69 Best Metaverse Startups to Watch in 2024

NFL ALL DAY is a United States-based company founded in 2018 by Nicolas Julia.

Total Raised: $684.62M

Last Funding: $680.00M (Series B)

Quanscient is a multiphysics simulation platform founded in 2021 by Andrew Tweedie, Alexandre Halbach, Juha Riippi and Valtteri Lahtinen .

Total Raised: $9.29M

Last Funding: $3.79M (Seed)

Building middleware for the metaverse to empower players like never before

Total Raised: $4.00M

Last Funding: $4.00M (Seed)

Spatial has created a metaverse designed to give brands and creators a virtual space to display their digital works.

Total Raised: $47.00M

Last Funding: $25.00M (Series B)

Metaverse-as-a-service.

Total Raised: $4.00M

Last Funding: $4.00M (Seed)

Energy research company developing inertial confinement fusion technology for power generation.

Total Raised: $70.00M

Last Funding: $45.00M (Series C)

Metaverse creator platform.

Total Raised: $2.69M

Last Funding: $2.69M (Seed)

Sky Mavis is a technology-focused game studio.

Total Raised: $152.00M

Last Funding: $152.00M (Unknown)

CryptoKitties is a game built on the Ethereum blockchain in which users can collect and trade virtual kittens.

Total Raised: $27.00M

Last Funding: $15.00M (Unknown)

Platform enabling self-expression in the Metaverse through AI and no-code tools for creating 3D animations.

Total Raised: $11.61M

Last Funding: $11.00M (Seed)

Simulation technology.

Total Raised: $6.73M

Last Funding: $3.72M (Series A)

Automated coaching for simulation games.

Total Raised: $1.00M

Last Funding: $1.00M (Seed)

Platform that helps life sciences and energy organizations make better decisions and optimize resource use.

Total Raised: $11.77M

Last Funding: $11.77M (Unknown)

The Metaverse Platform for Iconic Brands

Total Raised: $2.98M

Last Funding: $2.98M (Seed)

3D graphics software providing real-time simulation and modeling tools for live streaming, gaming, and remote work.

Total Raised: $4.80M

Last Funding: $4.80M (Seed)

Flow is a blockchain built to support games, apps, and digital assets.

Total Raised: $21.50M

Last Funding: $21.50M (Unknown)

Engineering simulation platform designed for widespread use.

Total Raised: $1.47M

Last Funding: $1.13M (Seed)

Software for sound design that creates thousands of sounds using particle systems in a virtual 3D environment.

Total Raised: $3.10M

Last Funding: $2.64M (Seed)

Cloud-based automated flow simulations SaaS platform.

Total Raised: $4.18M

Last Funding: $2.68M (Unknown)

Biotech company located in Denmark's largest university science park.

Total Raised: $3.41M

Last Funding: $3.41M (Unknown)

Open Metaverse developer.

Total Raised: $5.00M

Last Funding: $5.00M (Seed)

Modeling and Simulation to accelerate development and improve safety of drugs and medical devices and significantly cut R&D costs and time

Total Raised: $3.43M

Last Funding: $3.43M (Unknown)

Maximise user retention by automating UI tests with AI, and feel confident that each merge will delight your users.

Total Raised: $2.02M

Last Funding: $2.02M (Seed)

Victoria VR is a Blockchain-based MMORPG in virtual reality built on Unreal Engine, created and owned by its users.

Total Raised: $5.50M

Last Funding: $5.50M (Seed)

SaaS fan loyalty solution that rewards engagement built for the sports & entertainment industry

Total Raised: $3.07M

Last Funding: $2.47M (Unknown)

Yield Guild Games is a company founded in 2021 by Beryl Li, Beryl Chavez Li and Gabby Dizon.

Total Raised: $1.32M

Last Funding: $1.32M (Seed)

Platform offering top-notch crypto education through an information hub and a metaverse learning experience with NFTs.

Total Raised: $1.00M

Last Funding: $1.00M (Seed)

Wilder World is an immersive 5D Metaverse built on Ethereum

Aglet has created a gamified, Pokémon Go-like world which offers sneaker fans a chance to earn in game currency, compete against other players around the world, and collect virtual sneakers

Ramp is a multi-chain DeFi lending platform.

Quixotic is a the largest NFT marketplace on Optimism founded in 2021 by Mark Dawson.

Mines of Dalarnia is a free-to-play blockchain action-adventure platform mining game.

A network of decentralized marketplaces and communities built on the d0xINFRA framework.

A marketplace where you can put NFTs up as collateral for a loan, or offer loans to other users.

Open, social and persistent VR platform powered by blockchain.

Create, Trade and Collect. All-in-one social digital art cards marketplace for creators and collectors.

VeeFriends is an NFT project developed by Gary Vaynerchuk.

Spatial has created a metaverse designed to give brands and creators a virtual space to display their digital works.

Uniswap is an automated liquidity protocol on Ethereum.

Quidd is a platform for buying, selling, and trading cryptocollectables founded in 2016 by Michael Bramlage.

Orchid Labs is a company developing the open source Orchid protocol, which is a peer-to-peer network and online marketplace for selling and buying internet bandwidth.

Meta Ruffy is a company creating an interactive Metaverse entertainment community.

Compound is an algorithmic, autonomous interest rate protocol built for developers to unlock a universe of open financial applications.

CryptoKitties is a game built on the Ethereum blockchain in which users can collect and trade virtual kittens.

OneOf is a new green NFT platform built specifically for the music community.

Zora Labs is a marketplace for non-fungible tokens.

Starlink (STARL) Metaverse is an interactive, 3D universe that is virtually based in space.

Solice is a cross platform VR metaverse on the Solana blockchain.

Bit Country is an application framework and metaverse network for user-created metaverses, games and dapps.

Axie Infinity is an NFT gaming platform and marketplace.

Earn, trade, stake, farm and swap your game assets the way you want. Welcome to a metaverse that lets you truly decide how you want to play. This is for all the gamers out there no matter who you are, whether you're a newbie or a whale. It's time to game on your own terms. Welcome to Froyo Games - Metaverse gaming by true game makers.

Yield Guild Games is a company founded in 2021 by Beryl Li, Beryl Chavez Li and Gabby Dizon.

TaleCraft is a Gaming NFT project on Avalanche.

My NFT Wars is an open market crypto-collectible game with an emphasis on RPG and strategy elements.

Cred is a company founded in 2016 by Ben Fried.

NBA Top Shot is an NFT marketplace platform for owning plays made in basketball games.

Venus BCH is a company founded by Joselito Lizarondo.

PancakeSwap is an open-source automated market maker (AMM) decentralized exchange (DEX) that runs on Binance Smart Chain, launched in 2020.

Vulcan Forged is a blockchain game studio and NFT marketplace.

FanCraze (Faze Technologies) is a start-up that creates exclusive digital collectibles for cricket on public blockchains.

NBA Top Shot is an NFT marketplace platform for owning plays made in basketball games.

Genies is an American avatar technology company founded by Akash Nigam and Evan Rosenbaum in 2017. Genies consumer app allow users to create fully personalized avatars to be used in apps such as Giphy, iMessage, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and more.

Platypus is a decentralized exchange on Avalanche.

Ultiverse is a company that is working to connect Web3 with a virtual reality-compatible world.

BitWell is a crypto derivatives service platform.

Metaverse created by Yuga Labs and powered by BAYC and Apecoin

Solanart is an NFT marketplace built on the Solana network where users can buy and sell NFTs from different collections and artists.

Gem is a discover and collect NFTs across all marketplaces founded in 2021.

BitWell is a crypto derivatives service platform.