Outpost Capital, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Silicon Valley, California, with an additional presence in Beijing. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, and drones. Outpost Capital aims to identify and support innovative startups globally, with a particular emphasis on opportunities in China.
Supermedium is a developer of a virtual reality browser application that allows users to explore web content in an immersive environment. The company, known for its pioneering work in WebVR and the creation of A-Frame, focuses on offering a range of utilities, starting with a comic book reader. Its application enables users to access websites utilizing standard web technologies, featuring mini-games, art installations, journalistic pieces, and virtual environments without the need for installation or reliance on an application store. Through this innovative approach, Supermedium aims to enhance users' entertainment experiences in virtual reality.
Jido Maps
Seed Round in 2018
Jido is bringing in the next wave of AR where digital content can have a shared and persistent life in the real world. Our API uses intimate understanding of a users spatial context to preserve AR experiences across users and devices. Our research team came out of the Stanford Artifical Intelligence Labs and the Cornell Robot Learning Lab.
Natilus
Seed Round in 2017
Natilus Inc., founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, develops innovative aircraft drones for freight forwarding. Co-founded by Aleksey Matyushev and Anatoly Starikov, the company aims to revolutionize the freight transport industry through advanced technology and design, leveraging a team with extensive experience in various aviation sectors. Natilus seeks to reduce air freight costs, making goods more affordable and enhancing global trade by connecting underdeveloped regions. The market for autonomous cargo aircraft is estimated to exceed $280 billion, and Natilus projects that its cost-effective solutions could expand the total addressable market to $470 billion. The company’s drones utilize carbon fiber composites and existing engine technology, allowing for efficient operation with standard air cargo containers. Its product line includes several models tailored for varying ranges and capacities, providing a comprehensive solution for transport and delivery companies.
Aconite
Seed Round in 2017
Aconite, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a platform for discovering and experiencing mixed reality stories. Founded in 2016, Aconite aims to transform storytelling by creating immersive experiences that engage users in interactive narratives. The platform allows individuals to navigate stories actively, fostering connections with both friends and strangers. By blending elements of adventure, narrative, and gaming, Aconite seeks to elevate the ordinary into extraordinary experiences, redefining how stories are consumed in the modern era.
Modal VR
Seed Round in 2017
Modal VR is an industrial-grade virtual reality platform created for enterprise.
UploadVR
Series A in 2017
Upload is dedicated to accelerating the success of the VR + AR (XR) industry through inspiring educational experiences.
BigBox VR
Seed Round in 2017
BigBox VR, Inc. is a Seattle-based company specializing in the development of virtual reality games. Founded in 2016 by experienced entrepreneurs from the gaming industry, the company focuses on creating immersive and high-definition VR experiences. BigBox VR aims to establish a vibrant esports ecosystem by combining engaging games, social communities, and competitive play. The company's notable title, POPULATION: ONE, released in 2019, features a unique FreeMotion mechanic that allows players to climb and fly in a fully interactive VR environment. Through its innovative approach, BigBox VR seeks to redefine online multiplayer gaming in the virtual reality space.
Pingpad
Venture Round in 2017
Pingpad Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, develops a Slack application that integrates features from Trello, Google Docs, and wikis into a single platform. The application is designed to enhance organization within Slack by capturing shared knowledge in messages or threads, allowing users to collaboratively edit notes simultaneously. This functionality helps users streamline conversations and convert them into documented knowledge, making it easier to manage projects and information within teams. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and supported by notable investors, Pingpad aims to improve productivity and collaboration in the workplace.
Visby
Seed Round in 2016
Visby is a company specializing in holographic imaging technology, primarily focused on virtual and augmented reality solutions. Its innovative technology enables the capture, compression, and delivery of video using light field technology. This capability allows filmmakers and video professionals to create immersive visual experiences that can be accessed through various platforms, ranging from mobile devices to professional camera setups. The company's solutions cater to the needs of the media, entertainment, and marketing industries, facilitating the production and playback of engaging visual content across virtual, augmented, and mixed reality environments.
Wave
Seed Round in 2016
Wave focuses on interactive virtual experiences with a mission to help artists make money at the intersection of gaming and entertainment. Wave’s technology enables musicians to create lifelike avatars of themselves that can “perform” their music on a virtual stage. Most of these virtual shows take place either on the company’s YouTube channel, but Wave’s apps let users tune in on gaming consoles, phones or even the Oculus Rift VR headset. While watching a Wave, viewers can log in to comment in a chat function and give live feedback to the avatar performers.
Kite & Lightning
Seed Round in 2016
Kite & Lightning is a cinematic virtual reality company established in 2013 by veterans from the film industry. Based in Los Angeles, it focuses on creating immersive computer-generated environments that integrate cinematic storytelling with interactive gaming. The company has garnered critical acclaim for its innovative approaches to VR storytelling, receiving recognition at prestigious events such as the Cannes Lions festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Their notable projects include a 4D VR experience for NBC's "The Voice," featuring artists like Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine, as well as Lionsgate's first VR narrative, which combines live action and CGI and stars prominent actors such as Kate Winslet and Miles Teller. Through its creative development studio, Kite & Lightning aims to transform the cinematic virtual reality landscape by providing users with a seamless and engaging gaming experience.
Humense
Seed Round in 2016
Humense is a software company that creates high quality reality capture of people and places for Augmented Reality. Our cloud-based network solution overcomes the two largest hurdles for AR VR to become mainstream a) capturing and displaying human form in true space/light and b) making it social, scalable and efficient for maximum storytelling and sharing capabilities. Its lead product is volumetric video. Whereas 360 video positions the audience in one 3D position, with minimal impact and no body, volumetric video/holographic presence enables you to walk around "inside" the video and be in the scene and "with" other people in a spatially and neuropsychologically true sense. Humense enables you to experience embodiment and shared impact.
The Rogue Initiative
Seed Round in 2016
The Rogue Initiative is a Los Angeles-based virtual reality and digital entertainment studio that specializes in creating cinematic content and immersive experiences for various platforms, including virtual reality, video games, film, and television. The company brings together award-winning professionals from notable entertainment firms such as Amblin Entertainment, Pixar, Dreamworks Animation, Disney, and Activision Entertainment. Through this collaboration, The Rogue Initiative aims to develop new AAA experiences that blend storytelling and innovative technology in the realm of digital media.
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