Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Virtual Reality

Recovr Health

Seed Round in 2022
Verapy is a mobile rehabilitation platform that utilizes virtual reality (VR) to create immersive games for physical therapy, resulting in better patient experiences by making rehabilitation more productive, fun and engaging

NEUROFIT VR INC.

Seed Round in 2022
SaaS Virtual Reality Rehabilitation

Aquifer Motion

Seed Round in 2021
Aquifer Inventions Inc. develops software as a service (SaaS) based augmented reality application that captures and previews facial motions for three dimensional (3D) animation workflows for individuals and teams. The company offers Aquifer Motion that combines augmented reality and machine learning and captures quality render-ready animation. It serves game studios, animation studios, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) content creators, and creative agencies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Vulcan Augmetics

Seed Round in 2021
Vulcan Augmetics is a Vietnam based startup making affordable, modular robotic prosthetics that can be ordered online and click together as easily as lego, with the long term goal of being the worlds largest brand for upgrading the human body. We are all about building people, both mentally and physically, using technology to maximise what people can achieve. We believe that the closer we are to our technology, the more effective we can be, and so our goal is to make body mounted technology as affordable, convenient and accessible as possible. Prosthetics users are the best starting place and example as they are using body mounted technology already, every single day, and are ideal to help us develop and drive the technology further. If you can build a device to fit over a human-form prosthetic, then it just a matter of time before you can miniaturise and put the same device onto the human body directly. We are all about building people, both mentally and physically, using technology to maximise what people can achieve. Our first phase involves building a range of modular, easily upgradeable prosthetics which we will sell both B2B and B2C, with the modularity making our product easier, more cost effective, and practical to maintain than our competitors. We design extra modules and attachments to help our users regain employment, and sell them upgrades and replacements over time. Longer term we will expand from prosthetics into all types of wearables, from diagnostic and health devices such as Fitbit to AR and VR control systems, all of which can be built over our initial prosthetics technology platform. We will also be expanding our online platform to allow all users to order interoperable products, and late on to connect with designers and local manufacturing facilities which will enable us to also take a role as a royalty generating marketplace.

Holodia

Seed Round in 2021
We are the future of indoor cardio fitness, bringing fully immersive biking, rowing and running to users around the world through our VR Fitness platform, HOLOFIT. HOLOFIT uses proprietary VR technology that combines unique VR training content developed by our in-house design studio. HOLOFIT reinvents fitness by using effort gamification, adaptive training programs and AI based virtual coaching. HOLOFIT offers amazing virtual worlds that turn workouts into fun, motivating fitness experiences, virtual coaching with dozens of workout programs, and vSport competitions that are location or online based-through our HOLOFIT community.

Tribe XR

Venture Round in 2021
Tribe XR Inc. operates a platform for real-world skills training. Its application enables users to upload their VR music, perform live, and take lessons to gain DJ skills. Tribe XR Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Voxable

Funding Round in 2021
Inspired by the desire to have true “space captain” control over the home and office, Voxable crafts fine interactive voice applications.

boxes.com

Funding Round in 2021
Box-es is a Uruguayan company focused on the design and manufacturing of intelligent vending machines. The enterprise is composed of a team of young professionals who aim to innovate in the technology market. Box-es develops interactive devices that connect brands with consumers, providing an omnichannel experience that merges physical and virtual retail. Their approach emphasizes convenience and sophistication, utilizing powerful analytics to enhance the consumer experience on the go.

boxes.com

Seed Round in 2021
Box-es is a Uruguayan company focused on the design and manufacturing of intelligent vending machines. The enterprise is composed of a team of young professionals who aim to innovate in the technology market. Box-es develops interactive devices that connect brands with consumers, providing an omnichannel experience that merges physical and virtual retail. Their approach emphasizes convenience and sophistication, utilizing powerful analytics to enhance the consumer experience on the go.

Kai XR

Seed Round in 2021
Kai XR develops inclusive mixed reality spaces allowing children to explore, dream, and create. Its educational resources provide educators, parents, and life-long learners a path to become early adopters of mixed reality. Kai XR's videos send children on a field trip to a museum without the price of admission and never having to leave the classroom. The company will launch it’s new kid-friendly virtual reality platform to the public in Spring 2020.

SwingVision

Seed Round in 2021
SwingVision provides real-time video analysis and coaching to athletes using proprietary machine vision on just a single smartphone.

MoodSpark

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
We develop, market and sell digital reminiscence technology.

