1) Labster Labster is an e-learning startup that provides mathematically based virtual laboratory simulations.
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Country: Denmark State: Hovedstaden City: Copenhagen Started in: 2011 Founders: Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde, Michael Bodekaer Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $103,536,596 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (GGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Owl Ventures, Northzone) You can find their website here
2) COVER Corporation COVER Corporation is a virtual live distribution service that allows businesses to make animation that is compatible with AR.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2016 Founders: Tanigo Motoaki Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $8,683,441 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 11 (SMBC Venture Capital, STRIVE, Mizuho Capital, Mizuho Bank, Kotaro Chiba) You can find their website here
3) Soul Machines Soul Machines creates emotionally intelligent and responsive avatars that alter how people engage with machines.
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Country: New Zealand State: Auckland City: Auckland Started in: 2016 Founders: Greg Cross, Mark Sagar Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $65,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 7 (Salesforce Ventures, Temasek Holdings, ICONIQ Capital, Horizons Ventures, Lakestar) You can find their website here
4) CLO Virtual Fashion CLO Virtual Fashion creates lifelike 3D garment simulation technology for the fashion, film, and gaming sectors.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2009 Founders: Jaden Oh, JH Boo Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: ₩6,000,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 (Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Atinum Investment, Stonebridge Capital, KDB Capital) You can find their website here
5) Varjo Varjo creates industrial VR/XR gear and software.
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Helsinki Started in: 2016 Founders: Klaus Melakari, Niko Eiden, Roope Rainisto, Urho Konttori Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $99,900,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 16 (EQT Ventures, Atomico, Lifeline Ventures, Next47, Business Finland) You can find their website here
6) UX3D In 3D, UX3D offers GPU-based products and solutions for disruptive technologies such as AI, XR, and eCommerce.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2017 Founders: Norbert Nopper, Thomas Kress Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 990,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 1 (Unger Group) You can find their website here
7) Cluster A cluster that allows anyone to host virtual events such as live music and conferences.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2015 Founders: Johnson Tanaka, Kato Naoto Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $13,691,544 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, East Ventures, KDDI, DeNA, Skyland Ventures) You can find their website here
8) Holoride By combining XR with vehicle movement and navigation data, Holoride transforms automobiles into moving theme parks.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2018 Founders: Daniel Profendiner, Marcus Kühne, Nils Wollny Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 10,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (TerraNet AB) You can find their website here
9) Surrogate.tv Surrogate.tv is a third-party platform for creating physical encounters in real life.
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Espoo Started in: 2018 Founders: Esko Vähämäki, Severi Tikkala, Shane Henrik Allen, Stanislav Dmitriev Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,509,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 (Business Finland, PROfounders Capital, Brighteye Ventures, Supernode Global, Initial Capital) You can find their website here
10) GITAI GITAI is a robotics company that creates remote-controlled robots to take the place of astronauts in commercial space stations.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2016 Founders: Sho Nakanose Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: ¥2,395,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, ANRI, DBJ Capital, Daiwa Corporate Investment, Dai-ichi Life) You can find their website here
11) Zero Latency Zero Latency is a virtual reality firm that creates an entire studio experience using an inverted virtual reality system.
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Country: Australia State: Victoria City: North Melbourne Started in: 2013 Founders: Scott Vandonkelaar, Tim Ruse Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $8,947,474 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 4 (Carthona Capital, Thorney Investment, Regal Funds Management, Contango Asset Management) You can find their website here
12) OVICE OVICE is a voice-chat-based virtual space.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: ¥100,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (MIRAISE, One Capital) You can find their website here
13) JigSpace Clients can use JigSpace to make and share dynamic spatial presentations.
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Country: Australia State: Victoria City: Melbourne Started in: 2015 Founders: Zac Duff, Numa Bertron Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,100,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 12 (General Catalyst, Investible, Boost VC, Rampersand, Eleanor Venture) You can find their website here
14) Adverty Adverty is a cutting-edge advertising platform.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2016 Founders: Niklas Bakos Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $3,767,824 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Daniel Daboczy, Pontus Dahlstrom) You can find their website here
15) Resolution Games Resolution Games is a virtual reality and augmented reality game development company.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2015 Founders: Martin Vilcans, Måns Ullerstam, Paul Brady, Tommy Palm Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $13,500,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 11 (GV, Creandum, Partech, Bonnier Ventures, David Helgason) You can find their website here
16) TransGrid The high-voltage power transmission network in the Australian state of New South Wales is owned and operated by TransGrid.
