Investment News
ZBD lands $40m Series C financing to accelerate growth in games and app payments
The funding will support the company's expansion as a licensed, vertically integrated payments provider built for games
Company Profile
ZBD
Website
zbd.gg/
About
ZEBEDEE is a payment platform for virtual worlds. They build software developer kits to enable true in-game commerce using globally interoperable digital value protocols. Virtual worlds need the native currency of the internet.
With one foot in the gaming industry and another in Fintech - they bridge the divide to the next payment frontier. Their platform will be the next generation Stripe, Visa, PayPal... Come and join them!
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Ben Cousens
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Christian Moss
Co-founder and head of Gaming R&D
Nur Ugurlu
business development rep
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