PlaySafe ID, a platform for players that retains cheaters, hackers, bots, and predators out of video games, has raised €1 million in pre-Seed funding to convey belief, equity, and accountability to gaming communities, with out compromising participant privateness or freedom.
The spherical was led by Early Recreation Ventures, with participation from Hartmann Capital and Overwolf.
“This spherical offers us the firepower to maneuver quick, broaden our world-class staff, and associate with video games that need probably the most truthful and secure setting for gamers to get pleasure from,” stated Andrew Wailes, CEO of PlaySafe ID. “That is now extra essential than ever earlier than. With dishonest in video games as a mass-epidemic that ruins enjoyable for gamers every day, and the On-line Security Act ushering in lengthy overdue necessities for youngster safety in gaming, PlaySafe ID’s mission to safeguard players isn’t simply related – it’s now important for compliance and the way forward for international gaming.”
Based in 2024, PlaySafe ID points a verified, anonymised, and game-agnostic digital ID that proves a consumer is actual and hasn’t been caught dishonest or being inappropriate to youngsters in video games.
By providing a single, safe identification layer, the platform empowers each builders and communities to implement truthful play throughout titles, with out sacrificing participant anonymity, or the open and inventive nature of video games.
“We imagine PlaySafeID is constructing the belief layer for gaming—and past. In a world the place AI and anonymity are eroding security and equity, PlaySafeID restores steadiness with identification, transparency, and accountability,” stated Cristian Munteanu, Managing Accomplice at Early Recreation Ventures.
“PlaySafeID builds a network-effects flywheel. As soon as a gamer is verified by PlaySafeID, that identification turns into moveable throughout video games, platforms, and genres. The extra builders undertake it, the extra priceless it turns into to gamers—and vice versa. Finally, the verified identification turns into a default layer of the gaming stack, similar to your Steam account or your Xbox Dwell profile. It’s a winner-takes-all form of play,” he added
The raised capital will gas fast enlargement and strategic platform integrations, as the corporate gears up for a significant go-to-market push and targets 250,000+ customers within the coming months.
“Gaming has shortly turn into the brand new social heart of our world, with over 3 billion energetic players globally. Regardless of its immense social and financial worth, the gaming ecosystem stays largely ungoverned. Accountability is fragmented throughout platforms, permitting dangerous actors to evade penalties by merely creating new accounts or migrating between video games,” stated Felix Hartmann, Managing Accomplice at Hartmann Capital.
“Playsafe introduces a judicial system for the digital world—guaranteeing accountability, security, and equity in on-line areas which have grown more and more poisonous and uninhabitable. As a common authority past any single sport and even nation, Playsafe establishes a digital rule of regulation throughout multiplayer platforms worldwide,” added Hartmann.
PlaySafe ID is presently in integration talks with a number of main gaming platforms, with first partnerships set to launch later this yr.
