Kryptomon
The games went offline while the studio looked for a buyer
A play-and-earn game in which players bred, raised and battled NFT monsters with mutable genetic codes, later rebuilt as the MMORPG World of Kogaea.
- Recorded announced backing
- Estimated
Recorded announced backing; this is separate from cash received, customer deposits and money recovered.
Funding
| Round | Date | Announced | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 private round | 2022 | ||
| Token pre-sale | Unknown | Not disclosed |
Announced is what was said at the time. Cash actually received is rarely disclosed and is not assumed to match.
People
| Name | Role | Period | Now | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umberto Canessa | — | Lead Product Manager, Bitpanda (since December 2025) | Oct 2026 | |
| Vikram Pandit | — | Unknown | — |
Timeline
February 2022
The first creatures were sold as mystery boxes on the Binance NFT marketplace. By late May 2022 the company said its NFTs had traded $13 million in under five months.
18 December 2024
14 February 2025
World of Kogaea Primus Staging build is live on @Ultra_io
19 May 2025
Reported from a community moderator's message on the game's Discord, which said the team was seeking funding or a buyer.
How it ended
Ran out of money
In May 2025 a community moderator told the game's Discord that the games were offline, that development was on pause for lack of funds, and that the team was looking for new funding or a buyer, and that the game might be turned back on if either came through. No announcement from the company itself was found. Its X account had last posted in February 2025.
Still alive
Open spot
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Sources
7 sources behind this page.
- 1Play-To-Zero? Web3 Games That Shut Down in 2025 (So Far) · BitPinas · May 2025
- 2LinkedIn profile of Umberto Canessa · LinkedIn (self-published profile, viewed by a person) · user-editable
- 3NFX Leads $10M Private Funding Round for NFT-Powered Blockchain Game Kryptomon · NFTgators · May 2022
- 4Why So Many Web3 Games Are Shutting Down and What New Projects Can Do Better · PlayToEarn · May 2025
- 5NFT-powered Play-and-Earn gaming project Kryptomon secures €9.3M from NFX, others · Silicon Canals
- 6Most recent posts from @KryptomonTeam · X (via twitterapi.io)
- 7X account profile for @KryptomonTeam · X (via twitterapi.io)
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