How Highrise is Empowering Creators and Shaping the Next Generation of Social Gaming

In this episode, Angela and Eliza are joined by Pocket Worlds Founder & CEO, Anton Bernstein, for a conversation about the evolution of Highrise from an immersive social experience to a full blown UGC gaming platform. They discuss the steps along that evolution, how to assist creators in building communities, how the unique demographics of Highrise users gives it an advantage, new and future creator tools on the platform, and much more!

Anton Bernstein is the CEO and Founder of Pocket Worlds, a technology company that empowers shared experiences to connect the world. The company is a fast-growing YCombinator-backed company with over 50 million users and 10,000 creators. Currently, the company has two platforms: Highrise, the leading virtual world where people make avatars, express themselves, engage in shared experiences, and create deep friendships along the way, and Everskies, the leading pixel doll community where users dress up avatars and chat with friends.

Download Highrise from the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/highris...

Learn more about Highrise: https://highrise.game/

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Highrise Background
06:23 Social App Makers Not Game Designers
09:19 Everskies Acquisition
11:27 Helping Creators Build Communities
17:34 What’s Being Built in Highrise
21:40 Demographics on Highrise
25:24 Creator Economics on Highrise
27:54 Creator Tools of the Future
32:28 Discovery on the Platform
36:04 Privacy and Community Standards
38:22 Being Profitable and the Future of the Company

Signum Growth invests and advises at the intersection of mass market culture and new economies that are bubbling up in new digital communities. We believe that emerging technologies will continue to be born in video games and that ‘gaming’ will reach an increasingly broader swath of people, until it is simply known as entertainment. The firm focuses on creators and developers who are moving to the front of the line, where they will garner a greater slice of value creation. Areas of expertise include video games, entertainment, and emerging technologies like blockchain and AI. Most recently, the firm has focused on UGC (user generated content) platforms and creators. Signum Growth is comprised of Signum Growth Capital, a FINRA-registered broker dealer, and Signum Growth Advisors, an investment advisor.

Angela Dalton, Signum Growth’s Founder/CEO, served in Tech/Media leadership roles and as a Managing Director at three firms - Guggenheim Securities, Evercore Partners, and UBS. At Evercore Partners, Angela was an initial investor and Co-Founder of Evercore Equities. Signum Growth acts as the Lead Advisor to ARK Invest, and Angela serves as the Co-Founder of the Women in Gaming Zoom (WIGZ), and recently served on the corporate board of FaZe Clan. She earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Kansas, Phi Beta Kappa.

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