LionsHeart Studios
Immersive game-based learning in Business and STEM
At a glance
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Development stage
Active / generating revenue
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Investment stage
Pre-Seed
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UNSW affiliation
Spinout - staff led
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Technology readiness level
TRL-8
LionsHeart transforms learning through immersive, game-based environments that boost academic engagement and performance.
Its flagship, award-winning product, Playconomics, delivers tailored digital education in Business and STEM. With 70,000+ users, LionsHeart is backed by extensive research and UNSW spinout pedigree. It holds a first-mover advantage in gamified learning at scale.
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LionsHeart’s platform transforms university learning into a metaverse-based experience that blends academic content with immersive gameplay. Students engage in a persistent virtual world while earning real course credit.
The solution addresses widespread student disengagement, short attention spans, and low retention by offering interactive, cross-disciplinary learning that feels like leisure, not work.
Scalable, research-backed, and designed for both high school and university use, LionsHeart operates on a dual-revenue model: student subscriptions and institutional licences.
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- Universities face high student disengagement and increasing drop-out rates.
- Traditional courses struggle to retain student attention amid rich digital entertainment.
- Students view study as a chore, not a choice.
- Digital-native learners expect interactive, personalised experiences.
- Current educational games lack depth, scale, and lasting engagement.
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- Educational: (»750M) high school + Business, Engineering, and Medicine university students
- Recreational: (»2.3B) gamers
- Corporate: businesses, universities, institutions
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- 70,000+ users/ approximately 0.5 million downloads/ 3.5M game hours/ 10 waitlisted schools
- Four universities/seven integrated courses/three disciplines
- 58% fewer Fails, 100% more Distinctions + High Distinctions
- 8 Randomized Control Trials showing boost in academic engagement/performance
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