Hyperspec-ai

Funding Round in 2021
Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular depth imagery and cross-view localization to enable perception in robotics. The technology is quite promising and has a tremendous amount of scope. However, there are key bottlenecks that need to be addressed, in order for the systems to be economically viable. One of the key bottlenecks is the High Definition Map requirement to enable the car to have scene context. In this paper, we describe the state of the art and present a next-generation orthogonal approach to creating scene context for self-driving cars. Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular imagery instead of standard pin-hole images to gain an understanding of the scene. We present novel innovations that will contribute to the perception stacks which will dramatically revolutionize how self-driving cars create scene context while navigating in complex environments

Hyperspec-ai

Seed Round in 2021
Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular depth imagery and cross-view localization to enable perception in robotics. The technology is quite promising and has a tremendous amount of scope. However, there are key bottlenecks that need to be addressed, in order for the systems to be economically viable. One of the key bottlenecks is the High Definition Map requirement to enable the car to have scene context. In this paper, we describe the state of the art and present a next-generation orthogonal approach to creating scene context for self-driving cars. Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular imagery instead of standard pin-hole images to gain an understanding of the scene. We present novel innovations that will contribute to the perception stacks which will dramatically revolutionize how self-driving cars create scene context while navigating in complex environments

Cameraah

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cameraah is on a mission to democratize Augmented Reality experiences for Social, Web and Commerce. Our goal is to enable brands and influencers to create their own AR experiences in a fast, easy and affordable manner. Cameraah, a self service platform, where brands / marketers / SMBs / Enterprises can sign up and publish AR experiences either picking (and customizing) our pre-made templates or leveraging our creator network for a customized AR experience.

Holotch

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Holotch Inc develops a technology to shoot and distribute holograms in real time. The company offers virtual reality based digital holograms for face-to-face conversations. It provides three-dimensional video of live action and augmented reality of action through an application. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ProductionAR

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ProductionAR specializes in developing augmented reality solutions for multiple industries.

ASSEMBLR

Seed Round in 2021
Assemblr helps users to visualize information better in Augmented Reality. We believe that the way people accessing information in the future will be through Augmented Reality. We want to empower people to allow them to make or access Augmented Reality contents in an easy way, accessible to all people and in one platform. In Assemblr user can create AR project using Assemblr ecosystem (Mobile app & Desktop app) or upload custom 3D model from existing 3D software. User can access & share AR content anytime, anywhere seamlessly. (Soon) User will be able make money by joining Assemblr Certified Creator to create AR project for others or sell 3D assets in Assemblr Marketplace to be use in AR project.

Kanda

Pre Seed Round in 2020
We build digital twins for businesses using Virtual-, Augmented- and Mixed-Reality platforms. We approach this using Design Thinking and are greatly inspired by computer games. The field of digital services is changing rapidly and we believe that the only way to make sense of this change is to keep an open mind, while investing in, and experimenting with, new emerging technologies.

Foundry Six

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Foundry Six builds augmented reality multiplayer games that friends can play through group video chat.

Holos

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Holos, Inc. is an educational technology company that provides a spatial computing platform designed for immersive learning experiences in 3D environments. Founded in 2015 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, Holos enables teachers and students to create, organize, and interact with content in a virtual reality space, resembling a 3D version of PowerPoint. Users can integrate various media types, including photos, videos, text, and 3D models, into their learning environments. The platform features tools such as 3D object and content cards, a collaborative magic table for spatial presentations, and a content library with pre-vetted 3D learning experiences, all of which facilitate active, hands-on learning. Holos operates on desktop VR headsets, making it accessible for educational settings.

vRotors

Pre Seed Round in 2020
vRotors is a pioneering platform that offers real-time drone racing experiences for gamers. Utilizing traditional personal computers and virtual reality headsets, users can enter virtual cockpits and pilot real, remotely connected drones on global racing courses. The platform provides a unique blend of gaming and real-world flight, with cockpit screens displaying live footage from the drone camera, along with essential flight data such as altitude, speed, and direction. This innovative approach allows thousands of players to engage in immersive racing experiences and mission-driven combat scenarios, making vRotors a significant player in the evolving landscape of competitive gaming.

SwingVision

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SwingVision provides real-time video analysis and coaching to athletes using proprietary machine vision on just a single smartphone.

Creavision Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Crea.Vision is working with proprietary computer vision technology to help machines better see and understand the world. It's biologically inspired panoramic computer vision sensor features long range recognition and localisation capability, which enables a range of autonomous solutions for smart buildings, improving safety, productivity and efficiency. Card-less access control, facility management, behaviour analytics and other AI applications.

