Venutre Capital Fund that invests European entrepreneurs’ money in advanced technology solutions for fast growing B2B markets leveraging on a unique due diligence strategy and a proven proprietary deal sourcing

Planven Entrepreneur Ventures

OurCrowd is a venture investing platform that enables institutions and individuals to invest and engage in emerging companies. OurCrowd was started in 2013, driven by the idea that the business of building startups grows bigger and better when the global 'crowd' gains access to VC-level investment opportunities.

OurCrowd

With Headquarters in Milan, Comdata boasts 12 operating hubs distributed throughout the country with over 5,250 workstations.  The detailed dissemination of the production hubs guarantees excellent overflow management and production Business Continuity.  All Comdata centers are, in fact, interconnected by a dedicated network and are constantly connected thanks to a control room that ensures continuous activity monitoring.  Comdata also has production facilities abroad with 500 workstation distributed in 6 centers 4 in Roma, 1 in Bulgaria and 1 in Czech Republic) to provide offshore services to local customers. From the organizational standpoint, the Comdata model is made up of a Market Unit (Telco, Energy-Industry-Insurance and Finance) highly customer-oriented to guarantee business, profit and service level goals are achieved in close contact with Operations BPO. In order to support the Market Unit in customer services, the Business Unit ICT provides technological solutions for process automation, system integration and product/service delivery.

Comdata

innogy New Ventures LLC is a partner for the sustainable transformation of the energy system including data-driven business models.

innogy New Ventures LLC

Cognitiv Ventures provides mentorship, strategic direction, and trusted guidance for investment management and financial services. The firm helps companies, businesses, and startups in the fields of artificial intelligence and information technology industry. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim.

Cognitiv Ventures

Future Energy Ventures is a unique venture capital fund that brings together corporate partners and world-class start-ups to shape the future energy landscape.  Future Energy Ventures invests in digital and digitally enabled technologies and business models that have the potential to redefine the future energy landscape. From its operational hubs in Germany, Israel and Silicon Valley, Future Energy Ventures looks for both investments and scaling opportunities for its portfolio globally and new investment opportunities. Future Energy Ventures is the venture capital investment and collaboration platform of E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks and energy-related infrastructure.

Future Energy Ventures

Scale Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software with a Scaling Platform that has helped companies like Box, Bill.com, Hubspot, Docusign, JFrog, and WalkMe move from founder-led growth to a repeatable go-to-market machine. ScaleVP partners with entrepreneurs to support accelerated growth from the first customer to market leadership.

Scale Venture Partners

Salesforce Ventures helps enterprising founders build companies that reinvent the way the world works. Since 2009, they’ve invested in and partnered with more than 400 of the world's tenacious enterprise software companies from seed to IPO, including Airtable, Databricks, DocuSign, Guild Education, Hopin, Monday.com, nCino, Snowflake, Snyk, Stripe, Tanium, and Zoom. Salesforce Ventures leverages decades of expertise in the cloud and long-term relationships with key decision-makers at thousands of businesses around the world to give portfolio companies an unfair advantage, help them build credibility, and accelerate growth.

Salesforce Ventures

TELUS Ventures is the strategic investment arm of TELUS Corporation and one of Canada’s most active and longest-standing corporate venture capital (CVC) funds. Since 2001, TELUS Ventures has invested in and advised more than 85 companies that address some of the biggest opportunities and challenges in digital health, IoT, AgTech, digital security and connected consumer sectors.  TELUS Ventures is on a mission to seamlessly connect millions of people, companies and communities by strategically investing in the most advanced and innovative solutions that deliver value to our business and customers, fuel economic growth and deliver a positive social impact.  We are stage agnostic in our approach, and write cheques anywhere from $500,000 to $15M; We focus on horizon 2 / horizon 3 investment opportunities in early stage companies that are synergistic to TELUS and allow us to expand into new markets beyond the traditional telecommunications sector.  We work with best-in-class partners to source, nurture and scale innovation. Our established partner network includes leading incubator, accelerator and global co-investment partners as well as a global consortium of telecom companies with CVC arms.  TELUS Ventures is actively involved in portfolio companies, working directly with management. Our team members regularly act as board members and board observers, lending leadership and experience to guide their growth and success. We provide access to TELUS’ technologies and broadband networks and opportunities to promote our portfolio companies’ solutions across our ecosystem.

TELUS Ventures

Primera Capital has funded some of the world’s most transformative technology companies over the past two decades. We invest in extraordinary products, opportune markets, and daring entrepreneurs with unwavering visions. Past investments include VMWare (acquired by EMC), Chegg (CHGG), and Fandango (acquired by Comcast).  Our creed is to differentiate between hype and authentic value, diagnose underlying trends, and cultivate rich networks so that we can deploy our experience and resources to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams.

