Rec Room Part II (with CEO Nick Fajt)

Last Acquired left the plucky Rec Room crew in our 2018 "Part I" episode, they were a seed stage startup making a VR game that users loved but grew slowly and barely monetized. Fast forward to today, and they're now a multi-platform social "place" with millions of active users, 500%+ YoY growth and hosting a robust creator economy that's rivaled only by their oft-compared metaverse cousin Roblox in dynamics and efficiency. And oh yeah, they're now a $1B+ company after a new $100m fundraise from existing investors Sequoia and Index, which they're announcing today. We figured it was high time to revisit Nick & crew for a Part II...

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The Rec Room Playbook is available on our website at acquired.fm/episodes/rec-room-part-ii-with-ceo…
Links:
• Our "Part I" episode with Nick on Rec Room's seed round: acquired.fm/episodes/season-2-episode-2raising…
• Rec Room! recroom.com
Carve Outs:
• Invent and Wander: amazon.com/Invent-Wander-Collected-Writings-In…
• Resonant Arc on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCFzWAEPDGiY34bGpwM_DWmA
• How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio: youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0