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About Yuga Labs
Industries
Crypto & Web3
Consumer Goods
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$437.7M
Headquarters
Coral Gables, Florida
Founded
2021
Overview
Yuga Labs creates and sells unique digital assets in the web3 and blockchain space. Their products include popular collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), Cryptopunks, and Meebits, all of which are supported by ApeCoin. These digital assets are designed to be authentic and scarce, thanks to blockchain technology, which helps maintain their value. Yuga Labs focuses on storytelling and community engagement, offering immersive experiences that attract digital art collectors, cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and investors. Unlike many competitors, Yuga Labs emphasizes community-driven events and experiences, which enhances the connection between their digital assets and their users. The company's goal is to build a vibrant community around their digital creations while ensuring the authenticity and value of their products.
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What believers are saying
- Integration of AI in NFTs allows for personalized and dynamic digital assets.
- NFT-based gaming platforms create new revenue streams and engagement opportunities for Yuga Labs.
- The rise of 'phygital' NFTs offers innovation opportunities in digital collectibles.
What critics are saying
- Rapid blockchain evolution could outpace Yuga Labs' current capabilities, risking obsolescence.
- Increasing NFT market competition may dilute Yuga Labs' market share and brand dominance.
- Cryptocurrency market volatility poses financial risks to Yuga Labs' digital asset values.
What makes Yuga Labs unique
- Yuga Labs is a pioneer in the web3 space, known for iconic digital assets.
- The company focuses on storytelling, community building, and immersive experiences in blockchain.
- Yuga Labs leverages blockchain to ensure authenticity and scarcity of its digital assets.
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$437.7M
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1Pavilion Solar advances to Solar Prize finals; wins $100K plus supportMiami-based Pavilion Solar is one of 10 teams nationwide moving to the final phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7. The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that 10 finalist teams were each awarded $100,000 in cash and $75,000 in technical support vouchers for their innovative ideas for advancing solar deployment.Pavilion Solar is developing a hurricane-resistant, structurally stable, accessible, and cost-effective solar carport. This innovation will increase residential solar adoption in hurricane-prone areas by providing a product that can endure storms and growing electricity needs. The finalist announcement was made at the conclusion of the second phase of competition, the Set! Contest, where 20 semifinalists participated in question-and-answer sessions with a panel of expert industry reviewers. The 10 teams that were chosen will now move on to the final phase, the Go! Contest, to bring their concepts closer to commercialization.“The Solar Prize has been so instrumental in helping innovators get new solar energy projects off the ground and closer to the hands of consumers,” said Markus Beck, manufacturing and competitiveness program manager at DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office. “The Round 7 finalist teams are already proving to be impactful at both the community and industry levels.”The Solar Prize, funded by DOE’s solar office and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was launched in 2018 to inspire innovators to devise solutions that could help boost the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and widespread adoption of solar power
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Think Web3 games are crappy? Yuga Labs is leaning into that with Dookey Dash: Unclogged, a Bored Ape universe game with a lot of toilets.The “dookey” here refers to stuff that goes in a toilet with green liquid. Led by Yuga Labs chief gaming officer Spencer Tucker and Alex Paley, cofounder of Faraway, the endless runner game Dookey Dash has returned with a closed beta test tournament that just ended and a soft-launch in limited regions.Dookey Dash: Unclogged will feature a new “creator mode,” where players can monetize the creation of skins and other cosmetics for in-game purchases. Creator mode uses the blockchain to mint skins/cosmetics on the Faraway digital storefront. They can be used in over 9,000 gaming experiences, as well as generate secondary sales for all players.Dookey Dash: Unclogged is in soft launch.The game continues the development of Yuga and Faraway’s interoperable gaming ecosystem. A series of partnerships will be hosted on the Faraway digital storefront
1Seaworthy Collective wins federal funds to co-create bluetech acceleratorThe Biden Administration awarded Seaworthy Collective and 15 other ocean technology accelerators $3.9 million to develop and advance new ocean climate technology. Seaworthy Collective and Tampa Bay Wave, which each received about %250,000, were the only Florida accelerators that received an investment.Seaworthy Collective will co-create an accelerator in partnership with Braid Theory, Ocean Exchange and World Ocean Council, Seaworthy founder and CEO Daniel Kleinman said. The Phase 1 grant comes from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators.“We’re joining forces to co-create the Upwell Collaborative Accelerator, which encompasses our shared vision to break down barriers keeping startups from getting to market, while making support for ocean-based climate resilience solutions more scalable, efficient, and interconnected,” he said on LinkedIn. “We’re raising our ambitions for growing an accessible and inclusive BlueTech ecosystem, and couldn’t be prouder for our collaborative to further establish ourselves among the leading BlueTech and ClimateTech entrepreneur support organizations in the US.”Phase 1 recipients will be invited to apply to Phase 2 of the Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, which will award $55 million to five accelerators. The program is overseen by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.This was just one of four grants Seaworthy Collective received in the past year
Yuga Labs, the leading web3 lifestyle and media company and creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Otherside, TwelveFold, and owners of Meebits, Crypto
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About Yuga Labs
Industries
Crypto & Web3
Consumer Goods
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$437.7M
Headquarters
Coral Gables, Florida
Founded
2021
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