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Sketchfab is empowering a new era of creativity by making it easy for anyone to publish and find 3D content online. With a community of millions of creators who have published millions of models, it serves as a platform for immersive and interactive 3D. Additionally, its store lets buyers and sellers transact 3D models with confidence using our real-time viewer and model inspector.

ZeroTier One creates virtual LANs that work just like switched Ethernet and is available everywhere. ZeroTier One is useful as a VPN alternative, a private networking backplane for cloud infrastructure deployments, inter-office LAN connectivity, managing specialized devices, or any other application where it's useful to create a secure virtual overlay network that stays up and available even as things move around or physical network topology changes.

Mesh++ is a solar-powered routers developer. Mesh++ uses mobile processing power to deliver a high-speed WiFi connection to outdoors and public places.

6D.Ai develops application programming interface for augmented reality industry. The company's solution uses a standard built-in smart phone camera and mobile sensors to build a real-time, three-dimensional semantic, crowd sourced maps of the world. It offers three dimensional computer visions for spatial computing and uses infinite scale and real-time three dimensional reconstruction of the world. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. As of March 31, 2020, 6D.Ai operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

ROOM is rethinking the modern workplace through affordable, sustainable and flexible solutions that make more room for people at work by designing modular and creative office products that help companies of all sizes build a better work environment. Launched in May 2018 by serial entrepreneurs Brian Chen and Morten Meisner-Jensen, ROOM is backed by Slow Ventures, a leading venture capital firm that was one of the original investors in Casper. Honored by TIME Magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2018, ROOM is already building the workplace of tomorrow for over 1,500 customers ranging from high-growth start-ups to Fortune 500 companies including Nike, Google, NASA, Salesforce, Uber, Shopify, Wayfair, and more. Learn more about ROOM at www.room.com.

Better Health Supplies is a medical supplier offering an e-commerce experience and service. Better Health provides individuals with chronic conditions with medical supplies from home.

Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance. Anduril commits top technical talent to solving the most complex national security challenges. We’re building the next generation of technology that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines defending the nation and its interests. Our mission is to develop cutting edge technology that enables America and its allies to maintain global leadership now and into the future.

Sourcify, Inc. develops an automated sourcing platform that helps matching products with overseas factory. It enables to submitting projects containing product requirements, designs, and requirements; approving samples; starting production; and receiving the products. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance. Anduril commits top technical talent to solving the most complex national security challenges. We’re building the next generation of technology that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines defending the nation and its interests. Our mission is to develop cutting edge technology that enables America and its allies to maintain global leadership now and into the future.

Lightform, Inc., a VC-backed computer vision and hardware company, develops computers for projected augmented reality. The company develops a desktop app to create animated content for various scenes, and update content and control projector wirelessly from laptop or phone. It also offers 3D scanning options. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Torch, Inc. manufactures Wi-Fi routers for parents to check their kids’ browsing data on the Internet. Its Wi-Fi router provides pause button for the Internet for things, such as dinner time or breaks; offers content customization, Web history, and data usage solutions; and lets users and their kids to see how much time they have spent on Internet. The company is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance. Anduril commits top technical talent to solving the most complex national security challenges. We’re building the next generation of technology that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines defending the nation and its interests. Our mission is to develop cutting edge technology that enables America and its allies to maintain global leadership now and into the future.

Vivid Vision, Inc. develops interactive, immersive, and 3D games for people with amblyopia and strabismus. It offers Vivid Vision software suite that provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, contrast sensitivity, and more. The company’ Vivid Vision software suite also enables clinicians to monitor and control different aspects of patient's experience from a touchscreen monitor. It offers its products for eye clinics in North America. Vivid Vision, Inc. was formerly known as Apollo VR Corporation and changed its name to Vivid Vision, Inc. in March 2015. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Adventure Lab is a developer of a social adventure platform with real live hosts that guests can experience from anywhere. The platform enables the next generation of performers and experience creators to customize and game master cooperative play adventures for guests. The company is starting with escape room adventures and will expand into other forms of hosted entertainment. Think role-playing games, exploration, game shows, cooperative sports, and tourism.

Through purpose-built interfaces, Onebrief lets you capture and reuse data across plans, and auto-generate planning products. Onebrief makes your military planning fast enough to outpace near-peer adversaries.

