Independent mobile studio Built in New York · Played globally

We turn better habits into worlds worth returning to.

Second Round builds category-defining mobile experiences where play becomes progress—and progress becomes a life well lived.

Explore the work
People focusing together inside FocusTown's virtual library
FocusTownOur flagship world
500Kmonthly active users

Most self-improvement products feel like work. Ours feel like somewhere you want to be. We pair behavioral design with game craft to make focus, meditation, and the next good choice easier to return to.

Mobile-firstGame-nativeHuman outcomes

Products people live with.

We build, operate, and grow our own apps—from the first playable prototype to global scale.

01 / Flagship Live at scale
FocusTown app icon

Social productivity

FocusTown

Never focus alone.

A multiplayer focus world where students and professionals work alongside real people in cozy virtual spaces. Sessions earn coins, unlock character expression, and make momentum visible.

1M
Total users
500K
Monthly active users
100M
Total minutes focused together
Actual in-app footage
MindGarden meditation experienceMindGarden gamified meditation app
A calmer game
02 / New experiment Just launched
MindGarden app icon

Meditation & wellbeing

MindGarden

Meditation you grow into.

A cozy garden that grows with your practice. Guided sessions, mood check-ins, shared meditation, and collectible plants turn a difficult habit into gentle, visible progress.

  • 01 Guided and open meditation
  • 02 A garden shaped by your practice
  • 03 Reflection, mood, and social accountability

Entertainment is a powerful technology.

We use it in service of people—not attention metrics. The same craft that makes a game irresistible can make meaningful behavior feel possible, social, and alive.

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Play with purpose

Every reward points back to a real-world outcome worth wanting.

02

Belong by default

Shared progress turns hard things into something we do together.

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Built to be kept

We sweat the tiny loops that turn a first try into a lasting ritual.

Small by design. Serious about the details.

Five builders spanning design, growth, full-stack engineering, 3D, and applied AI—working close enough to the product to feel every edge.

Dante KimNew York

Dante Kim

Co-founder / CEO

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Mobile founder and product designer behind MindGarden and FocusTown, with prior experience building Conch AI and shipping software across iOS, full-stack, and machine learning.

Edgar HaondSan Francisco

Edgar Haond

Co-founder / CTO

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Full-stack and AI builder with founder and lead-engineering experience. Edgar has taken products from idea to launch across mobile, Next.js, Python, and serverless systems.

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Gvido

Full-time 3D Designer

Crafts the environments, objects, and character moments that make our products feel like places worth returning to.

Growth / Strategy
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Jennifer Lee

Head of Growth

Leads acquisition, lifecycle, and community—turning strong product moments into compounding, global reach.

Design / Product
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Jonathan Li

Head of Design

Shapes product and visual systems across the studio so every experience feels clear, playful, and unmistakably Second Round.

Operator-backed pre-seed

$500,000 raised through a SAFE at a $5 million valuation.

Backed by three notable angel investors who know what it takes to build, launch, and scale products people love.

Make the thing people come back to.

We’re building the next generation of apps that leave people better than they found them.

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