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A Social Worlds Company

Worlds Without Limits.

Vatar builds immersive, realistic social worlds inspired by real places and real people. Millions already live, work and connect in our first one.

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What We Build

Social worlds rooted in real cities.

More than a game: living, realistic cities where real people work, earn, vote and connect.

Almost every world people play in today is set somewhere else. We build the ones set at home, city by city, around the world.

People

Every avatar is a real person. Friendships, crews and rivalries carry the world, not scripted characters.

Places

Real streets, real landmarks and real slang. Players recognise their city the moment they arrive.

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Jobs, property, elections, trade and live events. A full economy and society that players run themselves.

Our Worlds

Real cities. Living worlds.

All Worlds

The Lagos Life crew by a danfo at sunset

In development

Next City

Coming worldwide

Every City

Worlds/Lagos Life

A free, multiplayer Lagos in your browser. Rent a flat in Lekki, run a hustle, drive danfo, vote in your governor and link up with your crew for a party on a Friday.

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The Platform

Where culture gathers.

Players come for the city. Brands and culture follow them in. Rewards follow them back out.

For Brands

Reach Gen Z where they spend their time. In-world billboards, branded vehicles, storefronts and headquarters, seen by millions of players every day.

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Launching

Live Experiences

Events the whole city shows up for. Concerts, listening parties, product launches and city events, with tickets, sponsorship and merch drops.

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Coming next

Real Rewards

Earned in the game. Delivered in real life. Points turn into airtime, food, gift deliveries and real products from partner brands.

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Player-Run Cities

Elections, player police and laws. Every Vatar world is a society its players run themselves.

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Real People

Every avatar is a real person. Friendships, crews and rivalries carry every world, not scripted characters.

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Company

A social worlds company.

Vatar builds immersive social worlds inspired by real places and real people.

Millions already live, work and connect in our first one.

4.5M+Players and counting

1.5M+Average daily players

10.8M+Unique visitors

3Cities live today

Leadership

Builders who have shipped and scaled.

Shalom Rayhamen

Co-founder, CEO and CTO

Software engineer for 7+ years. Built anti-money laundering tech at Napier AI. Founded Fractn, which processed ₦182M for 10+ financial institutions in 3 months with no outside funding. At Vatar, she leads the company and builds the tech that runs every world.

Owen Rayhamen

Co-founder and CPO

Product manager at Citi across enterprise security, digital workplace and managed services. Turns complex problems into scalable products inside regulated environments. At Vatar, he owns the product, from roadmap to release.

Anderson Oriahi

Co-founder and CBDO

Two-time founder with one exit and 15 years building tech businesses across Africa. Co-founded Heala, where 100+ paying organisations and 2,500+ providers run 1M+ transactions through the platform. At Vatar, he leads business development, brands and growth.

Backed By

Our angel investors

$500K angel round

Mono

Abdulhamid "AB" HassanCo-founder and CEO

Terra Industries

Nathan NwachukuCo-founder and CEO

Flutterwave

Olugbenga "GB" AgboolaCo-founder and CEO

More worlds ahead.

Play our first world today, or talk to us about building the next ones.

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