Thirdweb Plots Web3 Gaming Push

Infrastructure startup Thirdweb has appointed former Facebook executive Atif Khan as its new Vice President of Gaming in a bid to accelerate the growth of the Web3 gaming industry—and the firm recently built a game from scratch to demonstrate its capabilities.

The San Francisco-based startup offers a Web3 infrastructure toolkit for developers to build a suite of decentralized applications, from blockchain games to NFTs, DAOs, and more. The firm raised a $24 million Series A round at a $160 million valuation in August 2022 from investors including Haun Ventures, Polygon Labs, Coinbase Ventures, and Shopify.

Khan spent eight years at Facebook, most recently serving as Head of Mid-Market & In-App Ads for Global Gaming, before leaving in 2021 and taking the Chief Operating Officer role at Web3 gaming infrastructure firm Stardust.

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