Improbable

Venture into new worlds: improbable.io Improbable is a British start-up that has been at the forefront of building virtual worlds for over a decade. We believe that the metaverse is an opportunity for communities, companies and brands to have a positive social and economic impact in the real world. Today, we are initiating new technologies, models and partnerships to venture further into new worlds.

improbable.io

Improbable

improbable.io

HQGB

Team Size501

Open Jobs17

Total Funding$758M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Founded: 2012

Core focus: Venture builder and technology company building large-scale virtual worlds, metaverse platforms, and frontier ventures (AI, Web3)

Notable tech: SpatialOS; Morpheus

Major investors: SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, Horizons Ventures, Temasek

Financial milestone: Reported profitability in 2023: £66m revenue, £11m profit, £185m cash position

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Large-scale multiplayer simulation, virtual worlds, metaverse infrastructure, and frontier ventures in AI and Web3.

Founded

2012

Industry

Software Development

Tech Stack

SpatialOS

Morpheus

M² (metaverse network)

Funding Track Record

Series A- 2015-03

20,000,000

March 2015 reported $20M investment.

Follow-on- 2015-07

30,000,000

July 2015 reported $30M follow-on round.

Series B- 2017-05-11

502,000,000

May 11, 2017 reported $502M round led by SoftBank.

150,000,000

Company announcement of raising US$150M to establish M² (metaverse network); investors named in the announcement include Nexo Ventures, Saranac Partners, Round13 DAF, and Zinal Growth.

Investor Signal

“Backed by major institutional and strategic investors including SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, Horizons Ventures, Temasek; additional participants named for metaverse initiatives include Nexo Ventures, Saranac Partners, Round13 DAF, Zinal Growth; defence business spin-out involved a group led by NOIA Capital.”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Improbable

improbable.io

Improbable

improbable.io

HQGB

Team Size501

Open Jobs17

Total Funding$758M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Founded: 2012

Core focus: Venture builder and technology company building large-scale virtual worlds, metaverse platforms, and frontier ventures (AI, Web3)

Notable tech: SpatialOS; Morpheus

Major investors: SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, Horizons Ventures, Temasek

Financial milestone: Reported profitability in 2023: £66m revenue, £11m profit, £185m cash position

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Large-scale multiplayer simulation, virtual worlds, metaverse infrastructure, and frontier ventures in AI and Web3.

Founded

2012

Industry

Software Development

Tech Stack

SpatialOS

Morpheus

M² (metaverse network)

Funding Track Record

Series A- 2015-03

20,000,000

March 2015 reported $20M investment.

Follow-on- 2015-07

30,000,000

July 2015 reported $30M follow-on round.

Series B- 2017-05-11

502,000,000

May 11, 2017 reported $502M round led by SoftBank.

150,000,000

Company announcement of raising US$150M to establish M² (metaverse network); investors named in the announcement include Nexo Ventures, Saranac Partners, Round13 DAF, and Zinal Growth.

Investor Signal

Founders

What we do

Join the Team

Principal Front-End Engineer

HybridLondon, England, GB

Hybrid • London, England, GB

Improbable is a Venture Builder and a pioneering technology company developing next-generation networked and digital infrastructure for the web3 economy. We are working with leaders to create businesses in AI transformation, the metaverse and web3. We both create businesses from scratch and invest in existing businesses.

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, Improbable began as an ambitious experiment to enable vast, persistent, and interactive online worlds. Over the past decade, the company has evolved into a global leader in venture building, decentralised technology, digital assets, and blockchain-enabled infrastructure, empowering creators, brands, and communities to build and scale the next era of digital experiences.

At Improbable, you are surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and who compel you to improve yourself. We’re motivated by the fulfilment of solving hard problems to achieve something profound and transformative.

As a Principal Frontend Engineer, you won't just be building interfaces, you will be the architectural lead for our DeFi ecosystem. You will solve the hardest problem in the space: masking the complexity of blockchain backend constraints to deliver a seamless, consumer-grade UX.

Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.

Product Designer

Part-timeCambridge, GB

Part-time • Cambridge, GB

DevOps Engineer

ContractTel Aviv

Contract • Tel Aviv

AI Researcher

Part-timeTel Aviv

Part-time • Tel Aviv

AI Researcher

Full-timeNew York, US

Full-time • New York, US

Machine Learning Engineer

Full-timeBerlin, DE

Full-time • Berlin, DE

Machine Learning Engineer

Part-timeAustin, US

Part-time • Austin, US

Extensive software development experience, including building and maintaining user-facing production systems.
Frontend expertise, with deep understanding of React (ideally with Next.js), TypeScript and responsive UI design.
Strong UI architecture skills, with the ability to apply design patterns to build simple, reusable components.
Ability to prototype rapidly to validate ideas, then promote successful features into robust, production-grade architecture.
Cloud experience, including hands-on work with cloud providers (ideally GCP, but AWS/Azure are acceptable).
A tooling expert who leverages modern tooling and AI-assisted workflows (Copilot, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate personal and team velocity.
Deep understanding of browser internals, the critical rendering path, the DOM, and networking optimizations.