ParaSpace

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ParaSpace develops VR simulations for high risk construction and mining activities. The company works with companies to create softwares that solve industry problems using AR, VR, and 360 Video. ParaSpace focuses on the Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) industry and develops a collection of VR and AR safety modules called SafetyAugment, designed to supplement existing high risk work courses such as working from heights, confined space, asbestos, and dogger training. These modules will enable trainers to repeatedly place students in high risk environments in a repeatable, measurable manner, without placing them in any physical danger.

EMOTAI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
EMOTAI is a privately held company based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2018. It specializes in enhancing human performance through innovative technology. The company manufactures a wearable headband that monitors brain waves and heart rate, specifically designed for gamers. EMOTAI provides a platform that generates performance reports, offering insights into focus, stress, engagement, and heart rate levels. By tracking these biosignals, EMOTAI aims to improve gamers' focus and working memory, ultimately helping them to perform better in their gaming activities.

Spiral Technology

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Spiral Technology delivers augmented reality software and adapts sophisticated technical content for Mixed Reality devices used in automating industrial maintenance, inspection, manufacturing and assembly.

Tribe XR

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Tribe XR Inc. operates a platform for real-world skills training. Its application enables users to upload their VR music, perform live, and take lessons to gain DJ skills. Tribe XR Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Kai XR

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Kai XR develops inclusive mixed reality spaces allowing children to explore, dream, and create. Its educational resources provide educators, parents, and life-long learners a path to become early adopters of mixed reality. Kai XR's videos send children on a field trip to a museum without the price of admission and never having to leave the classroom. The company will launch it’s new kid-friendly virtual reality platform to the public in Spring 2020.

Designhubz

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Designhubz Inc is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in software as a service (SaaS) solutions for e-commerce retailers, focusing on web augmented reality (AR) and three-dimensional (3D) product visualization. The company provides low-cost, automated robotic rigs that capture and digitize physical inventory with a simple click. Through its SaaS platform, Designhubz seamlessly integrates with these rigs, allowing retailers to display their products in 3D and browser-based AR on their websites and mobile applications. This technology enhances the online shopping experience by creating immersive, interactive online stores and is also applicable for in-store shopping environments.

SURVIVR

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SURVIVR PBC provides a virtual reality (VR) platform for law enforcement training. It offers SurviVR, a VR platform for immersive and accessible police training that empowers officers to protect the communities by supplementing the limitations of traditional training. SURVIVR PBC was formerly known as Immosis LLC and changed its name to SURVIVR PBC in January 2018. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Austin, Texas.

Aquifer Motion

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Aquifer Inventions Inc. develops software as a service (SaaS) based augmented reality application that captures and previews facial motions for three dimensional (3D) animation workflows for individuals and teams. The company offers Aquifer Motion that combines augmented reality and machine learning and captures quality render-ready animation. It serves game studios, animation studios, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) content creators, and creative agencies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.

RealAR

Seed Round in 2019
RealAR is an augment real estate app that allows seeing a property before it's built. Realar is an augmented real estate app that helps people buy and build better by solving the problem of being able to visualise property off the plan. By using AR for spatial visualization customers using our product today are able to get a life-size understanding of the single biggest investment they are likely to make. Volume home builders and real estate sales also see this problem so were are now scaling to enterprise sales and profitability. The bigger opportunity is meeting consumer demand at scale with the overall goal of a global marketplace.

LIV

Seed Round in 2019
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Anything World

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Anything World Limited is a London-based company that has developed a software platform for creating virtual 3D worlds in real-time. Founded in 2018, the platform allows users to generate interactive environments using voice and text commands. Its notable products include Rabbids Playground, an augmented reality application that simulates pet-like creatures in real-world settings, and Speak To Anything, which enables users to interact with any imagined creature through conversation. The platform leverages publicly available 3D assets and employs machine learning to animate these assets, enhancing user engagement and creativity. With a focus on scalability and reliability, Anything World Limited has gained the trust of notable entities such as Ubisoft and Techstars, ensuring a robust user experience.

ARpalus

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ARpalus is a company based in Caesarea, Israel, that designs and develops a platform aimed at enhancing the shopping experience for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers through advanced augmented reality (AR) capabilities. Its solution integrates artificial intelligence and computer vision to digitize retail shelves, enabling better execution of in-store operations. Employees can use devices such as smartphones, tablets, or AR glasses to scan shelves and receive real-time notifications regarding out-of-stock items and compliance issues. Additionally, ARpalus's platform allows the creation of detailed planograms that include product information, pricing, signage, and promotions, which can be accessed by consumers through a companion application. This technology aims to improve employee productivity and facilitate data collaboration within organizations.

