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Presence Capital Takes the Temperature of VR/AR at Mid-Year

This week we checked in with Presence Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that specializes in virtual reality and augmented reality startups. Presence, which made its first investment in July 2015, has now invested in 33 companies, including VR animation studio Baobab; Strivr, a creator of VR training systems; Meta, the developer of a […]

VRChat Secures $1,200,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9fbc87e-80b8-46d4-a192-9014aeb82af9 Date 10/6/2016 Company Name VRChat Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content. Any virtual world built with the VRChat platform instantly becomes a social VR world. This means VRChat users can […]

Posted in San Francisco, San Francisco VentureDeal VC | Tagged Brightstone Venture Capital, GREE International, HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, SanFranciscoVC, VRChat | Comments Off

InsiteVR Garners $1,500,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47250198-0b19-4d12-a332-d83a7c63c6b2 Date 8/24/2016 Company Name InsiteVR Mailing Address 405 E 14th Street New York, NY 10019 USA Company Description InsiteVR – Easily create virtual reality visualizations with models from Sketchup, Blender, Rhino, Revit, or any other 3D modeling software. Website http://www.insitevr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds […]

Posted in New York, New York VentureDeal VC | Tagged CyberAgent Ventures, GREE International, InsiteVR, Investor, NewYorkVC, Rothenberg Ventures, Y Combinator | Comments Off

Roundup: Owlchemy, TheWaveVR, Fe3 Medical, & Rackspace Buyout?

Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas. —Rackspace Hosting, the San Antonio, TX-based cloud computing company, is reportedly nearing a sale to a New York-based private equity firm. Reuters has reported that Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) is considering a $3.5 billion offer for Rackspace (NYSE: RAX). In 2014, the company […]

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TheWaveVR Secures $2,500,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35b91c7e-4a42-4f20-977d-1f5925b24618 Date 8/8/2016 Company Name TheWaveVR Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 73301 USA Company Description TheWaveVR is a platform for people who love music, enabling them to view, host, and socialize in shows world wide, anytime, anywhere. Website http://www.thewavevr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,500,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds […]

Posted in Texas, Texas VentureDeal VC | Tagged Investor, KPCB Edge, Presence Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, RRE Ventures, Seedcamp, TexasVC, TheWaveVR | Comments Off

Seeking to Bring Concerts Into the Virtual World, WaveVR Raises $2.5M

Austin—The WaveVR, which aims to connect fans with musicians and DJs in the virtual world, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding. Investors in the virtual reality music platform include Presence Capital and Rothenberg Ventures, both in San Francisco; RRE Ventures in New York; The VR Fund; and Seedcamp. The funds will […]

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Keen IO Lands $14,700,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=296c8eb6-059b-477e-9dd7-145d0d214d33 Date 6/29/2016 Company Name Keen IO Mailing Address 1458 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Every time someone blinks, breathes, starts the engine on their car, or taps something in an iPhone app, an event has occurred. Keen is the cloud data warehouse & analysis platform for event […]

Posted in San Francisco, San Francisco VentureDeal VC | Tagged 500 Startups, Amplify Partners, Galvanize VC, Hewlett Packard Ventures, Keen.io, Pelion Venture Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Rothenberg Ventures, SanFranciscoVC, Sequoia Capital, Techstars Ventures | Comments Off

Virtual Reality Company Receives $23,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48d04ca6-6d51-4839-a292-52a9b55c75fe Date 6/13/2016 Company Name Virtual Reality Company Mailing Address 5700 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA Company Description VRC is best known for The Martian VR Experience, a 20-minute piece that the startup produced in conjunction with the 20th Century Fox Innovation Lab. The company has since started to work […]

Posted in San Diego, San Diego VentureDeal VC | Tagged Element Partners, Hengxin Mobile Business, Investor, Rothenberg Ventures, SanDiegoVC, Virtual Reality Company | Comments Off

Zeality Lands New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=548e3f06-4ace-4bd4-aefb-44298e34cd56 Date 5/17/2016 Company Name Zeality Mailing Address 3733 Selvante St. Pleasanton, CA 94566 USA Company Description Currently focusing on today’s global mass-reach mobile platforms, Zeality powers the experience on iOS and Android smart phones and tablets, enabling users to discover, stream, download, view and share the best 360°/VR content from the […]

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OBE Wants To Dress The Fashionable VR Gamer

Well before the debut of a slew of virtual reality headsets for consumers this year, game makers and other tech companies were getting ready to feed the expected demand for VR content. But they weren’t the only innovators preparing to ride along as VR emerged as a commercial product after years in headset developers’ workshops. […]

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