UK’s SKNUPS raises $3.5 mn; partners with Dolce&Gabbana

SKNUPS, UK’s digital collectibles platform for trend and sweetness creators within the metaverse, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding from trend and web3 innovators, together with Redrice Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, and Adelpha. SKNUPS has introduced a worldwide partnership with Dolce&Gabbana to deliver their Italian signature model into video games.

To commemorate the Dolce&Gabbana announcement and lead into the primary collectible marketing campaign, a brand new inaugural digital drop is now dwell at the SKNUPS web site. Founded in 2020, SKNUPS empowers players, crypto, and trend followers to degree up their skins throughout web2 and web3 digital worlds. SKNUPS launched in stealth open-beta in December 2021 and has since signed a mixture of world trend manufacturers and rising younger streetwear designers reminiscent of Benny Andallo and James Mack. SKNUPS will shortly be asserting additional collabs with main manufacturers and cultural icons, the corporate mentioned in a press launch.

The SKNUPS group has constructed a hybrid web2/web3 possession platform which mixes the best high quality digital fabrication with large metaverse attain. The world-class group creates digital collectibles with couture 3D fashions crafted in SKNUPS’ metaverse atelier. The SKNUPS platform scales to billions of customers and contains airdrop instruments which provide democratic drop entry to the entire neighborhood of followers, with climate-friendly Solana NFTs for collectors, social flexing instruments, fan composability and web2 + web3 recreation integrations.

SKNUPS, UK’s digital collectibles platform for trend & magnificence creators within the metaverse, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding from trend and web3 innovators, together with Redrice Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, and Adelpha. SKNUPS has introduced a worldwide partnership with Dolce&Gabbana to deliver their Italian signature model into video games.

“Our mission is to enhance online self-expression by bringing unique skins and collectibles to people’s favourite digital games and worlds. We are passionate about design and craftsmanship at the highest level combined with imagination and innovation – we want to give the best fashion creatives a scalable platform in the Metaverse,” Fred Speirs, co-founder and CEO, SKNUPS, mentioned in a press release.

“Brands and creators who want to establish a scalable presence in digital worlds have to balance high-end with access. Fashion in the Metaverse should be accessible beyond a small core of celebs and high net worth VIPs to communicate the transformative power of style and craftsmanship to the next generation of fans,” Speirs added.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (GK)