Thirdwave helps blockchain games find customers
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The folks behind Thirdwave see a problem, and it’s a pretty big one. There is a dearth of data and feedback for Web3 manufacturers to look at. It’s quite difficult for someone who wants to create, say, a new blockchain game, to figure out what works and what doesn’t.
Thirdwave is a blockchain discovery engine that wants to solve the problem. At least a little. Thirdwave wants to provide business data and other insights so gaming teams can find, understand and retain customers.
It is a platform that provides Web3 companies, projects, decentralized autonomous organizations and protocols with this information. It’s a bit community focused, and a bit social media focused. And it mixes these aspects with blockchain data, to try to give users an in-depth view of customer activities.
“Today’s Web3 developers don’t have access to meaningful customer data insights, which in turn creates major inefficiencies in the build process,” Framework Ventures CEO Michael Anderson said in a statement to GamesBeat. “With their previous experience building and scaling data discovery engines for consumer giants like Facebook, we believe Thirdwave is positioned to provide Web3 projects, particularly in the gamefi space, with the ability to truly understand their users.”
Pioneers from the Web2 era work with Thirdwave. When the Internet shifted from being designed only with desktop computers in mind to mobile devices, it happened in the hands of the people behind Thirdwave.
For example, the people who built and ran much of Facebook’s gaming and mobile strategy are at Thirdwave.
It has funding from some major Web3 players, and a plan
Thirdwave raised over $7 million in funding from its first seed round, led by Framework Ventures. Animoca Brands, Play Ventures, Shima Capital, Hustle Fund and Oceans Ventures also contributed to the pot.
The money goes straight into the engine. The developers aim to improve scaling and data capabilities to better deliver insights to customers. Thirdwave also provides access to more sophisticated chain analytics, deep community and data grid integrations, benchmarking tools, and project-specific dashboards.
The data is already out there, it’s just, you know, decentralized. Thirdwave is just trying to bring some order to the chaos.
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