Bright Star Studios in a funding deal led by Bitkraft Ventures

Bright Star Studios, an Aarhus, Denmark-based gaming studio, announced getting into an investment agreement for raising more capital in the company's books.

The money was raised from investors led by Bitkraft Ventures and joined by multiple others including Rob Pardo, lead designer of World of Warcraft and former CCO of Blizzard; Ryan Wyatt, head of YouTube Gaming; YouTuber Dr. DisRespect; Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch; Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of G2 Esports; John Robinson, COO of 100 Thieves; Night Ventures; Dennis “Thresh” Fong, former pro gamer and co-founder of Xfire; and Sebastian Borget, co-founder of the Sandbox.

Pardo and Fong will also serve as advisers to Bright Star.

Bright Star Studios, founded in 2019 by CEO Mark Laursen, Joris Huijbregts, Sage Durain and Loren Roosendaal, is working for the development of Ember Sword, an MMORPG that will launch as a free-to-play game. Players will find all the things they expect from an immersive MMORPG, including freeform sandbox gameplay, an immersive world and storyline, PvP and PvE combat, a functioning economy, complex character skill progression and an AI manager that directs gameplay to enhance player experience.

Bright Star Studios raised $2 million in the spring of 2021 and also raised $700k from Play Ventures and Galaxy Interactive in 2020.