ModelMe3D

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ModelMe3D BV is a company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that specializes in a 3D interactive modeling platform. This platform enables users to visualize buildings, infrastructure, and natural environments in detailed three-dimensional representations. By allowing users to interactively click on various elements such as buildings and surfaces, the platform enhances understanding of surroundings and facilitates informed decision-making. ModelMe3D aims to support urban planning through collective intelligence and creativity, ultimately aiding in investment and development initiatives.

ModelMe3D

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ModelMe3D BV is a company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that specializes in a 3D interactive modeling platform. This platform enables users to visualize buildings, infrastructure, and natural environments in detailed three-dimensional representations. By allowing users to interactively click on various elements such as buildings and surfaces, the platform enhances understanding of surroundings and facilitates informed decision-making. ModelMe3D aims to support urban planning through collective intelligence and creativity, ultimately aiding in investment and development initiatives.

SpectatAR

Convertible Note in 2019
Live broadcasting for eSports in AR.

1lens

Pre Seed Round in 2019
1lens builds an augmented reality app that lets users edit with permanent stickers and shoot videos. Its mission is to annotate the world with creative visual ideas. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

VAUX

Pre Seed Round in 2019
VAUX is an artificial intelligence company.

Marble

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Marble is an augmented reality platform for everyday use.

LumiereVR

Seed Round in 2019
LumiereVR is a film studio that uses virtual reality technologies to make films. LumiereVR connects brands and studios together to bring the best VR film experiences to consumers. The company, supported by HTC Vive China and U.S.-based accelerator Techstars, has co-produced 360-degree sci-fi film Rose Colored and is working with Chinese video streaming site iQiyi to make more VR content. One collaboration slated for March is Road to Runway, a reality TV show in China for Victoria Secrets.

EmbodyMe

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EmbodyMe, Inc. develops mobile applications, including Xpression and EmbodyMe that uses deep learning. Xpression creates fake video that is indistinguishable from the real thing by taking deep facial expressions of celebrities using real learning. EmbodyMe creates a 3D model avatar that moves in virtual reality (VR) space by guessing expressions from hand movements. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

eyecandylab

Pre Seed Round in 2018
eyecandylab enables content creators to build engaging and interactive AR-experiences on video, driving user engagement and monetize it by uniting all devices into one seamless experience. The company offers a revolutionary AR solution for broadcasters and content producers to add an interactive component to their video content. By pointing AR-enabled smartphones or tablets at any video screen, the interaction layer is overlaid on the core content, harmonizing them into a singular, seamless experience.

wiarframe

Pre Seed Round in 2018
wiARframe Pte. Ltd. provides an augmented reality (AR) prototyping tool to design and prototype interactive AR apps. It offers wiARframe, a cloud-based tool that enables users to design AR prototypes; edit in the cloud and edit work from anywhere and anyone; and share and experience creations in real-time. wiARframe Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Singapore.

Flythere

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Flythere is a wireless control company that creates immersive entertainment. They use a remote drone for their customers' experience. This real-time drone will take them to the most beautiful places in the world. Flythere was founded by Arik Yavilevich.

Hipfire Games

Seed Round in 2018
Hipfire Games (TechStars '18) is focused to open a new market in multiplayer gaming in Virtual Reality by allowing VR gamers to play with mobile gamers. The team comes from Supercell and Rovio background. Developing large scale multiplayer games for VR has been so far impossible with the limitations in available users. With Hipfire's technology platform and games VR users can now play with anyone who owns a mobile phone, including all of their friends. This opens the platform to be more social than ever before and lets developers to create larger games than ever before in VR.

3co

Pre Seed Round in 2018
3co builds augmented reality and artificial intelligence to help their users with work space and ship the solution to their doorstep. It develops 3D scanning robotics and augmented reality APIs for iOS and Android e-commerce apps. The company is based in London, United Kingdom.

LSVR

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ARound is accelerating online and offline sales using Augmented Reality technology enabled by AI for Enterprise retailers.

EmbodyMe

Venture Round in 2018
EmbodyMe, Inc. develops mobile applications, including Xpression and EmbodyMe that uses deep learning. Xpression creates fake video that is indistinguishable from the real thing by taking deep facial expressions of celebrities using real learning. EmbodyMe creates a 3D model avatar that moves in virtual reality (VR) space by guessing expressions from hand movements. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Robodub

Debt Financing in 2018
Robodub Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development of drones and robotics, with a focus on integrating gaming experiences into their technology. By combining robotics and gaming elements, Robodub aims to create innovative solutions that enhance user interaction and entertainment. The company seeks to bring advanced gaming experiences to consumers, leveraging drone technology to redefine how people engage with both gaming and robotics.

