Gaming Startups

Waterhouse VC is an investment firm focused on the wagering and gaming industry, targeting returns for its investors through opportunities in sports betting and gaming. It publishes market insights on topics such as prediction-market exchanges, land-based casinos, and AI in betting operations.

1 investor

WaveClear is a personalized mindset and skills training tool for League of Legends players that tracks focus and in-game performance in real-time (without hardware) to help gamers improve consistency, ignore toxicity, and rank up. It combines wellness research and pro-coaching methods to train mindset, mechanics, and goal setting during gameplay.

1 investor

Wavedash is a browser-based gaming platform that runs games natively in Chrome without downloads, installs, or streaming latency, and provides link-based multiplayer. It offers developer tools supporting engines like Unity, Godot, Unreal, and Three.js, handling hosting, distribution, cloud saves, achievements, and analytics for a 10% platform fee.

1 investor

Wayfinder Games is a studio that designs role-playing games (RPGs), including a title called Wyldheart, aiming to capture the feeling of sitting around a campfire. The team works remotely.

1 investor

We Make Games is a blockchain game studio developing Gems & Goblins, a Play & Earn PvP game where players earn GNG tokens to spend on in-game purchases or trade on the Gemwelry marketplace. The studio, made up of former IT and game-development professionals, builds the game in partnership with the Callisto network.

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Chosen acquires and operates gaming companies, partnering with founders to provide exits while preserving their team, culture, and product. It focuses on gaming platforms and communities, offering deals ranging from $5M to $500M+.

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WeArt develops haptic technology for extended reality applications, enabling users to feel tactile sensations when interacting with virtual objects in VR and AR environments.

1 investor

Webaverse offers an AI-powered platform of five integrated tools for building interactive game worlds, covering worldbuilding wikis, 3D asset generation, AI-driven NPCs, a visual level editor, and playable experiences. It serves creators and worldbuilders producing 3D characters, scenes, sound effects, and music for playable multiplayer worlds.

1 investor

Websim is a platform where users create and play AI-generated interactive games, simulations, and apps directly in the browser. It hosts a community-driven catalog of user-published creations that others can play, like, and comment on.

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Wehype provides creator marketing services and technology for game studios and publishers, covering campaign strategy, execution, and community insights across a game's lifecycle. Its offerings include a Community Insights platform for tracking creator impact and rewarded content programs to grow player counts.

1 investor

Wemade develops MMORPGs and mobile games, including large-scale open-world and battle titles built on Unreal Engine 5, alongside a blockchain gaming ecosystem. It operates the WEMIX 3.0 mainnet to give users, creators, and developers economic utility within its games.

1 investor

WeWillWrite is an educational technology product that helps teachers create a social, game-based environment where students practice writing through play. Made in Norway, it serves teachers and students, with a focus on classrooms in Norway and the US/Canada.

1 investor

Whaleapp is a game developer that creates casual and mid-core games for players worldwide. It operates as a global games company focused on producing player-oriented content.

1 investor

Wide Awake VR develops a medical virtual reality system designed to deliver tailored VR experiences for patients, originating from use in office-based hand surgeries performed under local anesthesia. The company operates at the intersection of VR technology and healthcare.

1 investor

WildChance Casino is a licensed online gambling platform aimed at players in Hungary, offering slots, live casino games, welcome bonuses, free spins, daily and weekly cashback, and a 100-level loyalty program. Transactions are handled in EUR with common payment methods such as SimplePay, Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller and Paysafecard.

1 investor

WildChance is a licensed online casino platform targeting players in Portugal, offering slots, live dealer games, deposit bonuses, and fast withdrawals in euros. It features a tiered loyalty program with 100 levels, cashback options, and local payment methods such as MB WAY, Multibanco, Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, and Neteller.

1 investor

Wildcard is a competitive team-based arena game featuring diverse creatures and characters with unique abilities and personalities competing in matches.

1 investor

Wildseed Games was a video game studio. The page is a closure announcement and provides no further detail about its products or operations.

1 investor

William Hill International operates sports betting and gaming brands, offering betting and casino experiences to players across its core and growth markets. The company runs a portfolio of sports and gaming brands under the 888/William Hill group.

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Winterkeep Interactive is a game studio developing a fantasy 4X strategy game. Founded in 2025 in Umeå, Sweden, it was previously known as Lunar Madness.

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WinWin Bet is an online gambling platform offering sports betting across more than 60 sports, casino games, live casino with dealers, and welcome bonuses on a single account. It targets Portuguese players and supports deposits and withdrawals via cards and over 30 cryptocurrencies, operating under a Curaçao eGaming license.

1 investor

WinWin Bet Poland is an online casino and sports betting platform for adult players in Poland, offering casino games, slots, crash games like Aviator, and sports wagering with PLN accounts and local payment methods such as BLIK and Przelewy24. It operates under a Curaçao gaming license via operator Alasia Soft B.V.

1 investor

Vavada is an online casino platform aimed at Estonian players, offering slots, table games, jackpots, and live dealer tables from providers such as Pragmatic Play, Play'n GO, and Evolution. It operates under a Curaçao license and provides bonuses, tournaments, a loyalty program, and multilingual 24/7 support.

1 investor

Within was a virtual reality company that built an app for distributing immersive VR films and interactive stories from creators worldwide, later pivoting to Supernatural, a VR fitness and wellness experience for Meta Quest that guides users through workouts in scenic destinations with coaches and music. The company now focuses exclusively on Supernatural, and the original Within app was shut down in February 2023.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Chris Milk", "title": "Co-founder"}, {"full_name": "Aaron Koblin", "title": "Co-founder"}]

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