Gaia Interactive - About the company
Gaia Interactive is a series C company based in Nellysford (United States), founded in 2003 by Derek Liu. It operates as a Provider of an online community dedicated to Gamers. Gaia Interactive has raised $32M in funding from Time Warner Investments. The company has 325 active competitors, including 68 funded and 13 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Meta, VRChat and IMVU.
Company Details
Provider of an online community dedicated to Gamers. Users can create online avatars and participate in various group discussions on anime, games, comics, sci-fi, fantasy and anything similar. It also offers social games for the users to play with their friends.
- Website
- gaiaonline.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@gaiaonline.com
- Registered Address
- San Jose, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2003
Location
Nellysford, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$32M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
16th among 325 active competitors
Employee Count
1 as on May 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Gaia Interactive
Gaia Interactive is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaia Interactive Inc. CIN: 371487918 , United States, Active | Feb 08, 2004 | - | 6 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Gaia Interactive's funding and investors
Gaia Interactive has raised a total funding of $32M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 19, 2006. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Jul 14, 2008 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Gaia Interactive has 6 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Gaia Interactive:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 14, 2008 | 6480243 | Series C | 1452164 | 4423157 | 6405254 | 8924359 |
Jan 09, 2008 | 6638520 | Series B | 7689833 | 5265867 | 6730198 | 4532594 |
Mar 02, 2007 | 2134208 | Series B | 8503171 | 8204884 | 6084582 |
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Gaia Interactive's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Gaia Interactive's key team members:
- Derek Liu: Co-Founder & CTO of Gaia Interactive. Contact Info: 1 email address
- James Cao: CEO of Gaia Interactive. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Gaia Interactive's employee count trend
Gaia Interactive has 1 employees as of May 26. Here is Gaia Interactive's employee count trend over the years:
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Gaia Interactive's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Gaia Interactive include Meta, VRChat and IMVU. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Gaia Interactive, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Meta 2004, Menlo Park (United States), Public | Developer of social media, messaging, and virtual reality technology platforms | - | 78/100 | |
2nd | VRChat 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of a VR-based social platform | $96M | 68/100 | |
3rd | IMVU 2004, Mountain View (United States), Series E | Provider of an online 3D avatar-based social network | $77M | 63/100 | |
4th | Avakin 2013, Nottingham (United Kingdom), Series A | Developer of a social application offering customizable avatars and virtual environments | $27.8M | 60/100 | |
5th | Provider of a social networking platform for the metaverse | $11.7M | 59/100 | ||
6th |  Flam 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Provider of AI‑native mixed‑reality and interactive‑content platform | $22.5M | 59/100 | |
7th | ZEPETO 2018, Seongnam-si (South Korea), Series B | Metaverse social platform offering 3D character creation | $155M | 58/100 | |
8th |  Decentraland 2017, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Series B | NFT-based platform for virtual world games | $25M | 58/100 | |
9th | Provider of a virtual reality based social networking solution | $125M | 56/100 | ||
10th | Provider of personality-based social networking solutions | - | 55/100 | ||
16th | Gaia Interactive 2003, Nellysford (United States), Series C | Provider of an online community dedicated to Gamers | $32M | 49/100 |
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Gaia Interactive's Investments and acquisitions
Gaia Interactive has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Gaia Interactive
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News related to Gaia Interactive
Media has covered Gaia Interactive for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about partnerships.
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Boston IVF Partners with Gaia and PatientFi to Make Fertility Treatment More AccessibleBusiness Wire•Dec 02, 2025•Boston IVF, PatientFi, Gaia, Gaia Interactive
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OpenDNA Ltd to deploy its artificial intelligence system into Gaia Online Proactive•Sep 26, 2017•Gaia Interactive, OpenDNA
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Gaia Online Cuts 13% Of Staff Despite Claims Of Record Earnings – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Dec 15, 2008•Gaia Interactive
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Gaia Raises $11 Million For Its Teenage Virtual World – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Jul 14, 2008•Gaia Interactive, IVP
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