Robodub

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Robodub Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development of drones and robotics, with a focus on integrating gaming experiences into their technology. By combining robotics and gaming elements, Robodub aims to create innovative solutions that enhance user interaction and entertainment. The company seeks to bring advanced gaming experiences to consumers, leveraging drone technology to redefine how people engage with both gaming and robotics.

VIAR

Seed Round in 2018
VIAR is an innovative startup focused on enabling individuals and businesses to create and share immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences. The company offers a cloud-based content management system that simplifies the development of interactive VR content from photographs and videos, requiring minimal technical expertise. Its user-friendly, drag-and-drop interface allows non-technical teams to craft engaging VR stories enriched with interactive elements. By streamlining the creation process, VIAR empowers businesses to incorporate virtual reality into their operations, ultimately broadening the reach and impact of their storytelling. The team is composed of experienced professionals with backgrounds in leading technology companies, bringing valuable expertise in technical development and computer graphics to the forefront of the VR and AR industry.

LumiereVR

Seed Round in 2018
LumiereVR is a film studio that uses virtual reality technologies to make films. LumiereVR connects brands and studios together to bring the best VR film experiences to consumers. The company, supported by HTC Vive China and U.S.-based accelerator Techstars, has co-produced 360-degree sci-fi film Rose Colored and is working with Chinese video streaming site iQiyi to make more VR content. One collaboration slated for March is Road to Runway, a reality TV show in China for Victoria Secrets.

Nytilus

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Nytilus is developing a novel computational imaging tachnology for augemented reality.

ILIVEvr

Seed Round in 2018
ILIVEvr designs and develops platforms of experience in virtual reality to allow users to envision what houses that they want should appear. It began operation in 2016, with its headquarters in Los Angeles in California.

RealSynth

Convertible Note in 2017
To facilitate vision-based AI development, they provide fully custom synthetic annotated image data using the latest rendering technologies. Taking this as a first step, their ultimate goal is to minimize the need of field tests as much as possible. They envision a fully simulated and controlled environment where developers can both train and test-bench AI-based systems.

Novel Effect

Convertible Note in 2017
Seattle-based Novel Effect is the leader in voice-driven media and entertainment. Through the use of voice, Novel Effect’s products blend physical and digital worlds to create immersive and interactive experiences across books, video and games.

LIV

Convertible Note in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Novel Effect

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Seattle-based Novel Effect is the leader in voice-driven media and entertainment. Through the use of voice, Novel Effect’s products blend physical and digital worlds to create immersive and interactive experiences across books, video and games.

Somatic Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Somatic Labs builds haptic devices that augment human perception. We’ve developed Zorb, a full-stack platform that uses the sense of touch to convey information. We provide more than an ordinary tap or vibration. The Zorb Platform enables the delivery of real-time information (alerts, instructions, directions) through rich vibro-tactile patterns that move across a user’s skin. Our patented technology allows the rapid creation of high resolution tactile patterns consisting of pulses, shapes, directions, and complex illusions of motion.

LIV

Seed Round in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Immersed

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Immersed Inc. is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, specializing in Virtual Reality (VR) workplace productivity software. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on developing technologies that eliminate barriers to remote work, aiming to enhance productivity and improve the overall work experience. Immersed's software enables laptops to connect with mobile devices, allowing distributed teams to collaborate in a shared VR environment. This innovative approach seeks to transform the way people work, promoting efficiency and creating a more enjoyable workplace experience.

Immersed

Convertible Note in 2017
Immersed Inc. is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, specializing in Virtual Reality (VR) workplace productivity software. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on developing technologies that eliminate barriers to remote work, aiming to enhance productivity and improve the overall work experience. Immersed's software enables laptops to connect with mobile devices, allowing distributed teams to collaborate in a shared VR environment. This innovative approach seeks to transform the way people work, promoting efficiency and creating a more enjoyable workplace experience.

Geopipe

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Geopipe specializes in creating immersive digital twins of the real world through advanced machine learning and algorithmic tools. The company processes vast amounts of geographic and numeric data, including satellite images, maps, and laser scans, utilizing cloud-based distributed systems to reconstruct entire cities rapidly. This innovative approach allows for efficient simulations in various fields such as gaming, architecture, and urban planning. By providing real estate developers with authoritative digital representations, Geopipe helps streamline project timelines, ultimately saving time and costs in the development process.

