# Outpost Capital

> Outpost Capital is a VC fund backing Internet and Virtual Reality. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2018
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/outpost-vc
- Website: http://www.outpostvc.com/

Outpost Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Internet and Virtual Reality. Based in Silicon Valley and Beijing, Outpost Capital is a venture fund focusing on VR/AR, Blockchain and new frontier technology.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 57% |
| Virtual Reality | 4 | 57% |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Augmented Reality | 3 | 43% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 86% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cherie Liu | Managing Partner | 0 | — |
| David Nilsson | Founder/Managing Director | 0 | — |
| Ryan Wang | General Partner(Founding Partner) | 0 | — |
| Sha Zhou | General Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Natilus | Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+. |  | Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Supermedium | Supermedium is building a space of immersive VR utilities starting with a comic book reader. From the pioneers of WebVR and creators of A-Frame (https://aframe.io). | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 24, 2018 |  |
| Jido Maps | 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. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 20, 2018 |  |
| Visby | Visby is a holographic light-field technology company that is focused on the development of virtual and augmented reality technology solutions. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2016 |  |
| Kite & Lightning | Kite & Lightning is a cinematic VR company that blends gaming, social and story to create emotionally transformative experiences. Founded by film industry veterans in 2013, the company is currently creating immersive computer-generated (CG) worlds that meld cinematic storytelling with interactive gaming. Known for its unprecedented technicaland creative innovations in VR storytelling, the Los Angeles-based startup has succeeded in many genres to critical acclaim such as the Cannes Lions festival and the Toronto International Film Festival POP exhibits. Recent projects include a 4D VR experience for NBC’s “The Voice” featuring Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, & Gwen Stefani; and Lionsgate’s first VR narrative, a hybrid live action and CG experience starring Kate Winslet, Mekhi Phifer and Miles Teller | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 26, 2016 |  |
| Humense | 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 storytellingand 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. |  | Seed | Jun 28, 2016 |  |
| The Rogue Initiative | Where the greatest storytellers from film and video games are converging to create new AAA experiences for virtual reality and digital media.The Rogue Initiative is a Los Angeles-based entertainment company composed of award-winning entertainment industry professionals including alumni from Amblin Entertainment, Pixar, Dreamworks Animation,Disney and Activision Entertainment creating new AAA virtual reality, digital media experiences, film, and television content. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seraph Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seraph-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Outpost Capital invest in?

Outpost Capital invests primarily in Internet, Virtual Reality and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Outpost Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Outpost Capital?

The team at Outpost Capital includes Cherie Liu (Managing Partner), David Nilsson (Founder/Managing Director) and Ryan Wang (General Partner(Founding Partner)). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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