VIV3
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026VIV3 is an NFT marketplace built on the Flow blockchain, described as Flow's first general marketplace. Artists, game studios and brands use the platform to mint tokens representing their digital creations as NFTs, which are then purchased by fans, collectors, gamers and digital asset traders. Listed NFT categories include art, games, sports and profile-picture collections, and the marketplace accepts crypto payments.
A distinguishing element of the platform is that each creator's works are minted from that creator's own smart contract rather than a shared marketplace pool, which the company presents as allowing other applications in the Flow ecosystem to integrate directly with individual artist or collection contracts. VIV3 covers smart contract deployment, blockchain minting and transaction fees so that creators do not pay gas.
Founding story
VIV3 was co-founded in 2020 by Daniel Podaru (Co-Founder and CEO) and Ilya Siban on the premise that ownership is shifting from physical to digital, with a stated aim of enabling large numbers of people to create, trade and own digital creations.
Business model
VIV3 operates a marketplace intermediating primary sales and peer-to-peer resales of NFTs minted on Flow. Creators receive 87.5% of proceeds from direct sales of their works and can earn up to 10% on resales of the same assets when traded peer-to-peer on the VIV3 marketplace, with the platform absorbing contract deployment, minting and transaction fees.
The platform retains a portion of primary sale proceeds — creators earn 87.5% from direct sales — while covering minting and transaction costs itself.
Traction
During roughly one month of beta prior to the January 2021 launch announcement, 115 artworks were minted and listed for sale on VIV3, of which 29 were purchased in that month. The team behind VIV3 had previously built and scaled a consumer product from zero to more than three million users.
Latest developments
At its January 2021 public launch, VIV3 announced drops and partnerships including Ben Mauro's EVOLUTION collectible card game, trading of Chainmonsters assets from B-Side Games, and new works from several digital artists.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
VIV3 positions itself as the first general NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain, competing in the NFT marketplace category.
Gas-free transactions for users, per-creator smart contracts that support composability with other Flow applications, and a creator revenue share of 87.5% on primary sales plus up to 10% on secondary sales.
Technology
The marketplace is built on Flow, a smart contract platform the company selected for scalability and composability. Each creator's works are minted from a dedicated smart contract per creator rather than a single marketplace contract, enabling other Flow applications to integrate with individual artist contracts and collections. Smart contract deployment, minting and transaction fees are covered by VIV3, making transactions gas-free for users.
Go-to-market
VIV3 launched publicly through the Flow ecosystem, following a beta period, and recruits supply via creator onboarding and curated drops and partnerships with well-known artists and game studios. Announced collaborations include concept artist Ben Mauro's EVOLUTION collectible card game and B-Side Games' Chainmonsters, whose backers can trade their digital assets on VIV3. Early artist adopters included Anne Spalter, Remo Camero, Gisel Florez, Jonas Kasper Jensen and Daïm.
Artists and digital creators, game studios and brands seeking to mint and sell NFTs, plus the buy side of fans, collectors, gamers and digital asset traders.
Geography
The company is headquartered in Paris, France, with team members also based in Palo Alto, California, and serves a global user base.
History
VIV3 was founded in 2020 and built its marketplace on the Flow blockchain. After about a month in beta, it was publicly announced on Flow's blog in January 2021 as the first general marketplace on Flow, alongside partnerships with artist Ben Mauro and game studio B-Side Games.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsVIV3 partnered with B-Side Games so that Chainmonsters backers could trade digital assets, including Chainmons and Game Alpha Access, on the VIV3 marketplace.
VIV3 announced that Ben Mauro's EVOLUTION collectible card game would be minted and traded on VIV3 and sold in packs.
Following roughly a month in beta, VIV3 was publicly announced as the first general marketplace on the Flow blockchain, letting artists, game studios and brands mint NFTs from their own smart contracts with fees covered by the platform.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- viv3 | Coinpedia Company Listingapp.coinpedia.org · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does VIV3 do?
- VIV3 is a gas-free NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain for artists, game studios and brands.
- Who are VIV3's investors?
- VIV3's investors include AppWorks Ventures.