Gym Class VR
5 known investors
Gym Class is a social gaming platform featuring sports games like basketball, baseball, boxing, football, paintball, and soccer available on Meta Quest VR and mobile. It serves millions of players globally who play, socialize, and share experiences within virtual reality and mobile communities.
Also known as GC · Gym Class
Founders & leadership
Investors · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed roundOct 2022
Andreesen Horowitz (lead), 35V, GSW Sports Ventures, SOMA Capital
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Gym Class (also referred to as GC) is a social platform on which users play games, make friends, and create and share their own experiences. The product began as a social basketball game on Meta Quest and expanded into a multi-sport platform with communities around basketball, baseball, boxing, football, paintball, and soccer. The company reports a community of millions of players across virtual reality and mobile.
In 2026 Gym Class began expanding from VR headsets to mobile, releasing iPhone and Android apps intended to make it easier for people to join and play with friends, including users who discover the product through #gymclassvr content circulating on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. The company has announced licensing relationships with the NBA and Major League Baseball.
Gym Class has raised more than $8 million from technology investors and strategic partners including Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, the NBA, the Golden State Warriors, Soma Capital, Founders Inc., and individual investors such as Kevin Durant, Lonzo Ball, Andre Iguodala, Danny Green, Zaza Pachulia, and Balaji Srinivasan.
Business model
Gym Class distributes its social sports games through consumer app stores — the Meta Quest Store for VR and iOS and Android app stores for mobile — building a single social platform across multiple sports titles rather than standalone games. Growth is tied to community engagement, user-created and shared experiences, and licensing relationships with major sports leagues.
Traction
The company reports a community of millions across virtual reality and mobile, over 53,000 ratings on the Meta Quest store with a 4.8-star average, and active communities across its basketball, baseball, boxing, football, paintball, and soccer titles.
Latest developments
In 2026 Gym Class began expanding to mobile with iPhone and Android apps alongside its Meta Quest presence, and it has announced licensing relationships with the NBA and Major League Baseball.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Gym Class describes itself as one of the largest global sports platforms in virtual reality, with over 53,000 Meta Quest ratings at a 4.8-star average.
Gym Class positions itself as a cross-platform social sports platform spanning multiple sports titles rather than a single game, supported by official licensing relationships with the NBA and Major League Baseball and a leadership team whose backgrounds combine viral consumer social, social gaming, and AI experience.
Technology
Gym Class builds multiplayer social sports experiences for Meta Quest virtual reality headsets and has extended the platform to iOS and Android mobile apps. The team describes internal expertise spanning consumer social, social gaming, and AI.
Go-to-market
Distribution is through the Meta Quest Store and mobile app stores, with user acquisition driven in part by viral #gymclassvr content on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, alongside league licensing relationships and athlete investors.
Consumer players of social sports games on Meta Quest VR headsets and, more recently, mobile devices.
Geography
The platform serves a global user base across virtual reality and mobile.
History
Gym Class started as a social basketball game on Meta Quest and grew into one of the larger global sports platforms in virtual reality, later adding baseball, boxing, football, paintball, and soccer communities. By 2026 it reported over 53,000 ratings on Meta Quest with a 4.8-star average and had begun expanding to mobile with iPhone and Android apps. Over the two years prior, the company announced licensing relationships with the NBA and Major League Baseball, and it has raised more than $8 million in total.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsGym Class began expanding beyond VR headsets to mobile, releasing iPhone and Android apps to let users join and play with friends.
The company states it announced licensing relationships with the NBA and Major League Baseball over the preceding two years.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
- Gym Class VRgymclassvr.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Gym Class VR do?
- Gym Class is a social sports gaming platform on Meta Quest VR and mobile spanning basketball, baseball, boxing and more.
- Who are Gym Class VR's investors?
- Gym Class VR's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Founders, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund.