USA – Gym Class, a Los Angeles, CA-based VR basketball app on Meta Quest App Lab, raised $8m in seed funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Y Combinator. Co-founded by Matthew Harris, CEO, Justin Hubert, Chief Creative Officer, and Paul Katsen, Chief Product Officer, Gym Class combines the fun, fitness, social, and entertainment aspects of real-world sports delivered in VR basketball. Employing physics and high-fidelity graphics, Gym Class features realistic basketball mechanics, full-body avatars, and immersive environments. Players can connect and play basketball games together on a customizable digital court, or socialize, even if they are distributed around the world. The app, which has been organically downloaded by nearly a million people to date, is set to launch on the Meta Quest Store in fall 2022.02/08/2022
