“whose gaming and advertising startup Petrex has secured six-figure pre-seed backing”
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OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
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“whose gaming and advertising startup Petrex has secured six-figure pre-seed backing”
OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
“whose gaming and advertising startup Petrex has secured six-figure pre-seed backing”
OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
“Peter’s the founder of Petrex, a gaming and advertising startup that’s already landed six-figure pre-seed funding.”
OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
“Starodubtsev founded Petrex, a gaming and advertising venture that has secured six-figure pre-seed funding.”
OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
ITWire“Peter founded Petrex, a gaming and advertising venture with six-figure pre-seed backing”
OpenAI Sydney Founder Day · Petrex founder Peter Starodubtsev
“About two years ago Peter founded Petrex, a registered company that builds brand experiences and product placements inside games”
Creator spotlight: Peter Starodubtsev, Petrex
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Petrex is a Sydney studio that builds brand experiences inside games: branded worlds, activations, 3D characters and avatar items. Its current work, all on Roblox, includes projects for Strawberry Shortcake, Jurassic World Rebirth, BANGERS! and Ninjombie. Peter Starodubtsev founded Petrex in 2024, and Roblox’s 2025 Australia Economic Impact Report features him in a creator spotlight.
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Petrex is a Sydney studio that builds brand experiences inside games: branded worlds, activations, 3D characters, avatar items and game assets. It works with brands, agencies and game studios. All of its current work ships on Roblox, and it also builds for Fortnite, VRChat, Meta Horizon Worlds, Zepeto and FiveM.
On Roblox, Petrex has made 3D characters and avatar items for Strawberry Shortcake’s Roblox collaborations with Basket Entertainment, including Cake Off; the in-game visual assets for the Chained integration of Universal Pictures’ campaign for Jurassic World Rebirth; environment art, character art and 3D packshots for BANGERS! chips; and character art for the Ninjombie warriors. Clients include NBCUniversal, Basket Entertainment and Samsung Galaxy Store.
Peter Starodubtsev founded Petrex in 2024. Roblox’s 2025 Australia Economic Impact Report features him in a creator spotlight, and Australian coverage of OpenAI’s Sydney Founder Day in August 2026 named him and Petrex.
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Peter StarodubtsevFounder, Petrex
About two years ago Peter founded Petrex, a registered company that builds brand experiences and product placements inside games(opens in a new tab)
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