Vriendly

What Vriendly does

Vriendly is a 3D/virtual environment platform founded in 2018 by Ulvi Nasibli (CEO), Kamran Gurbanly (CTO), and Ruslan Gurbanov (Senior Unity Developer and Co-Founder), targeting startups and investors who want to organize events and build relationships in a virtual space. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a headcount of 1-10 employees, indicating an early-stage or small-scale venture. The technology stack appears to involve Unity-based 3D environment development, leveraging the co-founder's Unity expertise, though no proprietary platforms, APIs, or AI components are documented. Its only disclosed capital event is a single seed round of $42,000 from Khazar Ventures in November 2018; no further funding rounds, customer relationships, pricing models, or revenue mechanics are disclosed in the source data. Notably, the company's website domain (vriendly.co) currently serves as the archive host for "Boundless," a Christian young adult webzine ministry of Focus on the Family that was discontinued on February 5, 2026, raising questions about whether the original Vriendly product remains active or if the domain has been repurposed.

Vriendly operates with minimal information disclosure across all standard commercial dimensions: no published pricing, no customer logos, no management team beyond the three co-founders, no office locations beyond the Sunnyvale headquarters, no marketing channels, no partnerships beyond the founding capital relationship with Khazar Ventures, and no regulatory, certification, or compliance footprint. The implicit signal is that the company has either remained at a very early prototype stage since its 2018 founding, has been effectively dormant for years, or has shifted/divested from its original 3D virtual events thesis. For investment purposes, this profile represents a high-uncertainty, low-traction venture with limited verifiable operating activity.

The core addressable market would be virtual and hybrid events for the venture ecosystem, where platforms such as Hopin, Bizzabo, Airmeet, and various metaverse solutions have competed aggressively. Without evidence of product-market fit, paying customers, capital efficiency, or follow-on financing, Vriendly's commercial position cannot be assessed beyond its founding concept and minimal seed-stage capital.

Name

Vriendly

Legal name

Boundless

Website

https://vriendly.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vriendly is a 3D virtual environment platform, founded in 2018 in Sunnyvale, California, that enables startups and investors to organize events and build relationships online using Unity-based immersive technology, operated by a 1-10 person founding team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Virtual Event Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Metaverse & Social Virtual Worlds (BPAMAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

VR/AR Gaming Platforms (BPAMAKAG), VR & Immersive Esports/LBE Venues (VR Arenas, Sim Racing Pods) (MPAFALAE)

Keywords

• Virtual event platform
• 3D virtual environment
• Virtual networking
• Online event hosting
• Immersive collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunnyvale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations: The ministry operates primarily through donations from supporters. The site features a donate button and mentions receiving donations in exchange for books/publications.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vriendly provides a 3D/virtual environment platform for startups and investors to organize events and build strong relationships. The company operates as an online platform focused on immersive virtual event hosting and networking for the startup and investor community.

Product overview

Boundless is a single unified ministry product - a Christian young adult webzine and podcast platform created by Focus on the Family. The core offering consists of the Boundless.org website featuring articles and blog posts on faith, relationships, dating, marriage, sexuality, and personal growth, complemented by 'The Boundless Show' weekly podcast. The ministry launched in 1998 and was discontinued in February 2026, with the site remaining accessible but no new content being created.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vriendly Virtual Event Platform A 3D virtual environment platform that enables startups and investors to organize events and build strong relationships online. Targeted at startup organizations, venture capital firms, and accelerators seeking immersive virtual event venues.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Focus on the FamilycoreOthersBoundless was a ministry program of Focus on the Family, a Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive. Boundless operated as the young adult arm of Focus on the Family, providing faith-based content for Christian young adults. Boundless was discontinued by Focus on the Family in February 2026.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Hopin: Hopin is a well-funded virtual and hybrid events platform serving conferences, expos, and community events for businesses globally. It overlaps with Vriendly's core use case of running events online but at vastly broader scale and with a wider product surface.
• vFairs: vFairs is an established virtual events and hybrid event platform serving enterprise customers across job fairs, trade shows, and conferences. It overlaps with Vriendly in virtual event infrastructure but at greater scale and with broader verticals.
• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an established event experience platform for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events at enterprise scale. It is comparable as a broader competitor in the virtual events market Vriendly targets.

Direct peers

• Virbela: Virbela builds 3D virtual worlds for work, events, and education, including investor meetings and conferences. It is the closest direct comparison to Vriendly's 3D virtual environment for startup and investor events.
• Gather: Gather provides 2D/3D pixel-art virtual spaces for events, offices, and conferences. It competes with Vriendly in virtual event hosting for startups, communities, and remote teams.
• Spatial: Spatial offers immersive 3D collaboration spaces for meetings, events, and creative work via VR and browser. It directly parallels Vriendly's positioning as a 3D environment for relationship-driven events.

Emerging players

• Mozilla Hubs: Mozilla Hubs is a free, open-source social VR platform for hosting events and gatherings in 3D virtual rooms. It competes with Vriendly's 3D event use case, particularly for community and small-organizer audiences.
• Remo: Remo is a virtual events platform with interactive floor-plan layouts designed for networking events and conferences. It competes with Vriendly in enabling relationship-building events for startups and communities.
• Engage: Engage is a VR collaboration and events platform focused on enterprise learning, meetings, and large-scale immersive events. It overlaps with Vriendly on 3D virtual environment events for professional audiences.

Regional players

• Allseated: Allseated provides 3D virtual venue and event-planning tools used for trade shows, weddings, and corporate events. It shares Vriendly's 3D-event-environment DNA but serves different event verticals.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/boundlessvid
• Facebookfacebook.com/boundless.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/boundlessteam
• Xx.com/VRIENDLY2
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vriendly1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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