# Animoca Brands invests over $3 million

Published December 24, 2021 by Aephia Industries.

Star Atlas announced that [Animoca Brands](https://www.animocabrands.com/) has committed to purchasing over $3 million worth of Star Atlas NFT spaceships. Yat Siu, the executive chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands, commented:

_“We are looking forward to using these hyper-realistic spaceships in the Star Atlas metaverse when it launches, and to capitalize on its promising in-game economy while we drive opportunities for collaboration and synergy with our products, partners, and the other companies in our investment portfolio.”_

Pablo Quiroga, co-founder and CRO of Star Atlas, added: _“Inspiring collaborations are valuable when the community at large benefits from early visionary supporters like Animoca Brands. Web 3 encourages us to co-create The Metaverse and reminds us of one of our core values, the collective. Downstream distribution of in-game assets will be a cornerstone to the growth of Decentralized Autonomous Corporations (DACs) at Star Atlas.”_