Svrf

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Svrf, Inc. operates a search and discovery engine for virtual reality content, headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2016, the company aims to enhance how individuals experience and interact with 3D content. The Svrf platform allows users to create, share, and access 3D filters across various devices without requiring prior knowledge of 3D design or game engines. Additionally, Svrf provides an API that enables developers to integrate a vast database of 3D face filters and objects into their own applications, enhancing the functionality of camera and messaging platforms. Through these offerings, Svrf strives to make 3D content more accessible and engaging for a broader audience.

RealSynth

Pre Seed Round in 2017
To facilitate vision-based AI development, they provide fully custom synthetic annotated image data using the latest rendering technologies. Taking this as a first step, their ultimate goal is to minimize the need of field tests as much as possible. They envision a fully simulated and controlled environment where developers can both train and test-bench AI-based systems.

eevo

Seed Round in 2017
EEVO, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a content platform for publishers and content creators, allowing them to manage and distribute both linear and interactive virtual reality video content. Its offerings include the Interactivity Composer, which enables users to create multipath narratives by setting up interactive hotspots, and an Audio Spatializer for customizing audio within virtual scenes. The platform also features storage for asset management, team organization tools for managing user permissions, and security measures for content sharing on authenticated devices. Founded in 2014 and based in Brooklyn, New York, EEVO aims to simplify the creation and dissemination of interactive virtual reality experiences, enhancing the storytelling capabilities of its users.

Svrf

Angel Round in 2017
Svrf, Inc. operates a search and discovery engine for virtual reality content, headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2016, the company aims to enhance how individuals experience and interact with 3D content. The Svrf platform allows users to create, share, and access 3D filters across various devices without requiring prior knowledge of 3D design or game engines. Additionally, Svrf provides an API that enables developers to integrate a vast database of 3D face filters and objects into their own applications, enhancing the functionality of camera and messaging platforms. Through these offerings, Svrf strives to make 3D content more accessible and engaging for a broader audience.

Brizi

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Brizi Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing remote-control augmented reality camera systems aimed at automating and monetizing fan content. Founded in 2014, Brizi facilitates real-time and social sharing, brand messaging, and comprehensive control applications for various indoor and outdoor venues, including stadiums, arenas, racetracks, and auditoriums. The company has established a strategic alliance with Canon U.S.A. and has secured licenses to operate in prominent sports and landmark locations, such as NBA games, European soccer events, Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and the Washington Monument. By allowing users to connect with nearby cameras, Brizi enhances guest engagement, creates innovative sponsorship opportunities, and gathers valuable data on user interactions and demographics.

Rodin

Convertible Note in 2017
Rodin offers an online environment where users can develop in JavaScript and use their extensive library to deploy apps instantly. The company supports publishing to all the major VR platforms, with which users can create native VR applications for GearVR, Oculus, Vive, Daydream, Cardboard, iOS, Android, and They bVR all from the same code.

Vidrovr

Seed Round in 2017
Vidrovr Inc. specializes in video processing technology that organizes and enhances video content through advanced multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company offers solutions that automatically index, tag, and understand videos, allowing users to efficiently search and retrieve specific content. Its platform includes a Metadata API that facilitates direct video uploads and provides time-stamped metadata for improved searchability. Additionally, Vidrovr features a Clip Generator that creates social media-ready clips, seamlessly integrating them back into content management systems. The company's technology is particularly tailored for various domains, including sports, government, and media, enabling users to link video content with other media such as photos and text.

Urban3D

Seed Round in 2016
Urban 3D is a company creating digital manufacturing technologies for the construction sector willing to solve for houselessness in the next 15 years.Its mission is to partner with governments and developers to eradicate houselessness within the next 15 years.

Create Real Estate

Seed Round in 2016
Create is a next generation property database and 3D mapping platform. Create develops smart 3D maps that instantly deliver rich data about the urban environment & property market.

Didimo

Seed Round in 2016
Didimo focuses on humanizing technology and reducing digital isolation. They automate 3D character creation - a once expensive and time-consuming task - in 30 sec or less. Their product - a Didimo - a lifelike 3D characters that look, act and speak like a person will connect every one of us more closely to the digital world, driving a new paradigm for communication, through the image they know the most - their own face.

Wizdish

Seed Round in 2016
WizDish Ltd. develops ROVR virtual reality (VR) locomotion platform. It provides ROVR, a platform that allows a person to move freely and unencumbered, which allows exploring the VR world presented to them through a head mounted display. The company serves early home adopters, researchers, indie developers, and B2B clients who are interested in VR solutions. It markets and sells its products online. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Chalfont-St-Peter, United Kingdom.

