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Yuga Labs
Web 3.0 gaming & NFT company
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Gaming
- Blockchain
- Media
- Web 3.0
- Riviera, Coral Gables, FL
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Company mission
To shape the future of Web 3.0 through storytelling, experiences, and community.
Our take
Yuga Labs is the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, a collection of 10,000 simian cartoonised bored ape NFTs, which is inarguably the most widely recognized set of NFTs to date. On top of this, the company created the accompanying Bored Ape Kennel Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT collections. They also own Otherside (a gamified, interoperable metaverse), and IPS from both CryptoPunks and Meebits.
Despite many people remaining hesitant or downright resistant to the idea of NFTs, Yuga Labs has found a great deal of success by catering to NFT-curious audiences and catching the eye of numerous celebrities - with ownership of a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT being somewhat of a status symbol in certain communities.
The company appears keen to broaden its Web 3.0 presence beyond NFTs and into the gaming space, with a lot of current attention being filtered to Otherside's game-hosting abilities. To that end, Yuga Labs recently ran a 90-minute exploration of Otherside environments for Otherdeed holders. Four teams competed against one another at the event, which made history as the largest crowd of players in a virtual world. The appointment of former President & COO of Activation Blizzard - known for Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and more - Daniel Alegre as the company's CEO is sure to help in its gaming endeavors.
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Benefits
- Stipend for your home office
- Life & Disability insurance
- Stipend for a coworking space
- Expense tech like hardware wallets
- 401k matching
- Employee referral bonus
- Health, Dental & Vision insurance
- FSA
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Flexible PTO + 12 paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Time off for voting/volunteering
- Winter recess week
- Education stipend
- Employee discount program
- Equity options + ApeCoin
- Remote-first, with an HQ in NYC whenever you need it
Company values
- Embrace the Blank Page - There are a lot of them, big and small. They fill up fast once we get comfortable with being uncomfortable
- Work Generously - We aim to hire (and be) natural collaborators, sharing ideas, information, workload and praise freely
- Love Problems - Problems aren't the things we avoid at all costs in order to have a smooth day at work, they are the work
- Put Our Communities First - They're the heart of our brands. Asking ourselves what's best for them is the easiest way to do all of the above, to get unstuck, to gut-check a decision, and to get moving
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2022
$450m
SEED
Total funding: $450m
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Leadership
Greg Solano
(Co-founder)Works as an editor and book critic on a few literary websites. Also co-wrote a World of Warcraft book with one of the game's designers.
Wylie Aronow
(Co-founder)Cultivated an interest in MMORPGs during their twenties, then dove into the crypto world before founding Yuga.
Daniel Alegre
(CEO, not founder)Current Member of the Board of Directors at FEMSA and Sleep Number. Former President & COO of Activision Blizzard. Spent 16 years at Google in various VP and President positions.