AMPD Ventures Inc said its Departure Lounge Inc subsidiary has entered into a strategic partnership with Orderinbox Inc., the Vancouver-based creator of the social NFT marketplace for the Metaverse.
Founded in March 2020 by Vancouver creative tech industry stalwarts, Mehmet and Dogu Taskiran, Orderinbox is rapidly being adopted as the go-to platform for creators and brands looking to take advantage of the Metaverse opportunity without any complicated jargon or barriers, AMPD noted.
“I knew that Orderinbox would represent a huge leap forward for what an NFT marketplace could be the minute that Dogu told me his plans,” said James Hursthouse, CEO and founder of Departure Lounge, in a statement.
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“I have known Dogu and Mehmet for many years, and they always bring an extremely high level of technical and business acumen to everything they do, and the recent launch and rapid growth of Orderinbox is no exception,” he added.
Departure Lounge recently announced that it would be a keystone partner for a Metaverse Innovation Centre (MIC) as part of an education collaboration agreement with Vancouver’s Centre for Digital Media. Training initiatives and collaborative projects being planned as part of the MIC will have access to the Orderinbox platform, as well as guidance on the ongoing evolution of the application of NFT and other Web3 components in modern content creation.
“NFTs are poised to completely transform pretty much every industry in the coming years and Orderinbox plans to be at the forefront of this growth,” said Orderinbox CEO Dogu Taskiran.
“By partnering with Departure Lounge, we can now offer our creators and brands an enhanced range of services, extending NFTs into 3D worlds with Departure Lounge’s creative services team, alongside campaign design and implementation for larger brands via its Web3 services group,” he added.
Departure Lounge was established in June 2021 to offer innovative tools and technologies to facilitate access to the Metaverse, and was acquired by AMPD Ventures in December 2021.
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