Hypersonic Laboratories raised $7 million for its UGC-focused gaming sandbox platform.

May 30, 2024

Hypersonic Laboratories recently secured $7 million in funding for Helix, a multiplayer role-playing sandbox platform designed for user-generated content (UGC). The platform empowers creators, known as “modders,” to develop their own games within a virtual world.

Project	Latest Raise	Latest Raise Date	Stage	Total Raise	Lead Investor	Category
Hypersonic Laboratories	$7M	May 30, 2024	Series A	$10.5M	Play Ventures	Gaming

Play Ventures spearheaded the funding round, joined by AppWorks, WTIC, KB Investment, and Alex Ekvall. This recent investment brings Hypersonic’s total funding to $11 million. The additional capital will be utilized to grow the Hypersonic Laboratories team and prepare for the closed alpha launch of Helix later this year, according to Jack Kim, CEO of Hypersonic Laboratories, in an interview with Games.

Securing funding during the economic downturn posed challenges, but investors demonstrated strong confidence in the team's execution capabilities due to the progress achieved thus far.

About Hypersonic Laboratories

Hypersonic Laboratories is an ambitious startup with a team of passionate developers and artists from around the world. Based in the UK and the US, they are building HELIX, a groundbreaking open-world multiplayer sandbox game. HELIX empowers gamers to create and host their own virtual worlds with hyper-realistic detail. The studio has secured $11 million in funding and is actively hiring exceptional talent. Hypersonic Laboratories is an international, remote-first game studio developing HELIX, the ultimate open-world multiplayer sandbox game coming soon to PC. With a team of 25+ passionate developers from diverse backgrounds, they’re backed by industry-leading investors, including PLAY Ventures, Third Kind, and Samsung Next

Website: https://www.hypersoniclaboratories.com/

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About Investor

Investor: Play Ventures

Play Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund that invests in gaming and gaming services startups worldwide. Founded in 2018 by former gaming entrepreneurs Henric Suuronen and Harri Manninen, Play Ventures focuses on promising free-to-play and Web3 game studios. Their mission is to help ambitious and passionate entrepreneurs create the next $100M+ gaming powerhouse.

Location: Singapore

Website: https://www.playventures.vc/

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