AppliedVR

Seed Round in 2016
AppliedVR is a leader in therapeutic virtual reality, focusing on improving patient experiences in healthcare through innovative digital health solutions. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, the company provides a virtual reality platform designed for pain and anxiety management in various settings, including hospitals and surgery centers. AppliedVR has established strategic partnerships with prominent institutions such as Cedars-Sinai and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and its solutions have been scientifically validated, impacting over 20,000 patients across more than 250 hospitals in eight countries. The company draws on extensive academic research and collaboration with leading medical experts to develop its digital wellness platform, which addresses both chronic and acute pain, as well as anxiety related to surgical and emergency procedures. Through its ongoing product development, AppliedVR aims to create a comprehensive digital pain management platform and redefine treatment approaches for pain management both in healthcare facilities and at home.

SpaceView

Seed Round in 2016
SpaceView Inc. provides design visualization solutions to help users to visualize a virtual object in a real space. It offers a mobile application and SaaS solution that enables businesses to shorten their sales cycle by enabling their sales teams to show their clients how their products work in their space; collaborate with customers; and increase opportunities for up-sell and cross-sell. The company serves digital signage, display manufacturing, visual merchandising, event management, home furnishing, retail design, interior design, medical, and real estate industries. SpaceView Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon. As of July 12, 2017, SpaceView Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Atheer, Inc.

Remidi

Seed Round in 2016
Remidi LLC, based in Austin, Texas, focuses on developing innovative wearable music instruments that enhance creative experiences. The company aims to revolutionize the interaction between users and various forms of media, including music, virtual reality, augmented reality, and video games. Their flagship product, the Remidi T8, uniquely transforms the entire human hand into a musical instrument, allowing users to record, play, and perform an unlimited array of notes and sounds. Through its technology, Remidi seeks to inspire individuals to explore creativity in intuitive and engaging ways.

Sage Hero

Seed Round in 2015
Sage Hero is machine learning IT Training platform with Real-Time guidance from our next generation Virtual Trainer.

Fish Bowl VR

Seed Round in 2015
Fish Bowl VR is an online platform that assists its users in testing and analyzing VR applications. The platform provides play testing for its users’ VR applications by providing a video showcasing the application being tested. In addition, the video contains user insights on the application. Fishbowl VR was launched in 2015 and is based in California.

Emotiv

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Emotiv Inc. is a bioinformatics company specializing in the development of brain wearables that enhance understanding of the human brain through electroencephalography (EEG). Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of products, including a wireless EEG headset and accompanying software solutions designed for applications in gaming, interactive television, robotics, healthcare, and transportation safety, among others. Emotiv's technology leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to analyze brain data, providing users and researchers with valuable insights into brain health and cognitive function. The company is recognized as a pioneer in its field and has received multiple international awards for innovation and design. With a global community of developers and researchers spanning over 100 countries, Emotiv aims to accelerate brain research and empower individuals to better understand their own cognitive processes.

MakieLab

Seed Round in 2015
MakieLab is building social toys & games from the same dataset. They're taking 3D modelling for games, and 3D printing for manufacture, and building a pipeline to automatically produce both from a set of characters, furniture, or similar game and toy objects. Their first product is Makies, a new kind of future-smashing toy: customisable, 3D-printed, locally made, and game-enabled. Since Makies first launched in 2012, they've released two apps centering around super creative fashion play (Makies Doll Factory and Makies FabLab), launched Makies into Selfridges and Hamleys (London), won some lovely toy awards and shipped Makies to all four corners of the Earth.

Sketchfab

Series A in 2015
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.

Reach Robotics

Seed Round in 2015
Reach Robotics is creating the next gaming platform by combining Robotics, Gaming and AR. This means video game characters in real life that appear to be alive and can engage in various game modes, unlocking lots of potentials. The robots they make are more than connected toys, they are consistently evolving entertainment platforms. Their flagship product, MekaMon, has propelled us to the forefront of consumer robotics and they continue to evolve to ensure the future is always within reach.

IrisVR

Seed Round in 2015
IrisVR, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing virtual reality software applications tailored for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, IrisVR offers two primary products: Prospect and Scope. Prospect is a desktop application that converts 3D models into immersive VR experiences, compatible with devices such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Scope, on the other hand, is a mobile solution designed for viewing 360° panoramas and allows users to interact with VR content using devices like Samsung GearVR and Google Daydream. The software integrates seamlessly with popular 3D modeling tools, enabling design and construction teams to collaborate effectively and make informed decisions by visualizing projects in a realistic, immersive environment. By providing these innovative solutions, IrisVR enhances the design review process and supports the implementation of complex construction workflows.

