Worldwide Webb is a technology company.
Worldwide Webb has raised $10.0M across 1 funding round.
Worldwide Webb has raised $10.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Worldwide Webb has raised $10.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Worldwide Webb's investors include Pantera Capital.
Worldwide Webb is a browser-based MMORPG metaverse game that integrates NFTs for avatars, pets, lands, items, and quests, inspired by *Ready Player One*. It builds a fully interoperable ecosystem with play-to-earn and create-to-earn mechanics, allowing players to own lands, equip NFTs, and incorporate projects from partners like Ponderware (MoonCats) and Forgotten Runes Wizards Cult.[3][2][4] The platform serves crypto-native gamers, creators, and collectors, solving interoperability challenges in metaverses by enabling cross-project NFT usage and community building tools.[3]
Developed by Webb Technology, it targets the next generation of live-service games, emphasizing open access and economic opportunities for users.[2] Growth stems from its crypto-native team and partnerships, positioning it as a template for metaverses amid rising NFT and play-to-earn trends.[3]
Worldwide Webb emerged from a team of crypto-native game developers, artists, coders, and marketers focused on metaverse innovation.[3] Key founders include Thomas Webb, a game developer, hacker, and artist who has won awards for AI art installations exhibited at Saatchi & Saatchi, the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, and the FROST Museum of Science in Miami; he has delivered TED talks on AI and hacking, and been featured in Forbes, Wired, and DappRadar.[3] Yuan Gao (aka “Meseta”), a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, brings tech entrepreneurship expertise as CTO across startups, with experience in AI, satellite imaging, drones, autonomous robots, and large-scale data platforms, plus a game development hobby.[3]
The idea crystallized around creating an interoperable metaverse with NFT-driven economies, gaining early traction through partnerships and a vision for open, community-integrated worlds.[3] Note: A separate entity, Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp. (a 2021 blank-check SPAC targeting internet companies), shares the name but operates independently as a Cayman Islands-incorporated shell with no revenues or employees.[1]
Worldwide Webb rides the metaverse and NFT gaming wave, capitalizing on blockchain interoperability trends post-2021 crypto boom, where play-to-earn models like Axie Infinity proved viable economies.[3] Timing aligns with maturing Web3 gaming, as browser-based access lowers barriers amid rising demand for user-owned digital assets over centralized platforms.[2][4] Market forces like NFT standardization and partnerships amplify its influence, positioning it to shape open metaverses by enabling creator tools and cross-IP usage, potentially influencing ecosystems like Decentraland or The Sandbox.[3]
It counters closed worlds by promoting openness, impacting the startup scene through Webb Technology's live-service innovations and indirect ties to investment via pre-IPO interest.[2][4] (Distinct from the unrelated SPAC, which targeted acquisitions but reflects naming overlap in tech finance.[1])
Worldwide Webb is primed to expand its interoperable metaverse as Web3 gaming evolves toward mass adoption, with trends like AI-enhanced assets (leveraging founders' expertise) and multi-chain NFTs driving growth.[3] Next steps likely include deeper partnerships, land expansions, and create-to-earn features to boost user retention amid volatile crypto markets.[3][2] Its influence could grow by setting interoperability standards, evolving from niche crypto game to broader live-service leader—echoing its core mission to democratize metaverses for all.[3]
Worldwide Webb has raised $10.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $10.0M Series A in February 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2023 | $10.0M Series A | Pantera Capital |