Y Combinator, Canaan, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Sweet Capital
Company Traction
As of July 2023, Pocket Worlds has 10 million+ users (up from 7 million in January 2021), 35,000+ unique items, and 15 million+ user-generated rooms.
As of July 2023, Pocket Worlds’ metaverse life world, Highrise, has rated 4.6/5 stars from 118.9K reviews on the Apple App Store and 4.3/5 stars from 200K reviews on the Google Play Store.
As of January 2021, Pocket Worlds reported 30% of active users were trading ideas, resulting in 50,000+ transactions daily.
In 2020, Pocket Worlds reported 6x revenue growth over 2019.
Leadership Team
Anton Bernstein: Co-Founder & CEO of Pocket Worlds. Former Co-Founder of Luxury Escapes.
Jimmy Xu: Co-Founder & CTO of Pocket Worlds. Former Design Engineer at Apple.
Benjamin Gandini: Head of Product at Pocket Worlds. Former Graphic Designer at Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia.