Primera Capital

TechSee

TechSee is a technology and technical support company that specializes in visual technology and augmented reality. The company’s technology combines AI with deep machine learning, proprietary algorithms, and big data to deliver a scalable cognitive system that becomes smarter with every customer support interaction.  It offers a smart visual interactive platform that enables its users to interact with their customer through a live virtual channel and guide them using augmented reality and annotations. TechSee was founded by Eitan Cohen, Amir Yoffe, and Gabby Sarussi in 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

TechSee offers technology for enterprises to provide real-time AR remote virtual assistance to technicians (for field services) or visual engagement to customers via smartphones and tablets. The technology supports the remote assistance of in-house representatives to troubleshoot network devices, smart home products, and other appliances.

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TechSee Brings Computer Vision AI and Augmented Reality Service Automation to Amazon Connect

TechSee offers technology for enterprises to provide real-time AR remote virtual assistance to technicians (for field services) or visual engagement to customers via smartphones and tablets. The technology supports the remote assistance of in-house representatives to troubleshoot network devices, smart home products, and other appliances.In February 2023, the company launched its ‘Open Integration Platform’, allowing firms to add AR and AI to their customer experience without moving away from their current production platforms. Previously, TechSee launched “EVE Cortex,” an interactive AR self-service platform for consumer and enterprise applications, the first scalable visual AI assistant in the industry. It can be used to guide customers through product unboxings and registration, warranty activation, and troubleshooting other issues.Its call center solution ‘TechSee Live’ lets agents see the customer’s view through their phone, allowing them to provide resolutions. It can also be used by technicians to build a visual library of predefined resolutions and customized self-service flows. The platform uses AI, computer vision, and optical character recognition to automatically identify components, ports, cables, serial numbers, barcodes, and LED indicators in suggesting recommendations. TechSee Live integrates with platforms such as Salesforce, Zendesk, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceNow, SAP, and Oracle Service Cloud. It also comes with a software development kit (for screen sharing) and several open APIs.Key customers and partnershipsAs of October 2020, TechSee served more than 100,000 users across “hundreds” of organizations including Verizon, Vodafone, Hitachi, and Accenture.Notable partnerships include that with Oracle’s Field Service platform, providing agents and technicians with AR guidance on their mobile devices over a patented, instant video stream (October 2022).Funding and financialsTechSee raised USD 30 million in Series C funding in October 2020 co-led by OurCrowd, Salesforce Ventures, and TELUS Ventures with participation from Scale Venture Partners and Planven Entrepreneur Ventures. The funds were allocated to support its expansion into new markets as well as sales and marketing. It also planned to double its employee base of 80 by October 2021.

Interplay Learning (Interplay) provides on-demand, interactive, and hands-on simulation learning courses for skilled trades, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, solar, and facilities maintenance, through VR, mobile, and desktop applications. The learning courses also include simulated walkthrough videos where experts lead users through procedure guides methodically, with knowledge testing features and additional learning material such as wiring diagrams, equations, sample system configs, and charts at the end of each lesson. The platform also enables managers to track user progress.The company operates a subscription-based model with monthly packages for individuals (USD 54) and teams (USD 229), alongside a custom plan for larger organizations.Key customers and partnershipsNotable customers include Tesla and Rheem Manufacturing. Interplay’s customer usage rose by 445% YoY in 2020. As of February 2021, the platform had over 2,000 customers and 110,000 users across the US.Funding and financialsIn its last funding round (February 2021), Interplay raised USD 18 million in Series B funding co-led by S3 Ventures and Owl Ventures, the world’s largest venture capital firm focused on education technology. As part of the deal, Managing Director of Owl Ventures, Ian Chiu, joined Interplay’s board. The funds were raised to expand its offering to new markets and to accelerate its vision to combine immersive learning experiences with a human connection.

