte Ltd invests 1,250,000 USD into Forza Ikonia to finance a vision of taking NFTs to the mass market with a frictionless first buyer experience using the eco-friendly Polygon blockchain technology.
The investment coincides with the release of MAUER (mauer.digital) - an NFT collection memorializing the Berlin Wall. MAUER consists of 10,316 NFTs, one for every day the Berlin Wall stood. 51% of the proceeds of the primary and secondary market go to charities that work for freedom, fairness and democracy.
"True Global Ventures is the perfect partner to Forza Ikonia and is a strategic fit to our plans to build a world-class NFT experience”, said Mikael Pawlo, chairman Forza Ikonia.
Forza Ikonia has previously pioneered the concept of Emotion NFTs to illustrate the emotional experiences of athletes during important moments. The first release was by tennis legend Björn Borg and Ikonia has upcoming drops with several top tier sport stars. Other near future projects include esports teams and influencers. The goal is to become the Y Combinator of NFTs, releasing at least one new NFT project per month.
The secret sauce is a frictionless first buyer experience which is more than five times quicker than traditional NFT platforms like Opensea and Rarible. Forza is introducing a purchase process with streamlined card payment and automatic crypto wallet creation.
"We strongly believe in the NFT market and have already many investments in the area. Forza Ikonia’s team and background is exactly the kind of drive and opportunity we are looking for”, said Dušan Stojanović, founder and director of True Global Ventures (TGV).
Creatives, brands and stars alike can now make end-to-end use of Forza’s platform to quickly and affordably launch green, mass market NFTs with zero gas fees.
The NFT market has experienced a meteoric rise with over 10,000,000 NFTs sold to date, generating over US$10,000,000,000 in sales. It is driven by many factors including true digital ownership of sports memorabilia, gaming, appreciation of art and culture, etc.
"With the investment we can further expand our commitment to the NFT art and collectibles market”, said Patrik Arnesson, CEO of Forza Ikonia.
With the recognition of the growth of NFTs and the platforms that enable them to target the masses, TGV 4 Plus invests in serial entrepreneurs leading globally ambitious Blockchain start-ups. It invests across 20 cities in North America, Europe and Asia. The fund is dedicated to Web 3 companies, primarily in late-stage Series B and C across 3 verticals: Entertainment & gaming , financial services, infrastructure & data analytics/Artificial Intelligence (AI). Founded by an international group of “super angels”, TGV 4 Plus limited partners are entrepreneurs, business angels, family offices, and institutional investors.
Start-ups can reach out via LinkedIn or through the Fund’s Contact page:
https://www.tgv4plus.com/contact.html
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About True Global Ventures
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global Venture Capital firm built by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a solid track record of investing their own money together with Limited Partners into a few early and mainly late-stage ventures run by serial entrepreneurs. Portfolio companies leverage technology, data, AI and blockchain as a competitive advantage to drive change with proven products. TGV is present in 20 cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Stockholm, Paris, Warsaw, New York, San Francisco, and Vancouver, among others. Visit us at www.tgv4plus.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media contact: [email protected]
About Forza Ikonia
Forza Ikonia is a highly scalable, frictionless and green technical platform for the creation of NFT concepts. The platform is able to host auctions, handle smart contracts, mint NFTs and let the user purchase NFTs with card payments. Forza Ikonia’s team develops concepts internally, as well as on behalf of third-parties. Forza Ikonia is founded on the belief that the Metaverse will become more significant than the real world. NFTs will only grow more important in the Metaverse as a way for people to connect to their history, heritage, and humanity.
Forza Ikonia is a sister company to Forza Football, one of the world’s largest football apps with more than 15M downloads.
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Media contact: Patrik Arnesson, [email protected], +46703483222
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global Venture Capital firm built by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a solid track record of investing their own money together with Limited Partners into a few early and mainly late-stage ventures run by serial entrepreneurs. Portfolio companies leverage technology, data, AI and blockchain as a competitive advantage to drive change with proven products. TGV is present in 20 cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Stockholm, Paris, Warsaw, New York, San Francisco, and Vancouver, among others. Visit us at www.tgv4plus.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media contact: [email protected]
About Forza Ikonia
Forza Ikonia is a highly scalable, frictionless and green technical platform for the creation of NFT concepts. The platform is able to host auctions, handle smart contracts, mint NFTs and let the user purchase NFTs with card payments. Forza Ikonia’s team develops concepts internally, as well as on behalf of third-parties. Forza Ikonia is founded on the belief that the Metaverse will become more significant than the real world. NFTs will only grow more important in the Metaverse as a way for people to connect to their history, heritage, and humanity.
Forza Ikonia is a sister company to Forza Football, one of the world’s largest football apps with more than 15M downloads.
Twitter, Instagram and Discord.
Media contact: Patrik Arnesson, [email protected], +46703483222