Best Metaverse Companies in California, United States
The 81 best Metaverse companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Roblox.
Ranked: Best Metaverse companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roblox Online gaming platform for developing web and mobile games 96Innovation top 13%Patents top 13%AI top 15%Market top 16% All 14 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Patentstop 13% AItop 15% Markettop 16% Techtop 18% Customerstop 21% Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 27% Producttop 27% Newstop 28% Moattop 29% Talenttop 30% Fin. healthtop 35% Globalbottom 47% Innovation: 647 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 447 filings since 2022 vs 180 in 2017-21 Patents: 647 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 447 filings since 2022 vs 180 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $918M | 65 mo ago | 947 | David Baszucki Founder & CEO | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+27 | Top 1k | 647 patents Real-time moderation, avatar animation, mesh generation, and interaction tools for virtual worlds | — |
| 2 | Genies 🦄 Developer of tools for creating customizable, intelligent, and dynamic characters | $264M | 49 mo ago | 39 | Jake Adams Co-Founder & COO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | Top 5M | 6 patents Avatar creation, customization, and control technologies for AR/VR environments | — |
| 3 | Soul Machines Developer of a platform for creating and deploying digital AI workers | $135M | 52 mo ago | 14 | Julie Kim CEO | WixSentryApple iCloud Mail+24 | Top 1M | 9 patents AI-based facial image regularization and retargeting for realistic virtual avatars | — |
| 4 | VRChat Provider of a VR-based social platform 84AI top 15%Tech top 20%Growth top 24%Patents top 26% All 11 signals ▾AItop 15% Techtop 20% Growthtop 24% Patentstop 26% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 30% Fundingtop 30% Customerstop 33% Producttop 36% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 40% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Tech: 73 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $95M | 60 mo ago | 34 | — | D3BootstrapAmazon Web Services+22 | Top 100k | 38 patents Avatar motion tracking, finger-based locomotion, dynamic avatar attachments, AR integration, performance analytics | — |
| 5 | IMVU Provider of an online 3D avatar-based social network | $65M | 64 mo ago | 229 | — | — | — | 34 patents Real-time 3D avatar creation and rendering with ambient lighting, glow effects, and AR integration | — |
| 6 | Jadu AR Developer of AR virtual world for the metaverse | $45M | 48 mo ago | 17 | Asad Malik CEO | Framer SitesUIKitReact+7 | Top 50M | 11 patents Blockchain-enabled multi-user augmented reality collaboration and secure digital file visualization | — |
| 7 | AmazeVR Provider of VR music concerts 64Talent top 28%Growth top 30%Innovation top 33%Funding top 33% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 30% Innovationtop 33% Fundingtop 33% Techtop 33% Producttop 36% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 22% Customersbottom 3% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $42M | 44 mo ago | 49 | Steve Lee Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WixSentryZendesk+19 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 8 | Spire Studios Developer of animated films and 3D metaverse experiences | $40M | 46 mo ago | 36 | Brad Lewis Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Upland Virtual property game built on the EOS blockchain 64Growth top 25%Tech top 27%News top 28%Funding top 33% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Techtop 27% Newstop 28% Fundingtop 33% Customerstop 45% Producttop 50% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 39% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 48 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $27M | 23 mo ago | 28 | Mani Honigstein Founder | LeafletMapbox.jsMapbox GL JS+23 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 10 | DoubleMe Developer of extended reality solutions integrating virtual, augmented, and mixed realities | $26M | 50 mo ago | 2 | Heeyoung Kim Co-Founder & CAO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+17 | Top 50M | 20 patents Enabling real-time mixed-reality holographic capture, transport, and shared visualization of physical objects | — |
| 11 | Epitone Developer of augmented reality displays for vehicles 55AI top 15%Innovation top 32%Patents top 35%Moat bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 15% Innovationtop 32% Patentstop 35% Moatbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 19 patents (top 52% of patent-holders) · 19 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $20M | 23 mo ago | — | Sunghoon Hong Chief Executive Officer | — | — | 19 patents Automotive augmented reality HUDs and stereoscopic light‑field display technologies | — |
| 12 | Second Life Provider of a virtual reality-based social networking platform | $19M | 242 mo ago | 141 | — | IPBCart FunctionalityMySQL+26 | Top 10k | — | — |
