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Forte funding, valuation and investors

Blockchain platform helping game developers build compliant token economies and NFT marketplaces.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$185M · 2021

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$910M

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

Current status

private

growth

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Griffin Gaming Partners

Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Battery Ventures , Canaan Partners

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

Overview

Forte provides blockchain infrastructure and compliance tooling that lets game studios embed token economies, NFT marketplaces, and player-owned assets into live titles without building crypto rails from scratch.

Why Forte is interesting

Forte raised $900M+ in 2021 to power Web3 game economies; a16z joined Battery, Canaan, and Tiger Global across major rounds.

Product & use cases

Blockchain platform helping game developers build compliant token economies and NFT marketplaces.

  • In-game token economy infrastructure
  • NFT marketplace tools for game studios
  • Compliance-ready blockchain gaming SDKs

Key facts

  • Series A (2021): $185M led by Griffin Gaming Partners; a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Battery Ventures (/fund/battery-ventures), and Canaan Partners (/fund/canaan-partners) participated (BusinessWire)
  • Series B (2021): $725M with Tiger Global Management (/fund/tiger-global-management) among backers (BusinessWire)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2021 $185M

Source: https://www.forte.io/news/series-a

Series B

2021 $725M

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211117056789/en/Forte-Raises-725M

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Forte's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Battery Ventures Canaan Partners Tiger Global Management

Competitive landscape

Edge: Purpose-built gaming blockchain with $910M+ raised — a16z, Tiger Global, Battery, and Canaan among backers.

Forte raised massive rounds ($185M Series A, $725M Series B in 2021) for gaming blockchain infrastructure. Crypto gaming cooled post-2022 but Forte's compliance focus differentiates from speculative NFT projects.

  • Immutable X direct

    Gaming-focused L2 blockchain.

  • Polygon adjacent

    General-purpose L2 used by games.

  • Centralized game economies incumbent

    In-game currencies without blockchain.

Notable stories

  • Forte's $725M Series B (2021) was among the largest crypto gaming rounds during the NFT boom (BusinessWire).

Industries

Crypto & Web3 Media & Entertainment

FAQs about Forte

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Forte builds blockchain infrastructure for game developers — enabling compliant token economies, NFT marketplaces, and player-owned in-game assets integrated into existing game backends.
Forte's major rounds include a $185M Series A (2021) with Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Battery Ventures (/fund/battery-ventures), and Canaan Partners (/fund/canaan-partners), plus a $725M Series B (2021) with Tiger Global Management (/fund/tiger-global-management).
Forte is at Series B based on its March 2021 $725M round, following a $185M Series A earlier that year.
Game studios want player-owned economies but lack in-house blockchain expertise. Forte targets that gap with compliance-ready rails purpose-built for live-service games.
No. Forte remains a private company.
Both target gaming blockchain; Forte focuses compliance-ready token economies.
$910M+ across Series A ($185M) and Series B ($725M).
See company website for current headquarters.
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