Presence Capital
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Presence Capital is an investment firm that believes virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are technologies that are going to transform our world. We invest in and support talented and passionate entrepreneurs that are utilizing these technologies to bring new and exceptional ways of communicating, working, and playing to market
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
- Fund size:
- $2.5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Presence Capital invests in
Stages Presence Capital invests in
Countries Presence Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $700k–$6M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$11M
- Series B
- $12M–$120M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Virtual Reality 25 (47%)
- Augmented Reality 20 (38%)
- Software 18 (34%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (15%)
- Machine Learning 7 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 29 (55%)
- Series A 7 (13%)
- Series B 5 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (6%)
- Funding Round 3 (6%)
Country
- United States 39 (74%)
- Finland 2 (4%)
- Japan 1 (2%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- Israel 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amitt Mahajan
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Paul Bragiel
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Phil Chen
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 17 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience.The company combines motion capture in real time with virtual reality technology to create a new medium that is the closest thing to the Star Trek holodeck that exists. The company was founded in 2016 and has presence in the Bay Area and HongKong | $37M / Series B / Nov 10, 2021 | ||
| Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan. | $11.5M / Series B / Aug 10, 2021 | ||
| TRIPP: Empowering You To Change The Way You FeelNamed the Best VR Meditation App of 2020 by Men’s Health and VR Fitness Insider, The Washington Post calls TRIPP “Meditation-meets-a-video-game-meets-a-Happy-Pill!”TRIPP is the award-winning XR platform designed to address mental and emotional well-being. Proven to drive deep engagement, TRIPPcreates advanced digital products that are based on scientific research and delivered through virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile devices. TRIPP's platform is currently delivering wellness solutions into consumer households, Fortune 1000 companies and hospitals/clinics worldwide. | $11M / Series A / Jun 25, 2021 | ||
| Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan. | $8.5M / Series A / Oct 06, 2020 | ||
| Lightform's products transform spaces & experiences using projection mapping, adding magical effects & ambient interfaces to any 3D object. | $8.7M / Series A / Jun 04, 2019 | ||
| Proprio is a Seattle-based company utilizing machine learning, automated intelligence, and mixed-reality user interfaces to develop a next-generation surgical navigation and imaging platform to improve surgical accuracy, simplify surgical workflows, and improve patient outcomes.The solution they’re building supplants surgical microscopes,navigation systems, loupes, and screens, replacing surgical microscopes alone wouldn’t be a compelling enough goal for them though.Their greater vision is to move medicine out of the past and into a future that fully leverages not only existing technologies, like AR/VR but one where medical innovation can move at the pace of software development in other industries. In order to realize that future, they have to move away from a dependency on ground glass, in the case of microscopes, and toward a focus on software and data, and leverage the emerging capabilities of computer vision and machine learning to enhance the combined performance of humans and computers. | $14.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 31, 2019 | ||
| Diveplane Corporation is a groundbreaking technology startup dedicated to keeping the humanity in AI. Their first project is an Understandable AI decision system. They believe in Responsible AI, meaning machines ought to preserve, amplify, and empower the best intentions of humanity both in how they function technically, and how they are applied tosolve problems – unlike uninterpretable black box systems that make life-altering decisions in an instant, but can’t explain why.Their proprietary and patented AI platform is faster than current off-the-shelf solutions and can train on significantly less data, while also addressing the technical shortcomings and societal concerns that have kept many from trusting and adopting AI. | $6M / Seed / Oct 16, 2018 | ||
| The company's mission focuses on establishing trustworthy AI as the global standard by redesigning it from the ground up, ensuring transparency and human comprehensibility in every aspect.Howso is an AI-driven platform designed to assist enterprises in preparing and analyzing data for AI use cases. This is achieved through the UnderstandableAI® Platform—a data-centric AI solution offering a clear alternative to traditional neural networks.Howso (formerly “Diveplane”) was co-founded by Dr. Mike Capps, Dr. Chris Hazard, and Mike Resnick in 2017. In September 2023, the company rebranded to Howso, alongside the release of our open source project. | $6M / Seed / Oct 16, 2018 | ||
| Camera IQ is a camera experience manager that helps digital marketers create new worlds that customers love to explore.Camera marketing thrives at the intersection of experience design and spatial analytics. Camera IQ's technology integrates OS platforms, AR toolkits, and native apps into a single fabric, so brands can deliver captivatingexperiences at scale. | $2M / Seed / Mar 06, 2018 | ||
| Fyusion is a 3D computer vision and machine learning company that develops products that make images as intelligent as they are beautiful. These immersive, interactive photorealistic 3D images viewable on any mobile, desktop, VR, or Augmented Reality device are captured using only a smartphone or any other camera.Its commercial focus is on iOSand Android capture for automotive and eCommerce imaging at scale.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M / Series B / Dec 18, 2017 | ||
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FAQ
What does Presence Capital invest in?
Presence Capital invests primarily in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Presence Capital's check size?
Presence Capital typically joins rounds of $700k–$6M at Seed, $2.2M–$11M at Series A and $12M–$120M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Presence Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Presence Capital?
The team at Presence Capital includes Amitt Mahajan (Managing Partner), Paul Bragiel (Founding Partner) and Phil Chen (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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