Adam Hensel

It's Antera catching time with the Monad squad!

@kosgoood @LeevaiNFT @battlebound @playanterris @Jihoz_Axie @Ronin_Network thank you Kathleen, likewise! 🙏

@LeevaiNFT @battlebound @playanterris @Jihoz_Axie @Ronin_Network Agree. Adam is the best 🔥

We’ve found that more action + faster pace = more fun! 👇

We had an awesome turn out for @playanterris latest alpha test! Seeing the new players and content creators who covered the game was 🔥

Our team has been cooking up some exciting developments behind the scenes, and we're about to pull back the curtain

@Tocelot @a16zGames Love this news! Huge congrats to the @a16zGames team. I'm honored to be part of this journey!

1/ excited to share we’ve raised A16Z GAMES FUND TWO - our 2nd $600M fund investing in the best early-stage founders in games! this brings our @a16zGames AUM to >$1.2B 🔥 we believe games will play a pivotal role in defining how we socialize, play, & work over the next century

after many months of cross-country flights, zoom calls, and late night deck revisions... whew... I'm glad to finally be able to share what I've been up to for the past bit: yes, that's right-- A16Z GAMES FUND TWO 😎 I'm super proud of the team for putting this all together. Huge team effort. This is an all-new, next generation fund that is dedicated to the intersection of TECH x GAMES. It's equally sized to our debut fund that we raised in 2022, and we are excited to invest this new fund across many stages and sectors, from inception to Series A/B. And from AI/infra, web3 games, VR/AR, 3D tooling, gamified apps, game studios, and much more. The fund targets a $300B+ industry that has spawned incredible companies over the past decade, and it's great to be able to build!

@andrewchen SR3 is the best jumpstart for your studio! 🚀

BIG NEWS: i'm investing $30M in the next 45 days via the a16z SPEEDRUN program 😎 Yes, $750k per startup that joins the SPEEDRUN program plus obv it'll be a great way to work together on something. So come work with me at a16z's SPEEDRUN program -- we'll invest, work with you, expose you to the world's top investors/mentors, etc. here's the best place to apply: sr.a16z.com Important dates and program details Deadline: May 19, 2024 Notified of Selection: End of June at the latest! Program Dates: July 29 - Oct 20 in Los Angeles ☀️ Our intensive 12-week program is highly selective, with ~ 1% of applicants accepted in our last cohort. Participants are supported not just with capital, but also by a highly curated set of industry coaches, mentors, and a community of ambitious founders. 80% of companies from SPEEDRUN’s first cohort secured funding from investors following Demo Day. for example, in the most recent program, we had an amazing set of speakers: - Mark Pincus, cofounder of Zynga - Emily Greer, cofounder of Kongregate - Eros Resmini, cofounder of Discord - Kevin Lin, cofounder of Twitch - ... and dozens more What kinds of startups are we looking for? tbh -- we are very open-minded! Great teams with ideas, before a product is built, is totally fine. But we also have startups with real revenue, a great product out there already, etc. We are investing at the intersection of TECH x GAMES which means AI/infra, 3D tools, VR/AR, web3 games, gamified consumer apps, and much more. For AI and B2B startups, there's a huge advantage in being able to meet startups in your space as potential customers, and when you are working out product/market fit.

Our friends over @evaverse are introducing their newest Pet Collection to compete in the Cosmic Cup!🏆 The YGG turle squad is ready to take control of the racetrack and dominate in these short, frantic, and skill-based circuits! LETS GO!🔥🏁 #WeAreYGG twitter.com/evaverse/statu…

@miltoneth @battlebound 🤣

@optechart @battlebound @optechart courier with Steam's update on the way!

I'm incredibly proud of the @battlebound team for releasing the Cosmic Cup game mode today! With it comes a brand new collection of playable companions called Purrtles that we're giving to players for free! premint.xyz/purrtles-colle…

Don’t miss our mega Twitter space today in 2 hours! Panel: @battlebound @playSHRAPNEL @Shatterpointgg @playmetalcore @ChampionsIO Topic: Are NFTs in games good or bad? Companies drawing a line in the sand. Set a reminder 👇 twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkKz…

MetaMask and @HyperPlayGaming have been working together to bring MetaMask to every desktop game. HyperPlay will be a new web3-native game launcher that aggregates the @EpicGames store and @GOGcom to inject MetaMask into every game launched through these stores.

@IIIIINASTYIIIII @takeit_eazzy @evaverse @battlebound Thank you Abel!🔥

@optechart @takeit_eazzy Great work Adam. I really enjoyed the podcast. Excited for the future in @evaverse with @battlebound

I had a blast chatting with @takeit_eazzy on all things web3 gaming this week on the Metacast. Our studio's focus is building games players love and own. Love comes first.

@simon_davis Love this thread. Very insightful and accurate summation of building a web3 game studio!

Watching the funding announcements in Web3 gaming over the past year or so, it’s obvious that the bulk games in this space have raised not enough money to succeed but just enough money to fail (<$5M). We saw this in mobile in the 2010s, thread on why and what’s next 🧵 1/22