John Legend (a Grammy Award winner) cofounded Our Happy Company in February with other prominent names. Its first product was OurSong. To continue the development of new features on its NFT Music Platform, this company now has seed capital in excess of $7.5million.

The Infinity Ventures led the seed round, along with FBG Capital and Circle Ventures. Cherubic Ventures was also involved.

“Our goal at Animoca Brands is to seek out and support the companies that are building the open metaverse,” said Animoca Brands Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Yat Siu. He also added:

Open metaverses must be more equal for creators. That is one of their fundamental requirements. That’s why we are proud to support Our Happy Company and its mission to elevate artists, musicians, and all creators to greater levels of individual success.

OurSong allows entertainers and musicians to make money from their music through an NFT platform. The platform, which is already live as a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices, allows users to create and trade pictures, video, and music NFTs called “Vibes.”

The NFT platform currently supports cryptocurrency tokens such as , Binance’s BNB, and Thundercore. Furthermore, in addition to payments in credit and debit cards, OurSong also supports Circle’s stablecoin USDC.

As for his role in the company, John Legend is serving as Our Happy Company’s chief impact officer. His focus will be on the uptake of new and emerging artists as well as their fan base.

The Our Happy Company team also includes Ken Cheung, a Facebook (NASDAQ:), alumnus and Kevin Lin, Twitch’s co-founder. Meanwhile, Chris Lin of Taiwanese music streaming service KKBOX is acting as the company’s CEO.

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