ZeroTier One creates virtual LANs that work just like switched Ethernet and is available everywhere. ZeroTier One is useful as a VPN alternative, a private networking backplane for cloud infrastructure deployments, inter-office LAN connectivity, managing specialized devices, or any other application where it's useful to create a secure virtual overlay network that stays up and available even as things move around or physical network topology changes.

Aglet is a digital platform that connects sneakerheads, creators, and brands through virtual sneakers. Aglet is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Beamm democratises CGI (computer generated imagery) and VFX (visual effects), giving millions of independent content creators the ability the ability to create high quality, photorealistic, VFX for their projects in moments, at low cost and with technical ease At its core, beamm is a video production app. The app and its proprietary algorithm allow users to quickly and easily place their choice of 3D objects into their videos, live or pre-shot, while the app performs all the necessary calculations in the background that produce physically accurate results, so the 3D objects appear to be truly in the scene.

Halion Displays building the display technology that Low power, daylight-visible displays enabling the next generation of devices. The next global standard in display technologies. Just like print — if print could play video. Their technology is based on the idea of ink on paper. It uses advanced cyan, magenta and yellow materials, just like the inks your printer uses, only our inks can switch rapidly between colours, offering unparalleled refresh rate.

SimplyVital Health, Inc. operates a blockchain based platform that transfers data, payments, and storage in a distributed way, catered to the healthcare industry. The platform is used to track and follow their shared patients throughout the 90 days, providing information about the patient's progress. The information is shared across facilities which improves coordination and reduces errors caused by mismatched data in record-keeping. SimplyVital Health, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. Forward-thinking companies are using Orderful to replace their existing EDI infrastructure. Our product is an API that enables companies to connect once and trade EDI data with their supply chain. Our customers get to consolidate their EDI integration complexity, quickly enable trading partners as self-service and reduce costs.

Osso VR Inc. develops virtual reality surgical training platform for orthopedic and other medical specialties. The product consists of realistic and haptic-enhanced interactions in an immersive training environment to simulate surgical processes. Additionally, it offers analytic dashboards and tailored guidance for the procedure. The company offers its product to surgeons, sales teams, and medical trainees. Osso VR Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

RosieReality develops an educational application under the name Rosie for kids of ages 9 and up. The company focuses on making augmented reality accessible for early childhood education. The company was founded in 2017 is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Twizted Design is a software solutions company for graphics production in marketing, advertising, media, entertainment and beyond.

Beamm democratises CGI (computer generated imagery) and VFX (visual effects), giving millions of independent content creators the ability the ability to create high quality, photorealistic, VFX for their projects in moments, at low cost and with technical ease At its core, beamm is a video production app. The app and its proprietary algorithm allow users to quickly and easily place their choice of 3D objects into their videos, live or pre-shot, while the app performs all the necessary calculations in the background that produce physically accurate results, so the 3D objects appear to be truly in the scene.

Addressable is a robot technology that delivers 10 times the response rate of traditional mail. Their patented robot technology writes with actual ballpoint pens and a variety of human handwriting styles, creating letters that look and feel like something from a friend or neighbor.

Drifter helped create some of the most genre defining games of our generation. Each of us has spent years building the platforms that make AR and VR possible and now we’re channeling that passion and experience into making some of the best damn VR games in the world.

Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. develops and manufactures robots for commercial kitchens. The company through its system cleans each dish individually using a rotating scrubber head and inspects each dish in a fraction of a second for remaining food residue using computer vision. Its solution Dishcraft Daily provides clean-dish dishwashing services. It serves corporate kitchens and restaurants. Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. was formerly known as Bistro Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. in March 2016. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Carlos, California.

Gridware provides a grid monitoring system of sensors and software for the power distribution grid. The system centers around a low-cost hardware platform that is easily and permanently deployed to power poles. The platform detects and predicts faults that ignite wildfires, expedites repairs during a power outage, and helps utilities demonstrate risk reduction to regulators through comprehensive asset health profiles.

Phiar is an ultra-lightweight AI company, building the world's most advanced Ultra-Lightweight Spatial AI Engine to enable every vehicle to see its surroundings, running real-time at the edge, using just commodity mobile-grade processors and existing automotive computing platforms with a single camera. Focused first on powering our Intelligent AR Navigation Platform, as the anchoring/foundational use-case to transform driving experience and safety, and to ultimately enable the next-gen connected cars and ADAS services.