Interplay Learning

Switzerland-based WayRay develops holographic AR technology and hardware for the automobile sector. Its technology is used in head-up displays (HUDs) that project images into a driver’s field of vision to assist with navigation. Although its initial focus was on developing HUDs that can be purchased and installed in any vehicle, it has since pivoted to producing embedded HUD systems (i.e., hardware built into vehicles). WayRay’s HUDs are considered to provide a wider field of vision and combine data (location and mapping information) with vision data to generate images by projecting a laser beam through a Picture Generating Unit (PGU) onto a Holographic Optical Element (HOE).&nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18537">May 2023</a>, WayRay announced integration of its AR displays into Tesla Model 3's in Switzerland, with plans to follow shortly afterwards in the US. Previously, in September 2021 the company launched its deep reality system that replaces the traditional car dashboard. In addition, WayRay launched “The Holograktor” dubbed the first “metaverse on wheels”, which can be driven conventionally or using a remote control via a 5G and satellite connection (November 2021).&nbsp;The company’s founder and CEO, Vitaly Ponomarev, identified that its systems are more advanced, backed by more patents, and potentially 20x smaller than comparable devices in the market. WayRay’s HQ in Switzerland also acts as a product design and development hub, while its R&amp;D center and prototyping factory are based in Russia.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsThe company is backed by strategic investors such as luxury automaker Porsche, which highlighted the management’s expertise in space engineering, hardware, and software development as key reasons for its investment, Hyundai Motor Co., and Alibaba. It is also notable that these investors, particularly Hyundai, are looking at ways to potentially use WayRay’s technology to offer more services in the future. For instance, Hyundai believed that the technology could be used for smart cities and smart buildings, which are its new areas of interest.WayRay partnered with Karma Automotive, a producer of luxury electric vehicles, in December 2021 to support the implementation of its HUDs into their test fleet. Moreover, it partnered with a leader in designing and manufacturing specialty glass, AGP eGlass, in September 2021 to further proliferate its technology.&nbsp; Funding and financialsIt was reported in April 2021 that the company is considering a public listing at a USD 2 billion valuation via a SPAC, although no further updates on this have been announced as at January 2024.&nbsp;

WayRay

AmazeVR initially focused on developing VR technologies but pivoted to VR concerts in late 2019. The concerts are backed by proprietary 9K cameras and software that automate complex VR concert visual effects that run on more than 100 headsets simultaneously. Users join and hang out with other users as avatars while experiencing VR concerts. It intends to bring VR concerts by major artists to theaters and eventually, homes.AmazeVR rolled out its first commercial VR concert, which will feature 3x Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion, in 2022. The artist is expected to tour select AMC Theaters across the US. It is also in the final stages of closing deals with its second and third artists. AmazeVR also revealed plans to release weekly content by 2024 in theaters and for at-home viewers.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/20145">July 2023</a>, AmazeVR launched its official AmazeVR Concerts app, featuring an exclusive VR concert from Swedish pop star, Zara Larsson. The app is available on major VR app stores, and the exclusive Zara Larsson VR concert can be accessed for a year at a launch price of USD 6.99. AmazeVR also produces and monetizes VR content on a subscription basis.As of August 2023, the company was in the process of producing and releasing mixed reality concerts by overlaying virtual elements onto live, real-world video.Funding and financialsThe company’s most recent funding was in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13338">September 2022</a>, when it raised USD 17 million in a Series B funding round led by Mirae Asset Capital. The fresh funds were allocated to expand partnerships with artists, artist management companies, labels, publishers, and agencies.

AmazeVR

Dispelix, based in Finland, designs and manufactures single-layer, full-color waveguide displays, a thin (about 1mm) transparent element that takes in a projected image and relays it to the eye, using a nanophotonics-based approach catering to AR applications (e.g., smart glasses). It uses laser beam scanning technology to render laser-sharp images with a gamut of color palettes, which are displayed using beam-combiner technology. Its patented and proprietary approach includes diffractive surface relief gratings, which are elements used for high-power laser applications, fabricated on high refractive index glass wafers that enhance field-of-view and image quality.The company had a total of more than 40 granted or pending patent families as of November 2021. Its product line, Dispelix DPX, includes Dispelix DPX - Ohut, Dispelix DPX - Selva, and Dispelix DPX - Sade with a varying degree of field of view, form factor, and weight. According to Co-Founder and CTO Juuso Olkkonen, its displays are the lightest and thinnest in the market.Key customers and partnerships1) Foxconn and Pegatron: to create reference designs for AR glasses based on its Selvä waveguide display (October 2023)&nbsp;2) VividQ: created a “waveguide combiner” which accurately displays variable-depth 3D content in a user’s environment (January 2023)3) ColorChip and Maradin: To further Light Beam Scanning (LBS) solutions for AR glasses (October 2022)4) Jade Bird Displays: To develop multiple reference designs for AR devices (June 2022)5) AAC Technologies: To improve waveguide displays for the AR and MR industry (March 2022)6) OQmented: for the development and commercialization of MEMS-based LBS technology (November 2021)7) Coretronic: To develop a range of AR optical module solutions (December 2020)8) Hoya Corporation: To improve quality of waveguide displays (November 2020)Funding and financialsIn its most recent funding round (November 2021), Dispelix raised USD 33 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Atlantic Bridge, CCB Trust, and Flashpoint with participation from Lifeline Ventures, VTT Ventures, and 3M Ventures. The funds were allocated to product development. It revealed that several OEM customers were slated to integrate its technology into their consumer offerings by 2023.

