Animoca Brands Halves Fundraising Target for the 2023 Web3 and Metaverse Fund to $1 billion
Animoca, one of the most prominent investors in Web3, keeps pushing the sector and plans to launch a new Web3 and Metaverse fund valued at $1 billion, halving their previous expectations.
Protecting Privacy in the Metaverse
Extensive data collected by virtual and augmented platforms is a major concern and requires a wide range of solutions, from protective tools like MetaGuard to thoughtful and meaningful metaverse policy and regulation.
Do We Really Want Landlords in the Metaverse?
Land ownership, like many of the social norms that govern our lives, is a cultural choice not a requirement of a well-functioning society. And yet, it is quickly becoming a central element of many metaverse worlds.
Big Ideas in Crypto and Games for 2023
This time of year, the floodgates open to a deluge of best-of lists and end-of-year recaps. But we at a16z have always been more interested in what’s to come. We asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields will tackle in 2023.



