# Block Tackle

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/block-tackle

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.skatex.io
- Total disclosed funding: $5M
- Latest round: Seed (Mar 22, 2022)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2022, Block Tackle, Inc. trading as Skatex is a blockchain technology game company aiming to modernize the traditional gaming business by allowing players to have fun while also making money. Ben Topkins and Rob Oshima are the co-founders of the company.

In March 2022, Block Tackle, Inc. raised USD 5 million in Seed funding from Play Ventures including Cadenza Capital Management, Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, Big Brain Holdings, Brevan Howard, Coinbase Ventures, Hustle Fund, Pirata Capital Management, Solana Ventures, The House Fund, and Concept Art House, Inc. 

The company offers a traditional gaming model in which players pay to have fun while developers profit by creating entertaining games that use blockchain technology and digital asset ownership (NFTs, or non-fungible tokens), allowing players to literally invest in the game and its community while having fun. The firm's SkateX is a multiplayer online game (MMO) in which players own their own one-of-a-kind skateboards, which can be used in the games and in the Web3 universe. 

The organization plans to use the March 2022 funds to expand its operations and support its development efforts.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Mar 22, 2022, $5M — Brevan Howard, The House Fund, Hustle Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures, Cadenza Capital Management, Concept Labs, Solana Ventures, Animoca Brands, Big Brain Holdings, Pirata Capital Management

## Investors

- Brevan Howard — Seed
- The House Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-house-fund) — Seed
- Hustle Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hustle-fund) — Seed
- Coinbase Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/coinbase-ventures) — Seed
- Play Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/play-ventures) — Seed
- Cadenza Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cadenza-capital-management) — Seed
- Concept Labs — Seed
- Solana Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/solana-ventures) — Seed
- Animoca Brands (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/animoca-brands) — Seed
- Big Brain Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/big-brain-holdings) — Seed
- Pirata Capital Management — Seed