Calibre Partners seeks buyer for Futureverse

Calibre Partners seeks buyer for Futureverse
Fluf World is part of the Futureverse ecosytem. (Image: NZME)
Gregor Thompson
Calibre Partners is urgently seeking expressions of interest to purchase the insolvent metaverse venture, Futureverse.Futureverse Corporation's directors, Daniel Gillespie and Aaron McDonald, voluntarily appointed McGrathNicol as administrators in late September.Promptly afterwards, Neale Jackson, Brendon Gibson and Daniel Stoneman, of Calibre Partners, were appointed receivers by secured lender, US digital asset investor 50T Funds.The insolvency came just over two years after 50T Funds led a $54 million funding round to help Futureverse &l...

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