Health club Class, a VR-basketball app, in the present day introduced it had closed an $8 million spherical of funding. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led the spherical, with participation from Y Combinator.
The VR app launched within the Meta Quest App Lab, the place it’s at the moment probably the most widespread apps, having been downloaded by over 1 million customers. It’s a mixture of a sports activities app and a social house, and the creators hope to launch its on the Meta Quest retailer later this yr.
Paul Katsen, co-founder and CPO of Health club Class, stated in a press release, “Health club Class is greater than a recreation, it’s a digital sport. It helps you to dunk like a professional, grow to be a basketball star, watch, compete, cheer, and become involved in the entire expertise of the game. Similar to with actual sports activities, we consider digital sports activities will see thriving international communities, leagues, leisure and occasions, style, commerce, health, and extra.”
Andrew Chen, associate at Andreessen Horowitz, added, “We’re satisfied that video games, digital worlds and digital sports activities would be the new social networks. Health club Class indicators the daybreak of digital sports activities. It has the traction, and has the precise workforce behind it to understand the true potential of social VR. We’re sturdy believers within the imaginative and prescient and the workforce who’ve already confirmed Health club Class has a large viewers and alternative.”