VRChat

Virtual world platform

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101-200 employees
  • B2C
  • Gaming
  • Social
  • SaaS
  • Virtual Reality
Financial District, San Francisco, CA

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Company mission

To build VRChat into one of the most successful community-driven social VR platforms in existence.

Our take

Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. VRChat offers a free-to-play metaverse platform where users gather as avatars in virtual spaces to socialize and hang out, just as one would in real life.

Whilst competition certainly does exist, VRChat has positioned itself as a leading VR socializing-based product. It taps into a modern desire to form connections in digital spaces, with some users meeting their real-life partners in their virtual avatar form.

In 2024, the company announced a 30% workforce reduction, addressing overhiring during its 2021 boom. Despite these layoffs, the company remains focused on long-term growth and capital efficiency, positioning itself for continued success as VR becomes a key part of social connection.

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Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Vacations: Flexible vacation schedules that are encouraged. Most United States and Canadian holidays are observed by everyone on the team
  • Work remotely: Work from anywhere! They use collaboration software to stay organized and VRChat for meetings and hanging out
  • Fun: Monthly team dinners, get-togethers and once a year, they travel somewhere fun for a few days to hang out, catch up, brainstorm and have fun
  • Health and wellbeing: Medical, Dental and Vision plans for those in the United States, and extended health plans in British Columbia, Canada
  • Tools: You’ll be provided a powerful PC, high-end VR hardware, and any software you need to make you effective in your role
  • Swag: Great VRChat and Developer Team Swag such as hoodies, coffee mugs, t-shirts, sun glasses and even custom 3D printed goodies

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2021

$80m

SERIES D

Sep 2019

$10m

SERIES C

Total funding: $95.2m

Leadership

Graham Gaylor

(CEO & Co-founder)

Interned at SmartVault, RSM Design, Equivalent DATA, and Seismic Exchange, before spending time at ChaiONE as an iOS Developer at at Zynga as a Software Engineer.

Jesse Joudrey

(CTO & Co-founder)

Owner and CTO at Jespionage Entertainment. Began as a Software Engineer for Electronic Arts Canada before co-founding and serving as CTO for A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games Inc.