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Faraway funding, valuation and investors

Browser-based multiplayer games with player-owned economies on Solana.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$21M · November 2021

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$21M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Lightspeed Venture Partners

Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Sequoia Capital

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Faraway develops browser-based multiplayer games with player-owned economies on the Solana blockchain. Its flagship title Mini Royale is an instant-play web3 shooter that runs in the browser without downloads.

Why Faraway is interesting

Faraway shipped Mini Royale as an instant-play web3 shooter — Lightspeed and Sequoia joined a16z in ~$30M total funding (2021).

Product & use cases

Browser-based multiplayer games with player-owned economies built on Solana blockchain.

  • Browser-based multiplayer gaming (Mini Royale)
  • Player-owned in-game assets on Solana
  • NFT gaming economies

Key facts

  • Series A (Nov 2021): $21M co-led by Lightspeed (/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners-nyc) and FTX; a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Sequoia (/fund/sequoia), Pantera participated — $30M total raised (PR Newswire)
  • Flagship product: Mini Royale, browser-based multiplayer shooter on Solana

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2021-11 $21M

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/faraway-raises-21m-for-blockchain-games/

Investors in our directory

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Andreessen Horowitz Lightspeed Venture Partners Sequoia Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: Browser-native multiplayer without downloads; Solana integration for asset ownership.

Blockchain gaming peaked in 2021-2022. Faraway's Mini Royale gained traction as a browser shooter but crypto gaming overall cooled. a16z, Lightspeed, and Sequoia backed the Series A.

  • Axie Infinity adjacent

    Play-to-earn gaming; Faraway focuses browser shooters.

  • Fortnite incumbent

    Massive browser-free multiplayer; Faraway targets web-native.

  • Immutable games direct

    Blockchain gaming infrastructure and titles.

Notable stories

  • Faraway's Mini Royale became one of the first browser-based multiplayer shooters on Solana (CoinDesk, 2021).

Industries

Media & Entertainment Crypto & Web3

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Faraway builds browser-based multiplayer games with player-owned economies on Solana. Its flagship title Mini Royale is an instant-play web3 shooter.
Faraway raised $21M in November 2021 co-led by Lightspeed (/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners-nyc) and FTX, with Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Sequoia (/fund/sequoia) participating — $30M total raised.
Faraway is at Series A based on its November 2021 round. No later round has been publicly disclosed as of July 2026.
It proved browser-native web3 games could ship without app-store friction — Mini Royale launched as an instant-play multiplayer shooter on Solana.
No. Faraway remains a private company.
Mini Royale — browser-based multiplayer shooter on Solana.
Solana.
See company website for current headquarters.
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