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NFT Investing Game Visionrare Raise $1.5 Million for Web3 Job Network

The founders of NFT marketplace for "fantasy startup investing" raised $1.5 million in funding for Job Protocol, a new decentralized recruitment network.

Buoyed by the highs of 2021's bull market, Jacob Claerhout and Boris Gordts launched Visionrare in October last year. The platform aimed to allow users to buy fake shares — represented by NFTs — of real-life startups such as OpenSea, Deel and Multis.

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