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Metaverse Ventures

An early stage venture fund series, aims to secure significant positions within the burgeoning spatial web, particularly within the realms of gaming and virtual worlds. Our investments span diverse industries, including Generative AI, Virtual Reality and Web3.

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Thesis 1

Virtual Reality is the first major platform since the smartphone

VR headset sales mimic the iPhone sales trajectory

Gorilla Tag, the leading VR social game, crosses 10 million players

Meta, Apple, and Google are spending tens of billions of dollars to own the next platform

Thesis 2

Gaming is the new social media

Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft cumulatively command a daily active userbase of ~117m, similar in size to the population of Japan.

Gaming does more revenue than music, movies and sports combined

92% of Gen Alpha play games, and spends the majority of their leisure time on games – 21%, making games the number one source of entertainment for this generation.

Thesis 3

GenAI is revolutionizing the creative industry

Games may be fully AI-Generated at run-time in 5-10 years

AI-driven NPCs will redefine RPGs and MMOs

A new creator-economy renaissance will be spawned as the cost and skill barrier of entry to game development is lowered

Our edge

First

Native

Concentrated

First

We believe outsized returns are achieved by discovering talent early. In ~30% of our investments we are the first check in. When we are not first, we are very early.

Myself and my brother always felt like we had an ally in those very early stages of the company, regardless of how tough things got. The reality checks, strategy suggestions, founder guidance, and personal growth support was meaningful and efficient. They have become a team of people I respect and admire, and very much enjoy sharing my time with. Top tier communication, top tier support, top tier people.

Toby Saunders

Co-Founder & CEO, Cathedral Studios

Native

We believe power-users make the best investments. Our investment team is composed of life-long gamers and VR early adopters.

Being an XR founder, it was incredibly refreshing to work with an investment team that is highly educated about spatial computing and our ecosystem. Hartman Capital's deep understanding of the space and visionary approach made a significant difference in our early-stage journey.

Inga Petryaevskaya

Founder, SHAPESXR

Concentrated

We believe that excellence is achieved through concentration. Our network, expertise, and strategic value rises exponentially due to our niche focus.

Hartmann Capital is the most concentrated, connected, and helpful VC in VR. They understand the joys and pains of growing a gaming business in VR. They’ve been able to connect, guide, and coach us as we continue pushing through our journey.

Jonathan Ovadia

CEO, AEXLAB

$20M

NAV

21

Portfolio companies

6

Board seats

Our metaverse portfolio

Full portfolio

Tooling

Sloyd

UGC platform to generate 3D objects

Founded in 2021, Sloyd uses AI to enable rapid design, customization, and implementation of 3D assets for game developers, TV/movie production, and architectural visualization.
Sloyd has secured $3.2 million in seed funding from global investors, including SPEEDRUN, a16z GAMES’ gaming accelerator, Antler, Skyfall Ventures, FreshFund, AceCap, Hartmann Capital, and several high-profile angel investors, and Autodesk.

Crypto

Cookie3

Web3 MarketingFi Protocol and AI data layer

On June 13th 2024, the $COOKIE token launched on exchanges like Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC, and Bitget, achieving a $60 million trading volume and over 11,000 holders.
Cookie3 Affiliate is the biggest KOL aggregator in Web3, with over 17K registered KOLs and 295M total follower base.

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Crypto

Gaming

Cathedral Studios

Web3 Game Studio

Over 210,000 Steam users have wish-listed their game, The Bornless, while 85,000 players have signed up for early access
In addition to The Bornless, they are also working on two other diverse and engaging games that are sure to captivate.

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Tooling

ShapesXR

Design and collaboration platform for 3D and immersive content

ShapesXR allows designers to easily create in 3D without prior experience in game engines, import various types of assets (such as 3D models, Figma UI, or sound files), and create interactive prototypes without the need for any coding.
Meta is designing and prototyping its new augmented OS in ShapesXR, Microsoft has been using ShapesXR for volumetric apps for Quest, Chanel has used the platform as a visual prompt for their AI to build the new dresses collection, and hasclosed a new partnership with Logitech, highlighted by the announcement of the MX Ink.

Crypto

Content

DressX

AR and digital Fashion

30M+ DRESSX assets have been distributed to its user base.

Its GenAI technology allows users to create custom digital fashion looks from text prompts or “inspiration” reference images and get virtually dressed in seconds, further blurring the lines between imagination and virtual reality.

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Gaming

Content

Sinn Studio

Building the future of XR Combat creating AI fight mechanics

In May of 2024, the studio announced that it had successfully raised $2.5 million in a funding round to support the development of its upcoming real-time PvP VR combat game.
Top 10 on Meta Quest & PSVR2 Stores in 2023

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Team

Felix Hartmann is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hartmann Capital, a frontier tech investment firm. Hartmann Capital invests in early-stage opportunities across XR, AI, and UGC, backing companies like ShapesXR, TrippVR, DressX, and LIV, with Felix joining several of their boards. In addition to the venture business, Felix serves as the CIO of the firm's hedge fund division, specializing in digital assets, where he was a key activist trader in the early DeFi space and held DAO roles in projects like Enzyme Finance. Outside of work, Felix explores longevity science and writes dystopian fiction.

Felix Hartmann

Managing Partner & CIO

Daniel identifies and evaluates investment opportunities in metaverse-related verticals, including Web3 Metaverse Infrastructure, Virtual Reality, Gaming, and AI.

Daniel Derzic

Investment Team

JP focuses and specializes in investments in XR, expanding primarily across B2C standalone apps and games.

JP Minetos

Investment Team

Anand has worked in tech for over 20 years. He has experience in developer platforms, consumer marketplaces, enterprise SaaS businesses and AR/VR. After graduating from MIT, Anand co-founded a virtual desktop company. The company was funded by Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz, and it was acquired in 2014.Before joining Meta, Anand was an early employee at Postmates. He helped the company grow to nearly $1 billion in annualized GMV. As a member of the executive team, he helped the company raise $100 million in Series D funding. At Meta, Anand led the developer platform work on Workplace by Facebook, an enterprise collaboration product. He helped grow the number of paying users to 7 million subscribers and partnered with companies like Cisco and Microsoft. Anand then joined Meta Reality Labs, which makes Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality devices and Metaverse applications. Anand's current focus is to lead Meta's efforts to expand Virtual & Mixed Reality Content to verticals such as enterprise, personal productivity & collaboration, wellness and fitness, education, creator tools, travel, and retail by working with innovative developers and brands in the ecosystem.

Anand Dass

Advisor

Roberto is an entrepreneur, content creator and the Founder of Metav3rse – Instagram’s largest crypto and metaverse-focused page -- and Eluna.ai, a leading AI product suite designed to streamline productivity and elevate creativity. Roberto previously founded MuseWorks -- a boutique software development studio focusing on building mobile creativity software, media platforms & social-first brands.