WeatherCheck, Inc. tracks and alerts property managers of incoming storms and their potential damage. The company monitors properties for hail damages, including wildfires, tornadoes, floods, blizzards, heat waves, and cold snaps. It provides information related to severe weather conditions 24 hours before and after an event for insurance carriers, mortgage companies, and property owners to take action primarily in the United States. The company was incorprated in 2015 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Karuna Labs Inc. creates digital therapeutics programs designed to address chronic pain through a combination of physical and cognitive retraining.

Prisms of Reality is a STEM education platform that utilizes virtual reality. The company was founded by Anurupa Ganguly and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Osso VR Inc. develops virtual reality surgical training platform for orthopedic and other medical specialties. The product consists of realistic and haptic-enhanced interactions in an immersive training environment to simulate surgical processes. Additionally, it offers analytic dashboards and tailored guidance for the procedure. The company offers its product to surgeons, sales teams, and medical trainees. Osso VR Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

VNTANA's 3D Collaboration Platform automatically creates 3D web and AR experiences from your manufacturing design files proven to more than double online sales while reducing returns. Our smart algorithms get rid of the need for manual 3D artist work by automatically optimizing and converting 3D assets to ready to use files for Snap, Facebook, Instagra, Google, Shopify, SAP, Unity, and other 3D platforms for advertising and ecommerce.

WasteHero ApS manufactures waste bin sensors. It also provides an IoT enabled waste management platform, a navigation system, and an installation application. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Aarhus, Denmark with an additional sales office in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

App Academy is a software development school that seeks to change what people expect from education. App Academy offers a variety of training programs, including a 12-week immersive coding and job placement program, where 98% of graduates have been placed in software development roles at an average salary of $105,000 in San Francisco and $89,000 in New York City.

LightOn develops a light based technology required in large scale artificial intelligence computations. Their ambition is to significantly reduce the time and energy required to make sense of the world around us. LightOn is a spin-off of some of the best Universities in Paris.

Rec Room is an augmented and virtual reality software company that operates in the technology industry. They share a passion for VR, AR, social, and multiplayer experiences. The company was founded in on April 1, 2016, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.

They believe there is a better way to do logistics. A more valuable, less invasive way where customers are earned rather than bought. They are obsessively passionate about it, and their mission is to help people achieve it. They focus on connecting people and solving problems. It's one of the least understood and least transparent aspects of freight, and we see that as an opportunity: They are excited to simplify logistics for everyone through our technology, experience , and service.

Better Health Supplies is a medical supplier offering an e-commerce experience and service. Better Health provides individuals with chronic conditions with medical supplies from home.

Lightform, Inc., a VC-backed computer vision and hardware company, develops computers for projected augmented reality. The company develops a desktop app to create animated content for various scenes, and update content and control projector wirelessly from laptop or phone. It also offers 3D scanning options. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Flock Group Inc. develops wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and cities. It develops outdoor cameras that track cars, record license plates, and provide metal signs for existing posts. The company also provides data to local police officers when the crime occurs. It serves local municipalities and police departments. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Antara, Inc. provides research and shop services for various health coverage and related products offered by third parties. The company offers appointment and referrals, physical therapy, fitness and nutritional support, medication services and home delivery, virtual care, care management support and follow up, health education, national hospital insurance funds (NHIF) enrollment, preventive healthcare, emergency transport, and other related services. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Sanford, North Carolina.

Agora is a construction intelligence platform combining layers of utility, environmental, and geotechnical project site data. We aggregate and curate datasets that developers, engineers, and construction companies need to make critical planning and project implementation decisions. By partnering with local utilities and agencies, we gain access to the most current GIS datasets. These datasets help you accelerate project due diligence, reduce utility research and project engineering cost, and improve risk identification and construction planning.

Simbe Robotics automates the most mundane, repetitive tasks in retail execution. It's first product, Tally, performs the repetitive and laborious tasks of auditing shelves for out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced items, and pricing errors. Tally operates safely during normal store hours alongside shoppers and employees.