Headtalk

Seed Round in 2014
Headtalk‘s platform enables a new kind of nonverbal communication with wearable devices.

RobotLAB

Seed Round in 2014
RobotLAB Inc. develops an online learning platform that enables students and teachers to access the browser-based learning ecosystem from various devices. Its interface allows teachers to bring their lessons to life with virtual or physical robots. Its products is used by various sectors, such as coding, engineering, virtual reality, makerspace, technology elementary, middle school, high school, and college. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Vieweet

Seed Round in 2014
Vieweet is a technology company that specializes in creating indoor street view kits for generating 360-degree virtual tours using mobile devices. Founded in March 2014 by Salvatore Ruocco, Domenic Versace, and David Poullier, the company focuses on the real estate sector, particularly serving estate agents and home builders. Vieweet's platform allows users to create high-quality virtual tours quickly and efficiently, incorporating features that enable privacy protections such as blurring faces and license plates. Additionally, the company's augmented reality technology enhances its 3D modeling capabilities, making these advanced tools more accessible and affordable for mainstream property professionals. Currently, Vieweet collaborates with leading brands in the industry to optimize the virtual tour creation workflow.

Headtalk

Seed Round in 2014
Headtalk‘s platform enables a new kind of nonverbal communication with wearable devices.

Sketchfab

Seed Round in 2013
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.

ResolutionTube

Seed Round in 2013
ResolutionTube is a patented mobile augmented reality collaboration platform for the customer service industry, initially targeting the field service industry. We connect the engineers on the field with the experts using our patent pending video platform. Connect to the right person at the right time. Get answers not only from your colleagues but from everyone within the organization. Video chat with them right away. The video chats are recorded and vetted before they become part of a tutorial. The knowledge center gets richer and more useful with time.

Sketchfab

Seed Round in 2013
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.

Voxon Photonics

Seed Round in 2012
Voxon Photonics are creators of the Voxon VX1 – the world’s most advanced three-dimensional (3D) volumetric display. Incorporated in 2013, we have teams based in Australia and the US that have been developing the 3D volumetric technology for more than nine years. Our 3D volumetric technology brings digital content to life and helps empower people to visualise, communicate, learn and have fun in a collaborative manner with no barrier to the 3D experience, and no glasses required. Our 3D Volumetric technology is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. In literal terms, we have created a futuristic display technology capable of producing truly 3D digital images that can render animated or static imagery as genuinely three-dimensional holograms – high definition, infinitely complex and manipulable, and viewable with the naked eye from any angle. No illusions. No special glasses. The volumetric science is absolutely cutting-edge. But emotionally, it couldn’t be simpler. When people see it in action for the first time, regardless of their age, interests or background, they are mesmerised. There, right in front of their eyes, is science fiction – magic – made real. With the Voxon Photonic Engine, the Voxon VX1, we haven’t just taken 3D holographic display to another level, we’ve launched it into a whole new dimension.

Jintronix

Seed Round in 2012
Jintronix is a Montreal-based technology company that takes pride in developing applications to push the bounds of human ability. Their mission is fuelled by the enormous potential of computing tools that have the ability to sharpen the tools they were born with: their minds, their senses, and the muscles at their command. They develop turn-key systems that combine cutting-edge sensory interfaces with exciting 3D gaming content to create challenging, fun, and stimulating experiences that enhance rehabilitative therapies for conditions ranging from Stroke to Developmental Coordination Disorder. Jintronix draws on the skills of a passionate interdisciplinary team that includes physical and occupational therapists, engineers, medical researchers, game designers, and patients themselves.

Condition One

Seed Round in 2012
Condition One is a virtual reality production and technology studio that specializes in creating immersive stereoscopic VR experiences. The company offers comprehensive VR production services, encompassing development, production, stitching, and the creation of mobile applications. Condition One's work has gained recognition and has been featured in prominent media outlets such as the New York Times, Sundance, NPR, Wired, Red Bulletin Magazine, Hulu, and National Geographic. Committed to delivering powerful VR experiences, the company emphasizes a conscientious approach to its projects.

Sphero

Series A in 2010
Sphero bridges the gap between the real world and the virtual world with its smartphone-controlled robots. It began the connected play revolution in 2010 by creating something unlike anything and they never stopped. They fuse robotic and digital technology into immersive entertainment experiences that ignite imagination and defy expectations. Optimized by data and powered by fun, these ever-evolving experiences are changing the way the world thinks about play.