Dispelix

DigiLens is a developer of holographic waveguides, which is a clear, thin piece of glass or plastic, used for AR devices. In January 2023, the company launched ARGO, an XR smartglass designed for enterprise and industrial use, the first AR device to utilize Qualcomm’s SnapDragon XR2 platform. Other specifications included 6-degrees of freedom (6-DoF) tracking, a 30-degree field-of-view, spatial audio, a 48MP RGB camera, voice and gaze recognition, access to real-time data visualizations, and a 2,500-nits HD display.&nbsp;The company’s first product, the DigiLens Crystal was introduced in 2019, was a thin-film laser-etched photopolymer embedded with microscopic holograms of mirror-like optics. By projecting a micro display to one end of the lens and another set of optics working to guide the light wave toward the eye, this proved to be an ideal piece of hardware for AR devices, which are preferred with as little hardware as possible.&nbsp;It claims that its patented optical platform and photopolymer technology coupled with a holographic copy manufacturing process enable it to produce cheaper and more scalable solutions. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17598">April 2023</a>, the company announced the launch of SRG+, a surface relief gratings product that improves upon its waveguide technology.The company generates revenue by licensing its technology across a range of industries including the automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military sectors. DigiLens also offers a white-label solution for automotive companies whereby it creates holographic waveguides for windshields that could offer in-cabin experiences for drivers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Key customers and partnershipsKey partnerships include that with1) Phantom Technologies: - Phantom Technology: To integrate Phantom's CASSI Spatial AI assistant into the DigiLens ARGO glasses, providing features such as spatial search, a contextual assistant, and task management using voice commands (October 2023)2) Wisear: To integrate its neural interface-powered earphones with the ARGO smart glasses (May 2023)3) Mojo Vision: To utilize Mojo Vision's micro-LED technology to build improved AR glasses (May 2023)4) Taqtile: To integrate the company's ARGO smart glasses with Taqtile's AR work platform, Manifest (May 2023)5) OMNIVISION: To develop new XR product offerings (January 2023)Other partnerships include that with OMNIVISION (January 2023), a leading global developer of semiconductor solutions to develop new XR product offerings. OMNIVISION’s liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) panels allowed DigiLens to build LCOS/LED projectors optimized for its holographic waveguides. OMNIVISION's core camera technology provides DigiLens' devices with features such as visual odometry and six degrees of freedom.&nbsp;DigiLens also works with Taiwanese licensed waveguide manufacturer Young Optics, Chinese original design manufacturer and electronics supplier Malata, Korean display manufacturer Sekonix, international technology company Continental, Chinese optical elements manufacturer Crystal Optech, and Mitsubishi Chemical.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn April 2022, DigiLens announced the second close of its Series D funding round (intiial close in November 2021) in which it raised USD 50 million at a valuation of USD 530 million. The funds were allocated for the development of DesignV1, its second-generation product.

DigiLens

Companies developing XR headsets and relevant sub-components (displays, sensors, and processors). Also includes complementary XR hardware (tracking devices, haptic vests, and gloves)

Companies offering engines that enable the development of AR/VR content, also includes companies offering capabilities to capture and create 3D images for immersive environments

Companies offering AR/VR solutions or toolkits for specific industry applications, including VR game developers

Companies offering location-based AR/VR experiences

AR/VR platforms offer remote assistance to field experts and headset manufacturers facilitate virtual work

Some solutions in the "content" segment are offered under a B2B SaaS model

Headsets and content segments provide the building blocks for the metaverse

AR, VR, and MR are the primary enabling technologies for the XR industry

Oracle

Announced a technology collaboration with Oracle to bring the next generation of visual engagement and AI-powered service automation to Oracle Field Service, providing agents and technicians with augmented reality guidance on their mobile devices over a patented, instant video stream.

Vuzix

To deliver a remote visual assistance solution to field service technicians using AR and computer vision on Vuzix' M400 and M4000 Smart Glasses, enabling real-time support, automated troubleshooting, and increased first-time fix rates.

Salesforce

TechSee is an intelligent visual assistance technology firm. Hence, the aim of the partnership is to integrate intelligent visual assistance technology into Salesforce

TechSee

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