Wavedash has opened public access to its browser-first PC gaming platform and announced a $4.3 million seed round led by Floodgate’s Mike Maples Jr., with backing that includes Y Combinator and additional investors such as Rebel Fund, Brainstorm Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, and Jawed Karim.
The website supports major modern browsers (including Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox) and uses technologies like WebAssembly and WebGPU to target near-native performance while running locally rather than via cloud streaming.
The platform also leans into frictionless social play with link-based multiplayer invites, allowing players to share a URL so friends can join quickly from their own browsers.
Raymond (George) Kennedy, Matt Portner, and I founded Wavedash after a lifetime of gaming, feeling stuck in the old model: games that take hours to download, and painful updates that leave friends waiting around before anyone can actually play together.
In a world where powerful chips and modern browsers are everywhere, that no longer makes sense. That’s gaming of yesterday. Wavedash is built for tomorrow.
Kyler Blue, Co-Founder and CEO of Wavedash
The platform’s storefront spotlights Parking Garage Rally Circuit DX, a retro arcade-style rally racer with both real-time multiplayer and split-screen play.
