New Frontiers: The Best Web3 Companies Today
When describing Web3, people often invoke the Wild West, a new frontier lacking a unifying governance, full of opportunity but also fraught with dangers. Yet businesses ignore Web3 at their own peril, risking falling behind cultural and commercial trends that will prove near impossible to catch up to once they really get rolling.
Thankfully, for businesses looking to expand into Web3, there are already companies that can help ensure the ventures’ success. From metaverse builders and marketing agencies to technical and game developers, there is already a cadre of experts available to help businesses make this transition.
Today, we will look at four of our favorites, among the most trusted and reliable names in Web3. And yes, of course Lemonade is on the list!
Metaverse Builder: LandVault
If you wanted to build a house in the real world, you would need to hire a construction company, right? Well, it’s the same for Web3, where a company can decide they want to set up shop in Decentraland, but can’t just snap their fingers and make it so—just as there is no IRL magic spell to build something from nothing, there is no digital one either.
That’s why companies looking to push into the metaverse need a full service metaverse builder.
Enter LandVault, an end-to-end metaverse builder that handles everything from buying/renting land and designing and building the new location all the way to activating it and providing robust data streams about consumer engagement and activity. As they say: “Land-Build-Experience-Insight.”
With over 120 Web3 developers (the “largest Web3 team in the world,” they say), they have already been trusted by companies like Mastercard, for whom they built out the recent Decentraland Pride Plaza we discussed last month.
Technical Developer: Gigster
If LandVault is specifically for the metaverse, Gigster is for everything else—a one-stop-shop for blockchain development services. Think of Gigster as an exclusive, invite-only network of developers, project managers, and designers. It’s a platform for on-demand development and design services.
This means that, whatever the Web3 need, they are a good starting (and, likely, ending) point. Custom blockchain development services? Check. Custom NFT marketplaces? Utility tokens? NFTs for brand engagement? Check, check, check.
Boasting a network of over 600 developers, 200 project managers and 100 designers, Gigster not only provides the platform to pair these well-qualified Web3 experts with the companies that need them, Gigster also provides a platform (Gigster Solution Delivery) to monitor projects and their milestones.
Trusted by Microsoft, Google, Pepsi, and Nike (among many others), Gigster has the deep industry roots and established network to help companies rapidly and effectively branch into Web3.
Web3 Game Development: Ankr
Let’s say you have a great game that you want to bring to Web3. It’s not like you can just copy and paste or drag and drop—technical work is required, work that can be time consuming and, for people new to this space, oftentimes confusing.
Ankr’s Web3 Gaming Software Development Kit (SDK) helps gaming companies accelerate their transition with full blockchain, crypto and Web3 capabilities. Games can integrate with all Binance sub-chains, allowing players to easily switch between networks, and can integrate Web3 wallets with ease to allow players to effortlessly connect.
With Ankr’s SDK, game producers can launch a Web3 monetization strategy, essentially making any asset into an NFT, as well as NFT marketplaces and tokens. There are even integrations available for staking, DEXs, and lending applications.
Businesses can essentially choose their own Web3 strategy and rely on Ankr’s easy-to-use SDK to do the development heavy lifting.
Web3 Marketing Agency: Lemonade
Of course, just because businesses can choose their own Web3 strategy doesn’t necessarily mean they should. The space is crowded, has been plagued by recent busts and thefts, and has seen more than its share of hard flops. Consumers are not as excited as they were a year ago and sometimes seem no more educated about the true nature of Web3 and the metaverse.
In a space characterized by high risk and reward, the right marketing agency oftentimes determines the course, helping companies find their Web3 identity, their tone of voice, and the ways they want to communicate with consumers.
Lemonade is one of the very few Web3 marketing agencies with a proven track record of successfully supporting Web3 initiatives, recently helping Web3 gaming company Iskra announce itself to the world as “The Future of Play.” Lemonade also recently supported Salt Lending’s rebrand as a crypto-backed financial lender, helping them establish trust with consumers through a savvy and thoughtful social media campaign.
Web3 is currently thought of as the Wild West; Lemonade helps its pioneers safely make the journey and set up shop.