Spiketrap is your AI-powered data partner to seamlessly collect, store, and visualize critical user-generated content from across the internet. We monitor, measure, and help you manage the ebbs and flows of unfiltered discussions in order to improve your development decisions. Every creative endeavor is unique, and each audience communicates differently. Maximize your understanding of your audience with Spiketrap while increasing your time-to-action via data-driven decisions. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Virtual is a developer of prescription digital therapeutics platform intended to help mental health treatment. The company's tool adheres to strict compliance with FDA quality management standards and also is put through rigorous research trials and in certain cases is paired with existing pharmacological treatments, as well as uses virtual reality to administer VR exposure therapy, assign CBT assessments or exercises and track patient progress, enabling patients to overcome anxiety, phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder easily.

Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. Forward-thinking companies are using Orderful to replace their existing EDI infrastructure. Our product is an API that enables companies to connect once and trade EDI data with their supply chain. Our customers get to consolidate their EDI integration complexity, quickly enable trading partners as self-service and reduce costs.

Loom.ai is enabling a new era of virtual communication through the creation, animation and sharing of personalized, 3D avatars. Based in San Francisco, and an alumni of the Y Combinator Fellowship, the Academy Award-winning team has created a best-in-class solution powered by deep learning, computer vision and visual effects. In just seconds, Loom.ai can take a single photograph and transform it into a fully representative, 3D avatar as personalized as the individual by recognizing the many nuances that make each face unique. Animatable and expressive in real-time, these avatars can be used to power current and future applications in mobile messaging, entertainment, AR/VR, e-commerce, video conferencing, broadcasting and more. For more information, visit www.loom.ai Loom.ai has received funding from DHVC, Dentsu Ventures, Zach Coelius’ AngelList syndicate, GREE VR Capital, Presence Capital and Anorak Ventures.

Through purpose-built interfaces, Onebrief lets you capture and reuse data across plans, and auto-generate planning products. Onebrief makes your military planning fast enough to outpace near-peer adversaries.

Marxent is the leader in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for furniture and home decor retailers and manufacturers. Marxent’s 3D Cloud™ is the full-service omnichannel platform for enterprise retailers pursuing a 3D content strategy that benefits from asset reuse across applications. Configure, design and visualize home furnishings and home decor with Marxent's 3D Room Planner, Virtual Reality Showroom, Augmented Reality SDK, 360 Spins or 3D Product Configurator. It is the only 3D content and applications system for retailers looking to inspire confident buyers, generate higher conversion rates, facilitate faster purchase decisions and nearly eliminate returns. Clients include Ashley Furniture, La-Z-Boy, Target and Macy's.

Edify is a communications platform with the goal of strengthening connections with customers and across teams. The company provides customizable contact centers, omnichannel business communications, integration to Salesforce and Zendesk, enabling improved business communication for almost all businesses, both internally and with customers.

NanoStar, Inc., doing business as Advano, a silicon nanotechnology company, manufactures and processes functionalized silicon nanoparticles/quantum dots. Its products are used in various applications, including high energy capacity anodes for lithium-ion batteries, CO2 carbon captures, super hydrophobic coatings or water-repellant films, and printable electronics. It caters to electric vehicles and telecommunication industries. NanoStar, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Vantage Point develops and offers employee training programs to corporations. The company uses virtual reality (VR) software to train employees on enterprise training around topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion, and workplace anti-sexual harassment training. The company serves technology, consumer goods, consulting services, school districts, recruiting, and other sectors. Vantage Point was founded in 2017 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior.

SmartyPans Inc. designs and manufactures cooking pan that connects to a free recipe app and gives step-by-step cooking instructions. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Oakland, California.

RosieReality develops an educational application under the name Rosie for kids of ages 9 and up. The company focuses on making augmented reality accessible for early childhood education. The company was founded in 2017 is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Iron Ox is an operator of autonomous robotic greenhouses used to grow fresh and pesticide-free farm products that are accessible everywhere. It leverages plant science, machine learning, and robotics to increase the availability, quality, and flavor of leafy greens and culinary herbs that enable consumers to access naturally grown and chemical-free farm products. Iron Ox was established in 2015 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

Rec Room is an augmented and virtual reality software company that operates in the technology industry. They share a passion for VR, AR, social, and multiplayer experiences. The company was founded in on April 1, 2016, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Restream is a multi-streaming solution that allows producers to analyze and interact with their viewers across platforms. Using the platform, users can stream live video to any live stream service. The platform includes ingesting service in over 80 countries serving a million users. Capabilities include analytics, scheduling, shared chat, monitoring, and seamless integration with encoders. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are using OZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!