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Meta Fashion raises $400K pre-seed to build digital fashion for gaming platforms
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- Date
- Company
- Meta Fashion
- What it does
- digital fashion for gaming platforms
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $400K
- Stage
- pre-seed
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 2022
What they do
Meta Fashion designs and sells virtual clothing items on platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and ZEPETO
What happened
The startup raised $400,000 in a pre-seed round led by Lumikai with participation from Big Bets, Akshat Rathee, and Pratham Mittal
Why it matters
Meta Fashion uses an AI-powered engine to track trends and create virtual fashion items, and also sells physical versions of its bestsellers
The details
- Meta Fashion, a digital fashion startup, raised $400,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Lumikai.
- The round also saw participation from Big Bets, Akshat Rathee, and Pratham Mittal.
- Meta Fashion designs and sells virtual clothing items on platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and ZEPETO.
- The startup uses an AI-powered engine to track live marketplace trends and create virtual fashion items.
- Meta Fashion also sells physical versions of its best-selling digital items, creating a phygital model.
- The company has sold over 2.5 million virtual fashion units on the Roblox marketplace, generating $300,000 in gross merchandise value.
- Meta Fashion is developing an original game called Glam Girls on Roblox, which launched in beta in late 2025.
The bigger picture
- Meta Fashion is positioned at the intersection of gaming, creator economies, and AI-led fashion experiences.
- The startup's AI-native fast fashion engine helps improve discovery, speed up asset production, and optimize conversions across virtual marketplaces.
- Meta Fashion's model reflects the growing overlap between gaming culture, commerce, and fashion.
- The company has already seen traction with its dress-up game, Glam Girls, which has 100,000 paying users.
About the business
- Meta Fashion designs and sells virtual clothing items on gaming platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and ZEPETO.
- The startup uses an AI-powered engine to track live marketplace trends and create virtual fashion items.
- Meta Fashion also sells physical versions of its best-selling digital items, creating a phygital model.
- The company has sold over 2.5 million virtual fashion units on the Roblox marketplace, generating $300,000 in gross merchandise value.
- Meta Fashion is developing an original game called Glam Girls on Roblox, which launched in beta in late 2025.
What happens next
- Meta Fashion plans to scale its virtual fashion business.
- The company aims to strengthen its original IP-led game GlamGirls.
- Meta Fashion intends to expand further across user-generated content (UGC) platforms.
The deal
- Type
- funding
Investors
- Lumikai (lead) — A venture capital firm focused on interactive media, gaming, and digital platforms in India.
- Big Bets (investor) — The family office of Anton Gauffin who founded HUUUGE Games.
- Akshat Rathee (investor) — Founder of Nodwin Gaming.
- Pratham Mittal (investor) — Founder of Masters' Union.
Founders
- Arjun Goel, Co-founder and CEO
- Sanjay Goel, Co-founder
About Meta Fashion
- Product
- Virtual clothing items and a D2C phygital fashion line.
- Customers
- Gaming and UGC platform users who buy digital fashion.
- How it makes money
- Sells digital fashion assets and converts hit virtual items into real-world products.
- What sets it apart
- Uses an AI-native engine to analyze trends and speed digital asset creation.
- Operations
- Operates across platforms such as Roblox, Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto, and ZEPETO.
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