| 13 | Doppelganger Provider of 3D virtual world solutions for Entertaining & Social networking | $17M | 226 mo ago | — | James Lee Co-Founder & CFO | Amazon ALBAmazon Web ServicesReact+1 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 14 | Mirror World Developer of a platform for building and deploying blockchain applications 45Funding top 34%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 45% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Funding: Raised $16.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $16M | 24 mo ago | 14 | Jonathan Bakebwa Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsReact+15 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 15 | AltspaceVR Provider of a VR social platform | $16M | 130 mo ago | 12 | Eric Romo Founder And Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | rct AI Developer of AI-enabled gaming engines | $14M | 51 mo ago | 60 | Yan Zhang Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Delysium Developer of an AI-based blockchain MMO game | $14M | 38 mo ago | 250 | — | SentryNode.jsMUI+13 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 18 | Metadome Provider of XR and AI platform for immersive customer experiences 55Tech top 30%Moat top 37%Talent top 38%Innovation top 40% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 30% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 40% Growthtop 43% Fundingtop 44% Marketbottom 48% Patentsbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Fin. healthbottom 38% Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 18 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $11M | 22 mo ago | 70 | Kanav Singla Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailZoho+24 | Top 1M | 18 patents Provides reinforced, tactile pedestrian walkway plates for accessibility and safety infrastructure. | — |
| 19 | Space Runners NFT-based trading platform for sneakers | $10M | 51 mo ago | 28 | Deniz Ozgur Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | DeHorizon Provider of NFT-based blockchain games | $8M | 52 mo ago | 11 | Shane Zhu Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Highrisegame VR-based online social platform | $8M | 67 mo ago | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Flam Provider of AI‑native mixed‑reality and interactive‑content platform | $8M | 14 mo ago | 47 | Amit Gaiki Co-Founder & CTO | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+12 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 23 | Latent Space Provider of an AI-based 3D rendering engine | $8M | 110 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Orange Comet Web3 entertainment & technology developing ecosystems around web3 experiences & web3 gaming | $7M | 39 mo ago | 52 | Yong Yam Co-Founder of Orange Comet / COO | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 25 | Magnopus Developer of a platform to create metaverse experiences | $6M | 150 mo ago | 78 | Alex Henning Co-Founder & President | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+23 | Top 5M | 12 patents Scalable XR multiplayer networking with visual anchor-based spatial coordinate recovery. | — |
| 26 | Adimverse Metaverse-based social platform for connecting with friends | $5M | 48 mo ago | 10 | Rob Mcelhenney Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Pixelynx Blockchain-based fan engagement metaverse platform | $4M | 54 mo ago | 41 | Dean Wilson Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Battlesaga Developer of NFT-based game for PC platforms | $3M | 53 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Highrise Online social platform connecting like-minded people | $3M | 78 mo ago | — | Anton Bernstein Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Veyond Metaverse Provider of a cloud-based AR/VR platform for medical training 42AI top 15%Talent top 28%Moat top 45%Patents top 46% All 8 signals ▾AItop 15% Talenttop 28% Moattop 45% Patentstop 46% Innovationbottom 49% Fundingbottom 40% Marketbottom 33% Globalbottom 29% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $3M | 12 mo ago | 15 | Joon Chung Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 5 patents Immersive XR communication platforms enabling real-time virtual collaboration | — |
| 31 | Mech Master Developer of turn-based RPG Strategy game for PC and console | $2M | 56 mo ago | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Afropolitan Blockchain-based metaverse social platform | $2M | 48 mo ago | 3 | Chika Uwazie Co-Founder | WebflowBeehiiv RSS feedAmazon Web Services+14 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 33 | ThoughtWorld Online social platform for connecting through a virtual world | $2M | 59 mo ago | 16 | Robert Ming Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Nurulize Develops software for content development | $2M | 149 mo ago | — | Philip Lunn Founder & CEO | — | — | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 35 | MetaWorks Metaverse platform for industrial applications | $313K | 29 mo ago | 2 | Cameron Chell Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Worlize Social gaming and chat platform | $150K | 192 mo ago | — | Brian McKelvey Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | SuperWorld Virtual real estate and digital assets investment platform | $110K | 53 mo ago | 47 | Max Woon Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowYouTubeAmazon Web Services+25 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 38 | Solirax Provider of a decentralized multipurpose metaverse platform | $100K | 136 mo ago | — | Tomas Mariancik Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Metaverse companies in California
#1
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 47 employees$8.1Mraised▾
Provider of AI‑native mixed‑reality and interactive‑content platform. It enables enterprises to create immersive, app‑less, video‑like streaming experiences that run directly in browsers and messaging apps. It technology supports integration and distribution across channels, including web embeds and sharable links. It offers models for generating content with visuals and interactions.
