We're pleased to announce our investment in ROBLOX, a virtual world for kids that combines elements of building, inventing, and socializing into an exciting online community.
The first thing that caught our attention was the uniqueness of the worlds that the users create, and the engagement and creativity they bring to ROBLOX. Every experience on ROBLOX is built by the users themselves, with individual components and simulated physics that combine into an amazing assortment of experiences and worlds for their users. Users can play for free, or join the Builder's Club for more features and to take part in a vibrant virtual goods economy.
This is also the first investment where I've had a lot of due diligence support from my 9 year old son, who is an avid ROBLOXIAN. We've really enjoyed getting to know the CEO David Baszucki (aka BUILDERMAN) and look forward to working with Altos Ventures and team ROBLOX.
I worked on a good number of artistic maps in the cool virtual world ROBLOX
Posted by: ROFL1clubpenguin | October 11, 2009 at 10:26 PM