Wicked Saints builds World Reborn, an interactive, graphic novel–style mobile game that uses augmented reality and real-world missions to teach Gen Z how to stand up for causes. The game ties in-game energy and choices to bite-sized real-world actions—like leaving a note or picking up trash—that players can verify by uploading short videos to a community feed. World Reborn is currently in beta with a small group of users in Canada; the company plans a U.S. teaser launch next year and a full launch within 18 months. Wicked Saints intends to monetize via corporate and nonprofit partnerships that sponsor in-game missions rather than through traditional ads. The company emerged from Niantic’s Black Developers Initiative and has added former Pokémon GO senior software engineer Daphne Larose-Molapo as CTO. Financially, Wicked Saints has raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by Riot Games and Oregon Venture Fund, bringing total funding to $4.6 million including an earlier pre-seed.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2023