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Country: Australia State: New South Wales City: Sydney Started in: 1950 Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: A$2,000,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (OMERS) You can find their website here
17) Didimo Didimo is the world's top platform for creating high-fidelity, user-based digital human avatars automatically.
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Country: Portugal State: Porto City: Leça Da Palmeira Started in: 2016 Founders: Veronica Costa Orvalho Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $8,778,982 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 12 (Techstars, Farfetch, Portugal Ventures, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Bynd Venture Capital) You can find their website here
18) Avataar.Me Avataar.Me is a high-tech provider of AR and VR services that are utilized to turn 2D design materials into 3D social media campaigns.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2016 Founders: Gaurav Baid, Mayank Tiwari, Prashanth Aluru, Sravanth Aluru Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $7,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Sequoia Capital India) You can find their website here
19) VVDN Technologies Manufacturing | Product Engineering | Cloud & Apps
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2007 Founders: Bhupender Saharan, Vivek Bansal Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $35,000,525 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 2 (Motilal Oswal Private Equity, Tessellate Ventures) You can find their website here
20) Decentraland The Ethereum blockchain powers Decentraland, a virtual reality network.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2017 Founders: Esteban Ordano Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $25,500,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 (Animoca Brands, Digital Currency Group, Fundamental Labs, Fabric Ventures, Genesis One Capital) You can find their website here
21) Nreal Nreal is a company that creates mixed reality glasses that are ready to wear.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2017 Founders: Bing Xiao, Chi Xu Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $71,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (CICC, Sequoia Capital China, Kuaishou Technology, iQiyi, GL Ventures) You can find their website here
22) Insta360 Insta360 is a smart technology firm that creates cameras that allow users to freely share their experiences.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2014 Founders: JK Liu Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $39,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 9 (IDG Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Suning.com, Xunlei, Chiratae Ventures) You can find their website here
23) 3vjia.com 3vjia.com is a VR-enabled 3D home design and furnishing portal.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Guangzhou Started in: 2013 Founders: Zhisen Cai Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $117,592,153 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 4 (Alibaba Group, Red Star Macalline, SBCVC, GF Xinde Investment Management) You can find their website here
24) DGene DGene is a provider of virtual reality solutions.
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Country: China State: Shanghai City: Shanghai Started in: 2016 Founders: Jason Yang, Jingyi Yu, Xu Hong, Yi Ma Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $21,326,887 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 (Alibaba Group, IDG Capital, SAIF Partners, GSR Ventures, Shanghai Alliance Investment) You can find their website here
25) 51WORLD Infrastructure provider for digital twins
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2015 Founders: Archer Li, Oscar Xue, Yi Li Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $45,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 9 (SenseTime, Silicon Valley Bank, Tujia, Green Pine Capital Partners, Lightspeed China Partners) You can find their website here
26) ANTVR Technology ANTVR has superior technology and focuses on Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Holographic Reality (HR).
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2014 Founders: NIE Jingzhou, QIN Zheng Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $56,450,450 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 2 (Sequoia Capital China, CDF-Capital) You can find their website here
27) VeeR (Velocious) For virtual reality enthusiasts, there is a global VR content community.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2016 Founders: Ayden Ye, Jingshu Chen, Yue Chen Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $20,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 8 (DCM Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Cherubic Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Bertelsmann Asia Investments) You can find their website here
28) Pimax VR Pimax designs and manufactures VR headsets in 4K and 8K resolutions.
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Country: China State: Shanghai City: Shanghai Started in: 2015 Founders: Robin Weng, Veni Tang Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $19,236,618 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Shenzhen O-film Technology, Tianma Bearing Group) You can find their website here
29) ROOBO Domgy is available for pre-order through Roobo, a hardware and AI firm based in China.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2014 Founders: Bruce Lau Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $153,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Iflytek, Seven Seas Partners) You can find their website here
30) Multiverse Multiverse is a virtual reality and augmented reality game development studio.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2016 Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: CN¥13,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (Hejun Capital, Black Hole Capital, Taiyou Fund, Purple Bull Startups, Highway One Capital) You can find their website here
31) NOLO VR NOLO VR is a mobile and SteamVR motion tracking game.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2015 Founders: Daoning Zhang Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $24,506,840 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Joy Capital, Lotus Capital Limited, BlueRun Ventures, China Mobile, ShengJing360) You can find their website here
32) Nearpod Nearpod is an edtech platform that allows teachers in grades K-12 to create interactive presentations with films, quizzes, and other activities.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Dania Started in: 2012 Founders: Emiliano Abramzon, Felipe Sommer, Guido Kovalskys Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $30,700,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 20 (Reach Capital, Insight Partners, GSV Ventures, Emerson Collective, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)) You can find their website here
33) The Wild The Wild is a virtual and augmented reality-based immersive collaboration platform that helps architecture, design, and enterprise teams save time and make better decisions by allowing them to experience their work together in a shared virtual area.