- Apr 2025Series A$14M
- May 2024Seed$4.6M
- Mar 2024Seed$383.8K
- Jul 2021Seed$3.5M
#2
Seed · Castro Valley, California · founded 2021 · 15 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of a cloud-based AR/VR platform for medical training. It allows users to visualize content for surgical training, medical education, and patient treatment in a superimposed and virtual environment. It uses AI technology and provides assistance, collaboration, and engagement solutions.
- May 2025Seed—
- Feb 2022Seed$3M
#3
Series A · Mountain View, California · founded 2018 · 28 employees$27Mraised▾
Virtual property game built on the EOS blockchain
- Jul 2024ICO$60K
- Oct 2023Series A$7M
- Nov 2021Series A$18M
- Jun 2019Seed$2M
#4
Series A · San Mateo, California · founded 2016 · 70 employees$10.6Mraised▾
Provider of XR and AI platform for immersive customer experiences. The platform offers virtual reality, augmented reality, and digital twin solutions. It enhances visualization of vehicles and parts. The platform provides tools for virtual showrooms and virtual test drives. It assists with product launches and boosts customer engagement.
- Aug 2024Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2024Series A$6.5M
- Nov 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Dec 2021Seed$4M
#5
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2021$20Mraised▾
Developer of augmented reality displays for vehicles. The company's technology projects translucent digital imagery onto the windshield, serving as the primary vehicle display. It integrates vehicle sensor data to provide drivers with enhanced visual information, improving safety and navigation. Features include hazard detection, driver alertness monitoring, and seamless infotainment integration. The system aims to create a more intuitive and safer driving experience by minimizing distractions and providing critical information within the driver's line of sight. It also offers a creator tool for developing custom augmented reality applications.
- Jul 2024Series A—
- 2021Series A$20M
#6
Series A · California · founded 2021 · 14 employees$16Mraised▾
Developer of a platform for building and deploying blockchain applications. The platform provides tools for developers to integrate marketplace, fiat-to-NFT, crypto on-ramp, authentication, and wallet functionalities. It supports multiple blockchains and platforms, enabling developers to create applications. The platform offers resources and support for developers to test features and co-create.
- Jun 2024Series A$12M
- Mar 2024Seed—
- Mar 2022Seed$4M
#7
Public · San Mateo, California · founded 2004 · 947 employees$918.2Mraised▾
Online gaming platform for developing web and mobile games. The platform enables its users to create its own games through simple drag and drop mechanisms. It has developed Roblox an action game. It generates revenue through virtual purchases in-game by the use of a virtual currency Robux. The platform follows a revenue share model for game developers.
- Jan 2021Series H$520M
- Feb 2020Series G$150M
- Sep 2018Series F$150M
- Mar 2017Series C$92M
#8
Genies 🦄Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2011 · 39 employees$264.5Mraised▾
Developer of tools for creating customizable, intelligent, and dynamic characters. The company provides software development kits that allow integration of avatars into applications and games. These avatars are visually expressive and emotionally responsive. The tools facilitate asset compatibility, cross-platform performance, and persistent identity across experiences.
- May 2022Series C$150M
- 2021Series A—
- Apr 2021Series B$65M
- Feb 2021Series B$25.2M
#9
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 14 employees$135Mraised▾
Developer of a platform for creating and deploying digital AI workers. The platform offers tools for building customized, lifelike digital workers with human-like interaction capabilities. It provides integration across various AI technologies and workflow products. The platform enables businesses to deploy digital workers into roles such as customer service, operations optimization, and human resources.
- Feb 2022Series B$70M
- Jan 2020Series B$40M
- Oct 2018Series A—
- Nov 2016Series A$7.5M
#10
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 34 employees$94.8Mraised▾
Provider of a VR-based social platform. It allows the users to create their own virtual worlds, make friends, and connect with friends in the VR world. It is compatible with Windows devices.
- Jun 2021Series D$80M
- Aug 2019Series C$10M
- Feb 2018Series A—
- Sep 2017Series A$4M
#11
Series B · West Hollywood, California · founded 2015 · 49 employees$41.5Mraised▾
Provider of VR music concerts. It offers VR technology to facilitate immersive music concerts for fans by integrating stereoscopic live-action videos. Fans can book tickets on its domain. It enables movements via haptic chairs and uses standard VR headsets.
- Sep 2022Series B$17M
- Jan 2022Series B$15M
- Apr 2021Series A$9.5M
#12
Series A · La Canada Flintridge, California · founded 2019 · 17 employees$45Mraised▾
Developer of AR virtual world for the metaverse. It offers an augmented reality game world. It allows players to purchase NFT skateboards, and choose their own avatars.
- May 2022Series A$36M
- Dec 2021Seed$7M
- Jan 2021Seed$250K
- May 2020Seed$913.8K
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