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Country: United States State: Oregon City: Portland Started in: 2017 Founders: Gabe Paez Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $3,125,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 (Oregon Venture Fund, Portland Seed Fund, Elevate Capital, Ideaship, at.inc/) You can find their website here
34) Vicarious Surgical Through the use of surgical robots, Vicarious Surgical enhances the lives of patients and doctors by providing high-quality care.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Waltham Started in: 2014 Founders: Adam Sachs, Barry Greene, Sammy Khalifa Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $43,150,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 (Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, Marc Benioff, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures) You can find their website here
35) Virtuix Virtuix is a virtual reality platform developer that allows users to walk and run in virtual reality in 360 degrees.
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Country: United States State: Texas City: Austin Started in: 2013 Founders: Jan Goetgeluk Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $46,079,129 Funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 18 (SeedInvest, Mark Cuban, Maveron, Tekton Ventures, Western Technology Investment) You can find their website here
36) Rec Room Rec Room is a virtual world where you may play and create games with your friends.
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Country: United States State: Washington City: Seattle Started in: 2016 Founders: Bilal Orhan, Cameron Brown, Dan Kroymann, John Bevis, Josh Wehrly, Nick Fajt Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $149,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 10 (Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Betaworks, Madrona Venture Group) You can find their website here
37) CEEK CEEK is a smartphone VR app that allows users to connect with bands in a virtual reality environment.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Beach Started in: 2015 Founders: Mary Spio Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $7,247,500 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 1 (Backstage Capital) You can find their website here
38) Specular Theory, Inc. Award-winning virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence (VR/AR/AI) training applications for the defense and commercial sectors. A Phase III SBIR firm. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.
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Country: United States State: California City: Venice Started in: 2013 Founders: Morris May, Ryan Pulliam Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $5,700,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (Toba Capital) You can find their website here
39) Wave XR Wave focuses on interactive virtual experiences with the goal of assisting artists in monetizing their work at the crossroads of gaming and entertainment.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2016 Founders: Aaron Lemke, Adam Arrigo, Finn Staber Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $42,500,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 35 (RRE Ventures, Tencent Music Entertainment, Seedcamp, Maveron, Greycroft) You can find their website here
40) Heru Heru creates unique AI-powered vision diagnostics and augmentation software that can be used with commercially accessible AR/VR devices.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Started in: 2018 Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $32,700,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (SB Opportunity Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Krillion Ventures, Fred Moll, M.D, Maurice Ferre, M.D.) You can find their website here
41) Oculus Oculus, which makes the Rift, creates virtual reality systems and technologies that allow users to experience anything with anybody.
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Country: United States State: California City: Menlo Park Started in: 2012 Founders: Brendan Iribe, Jack McCauley, Maxwell Planck, Michael Antonov, Mike LeBeau, Nate Mitchell, Palmer Luckey Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $98,387,429 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 (Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, Formation 8) You can find their website here
42) Niantic Niantic develops augmented reality platforms for current and future AR hardware generations.
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Country: United States State: California City: San Francisco Started in: 2010 Founders: John Hanke, Phil Keslin Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $470,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 20 (Founders Fund, Google, Battery Ventures, Spark Capital, CRV) You can find their website here
43) Matterport Matterport is a company that creates a 3D media platform for creating 3D and virtual reality models.
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Country: United States State: California City: Sunnyvale Started in: 2011 Founders: Dave Gausebeck, Matt Bell, Mike Beebe Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $114,000,000 Funding rounds: 12 Number of investors: 32 (Lux Capital, Felicis Ventures, GIC, BoxGroup, Y Combinator) You can find their website here
