43 investors have funded 11 Virtual Reality companies head-officed in Seattle, across 59 rounds (Sep 2015 – Jul 2020). They are ranked by how many Seattle companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Seattle" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulcan Capital | Seattle, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 3 | 5 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 139 |
| 2 | Madrona Venture Group | Seattle, United States | SeedSeries A | 3 | 4 | 1 | Nov 2017 | 271 |
| 3 | Presence Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 3 | 3 | 1 | Apr 2017 | 27 |
| 4 | Eniac Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Oct 2017 | 165 |
| 5 | Maveron | Seattle, United States | Series A | 2 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2017 | 170 |
| 6 | Trilogy Equity Partners | Bellevue, United States | Series A | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 2017 | 60 |
| 7 | CRCM Ventures | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Feb 2018 | 64 |
| 8 | Colopl Next | Minato City, Japan | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 2016 | 60 |
| 9 | The Venture Reality Fund | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 46 |
| 10 | Upfront Ventures | Los Angeles, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2018 | 194 |
| 11 | BoxGroup | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2017 | 395 |
| 12 | Shasta Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2018 | 198 |
| 13 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | 265 |
| 14 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | 230 |
| 15 | Initialized Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 207 |
| 16 | Intel | Santa Clara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2018 | 180 |
| 17 | Betaworks | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2017 | 168 |
| 18 | Ship2B | Barcelona, Spain | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 210 |
| 19 | Hearst | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | 143 |
| 20 | SoftBank Capital | San Carlos, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2017 | 142 |
| 21 | Social Starts | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 135 |
| 22 | Lowercase Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2017 | 94 |
| 23 | The Raine Group | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | 87 |
| 24 | GSR Ventures | Palo Alto | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2018 | 97 |
| 25 | Signia Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 68 |
| 26 | Alliance of Angels | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 75 |
| 27 | Pioneer Square Labs | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2018 | 51 |
| 28 | Spider Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 38 |
| 29 | Max Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 52 |
| 30 | Vulcan | Seattle | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2018 | 51 |
| 31 | Anorak Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 46 |
| 32 | Pathbreaker Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 34 |
| 33 | IT-Farm Corporation | Shinjuku City, Japan | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 34 | |
| 34 | Hiro Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 35 |
| 35 | Scout Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 30 |
| 36 | AET Fund | Shinagawa, Japan | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2018 | 27 |
| 37 | Sparkland Capital | San Jose, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 12 |
| 38 | Mission and Market | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 7 |
| 39 | EOS | Hong Kong, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2020 | 6 |
| 40 | Dawn Patrol Ventures | Santa Monica, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | Media Funding Group | Washougal, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2015 | 3 |
| 42 | UCCVR | Jinzhong, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2016 | 3 |
| 43 | Axioma Ventures | Tampa, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2018 | 2 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Virtual Reality companies head-officed in Seattle that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vreal vreal.net |
11 | 12 | $86.7M | Series A Jan 2019 |
| Pixvana pixvana.com |
6 | 8 | $98M | Series A Nov 2017 |
| Drifter Games drifter.games |
6 | 6 | $15.9M | Seed Dec 2016 |
| Viro Media viromedia.com |
6 | 6 | $15M | Seed Apr 2017 |
| Limitless vrlimitlessltd.com |
6 | 6 | $6M | Seed Jun 2016 |
| Polyarc Games polyarcgames.com |
5 | 6 | $37.5M | Series B Jul 2020 |
| Visual Vocal visualvocal.com |
5 | 5 | $14.4M | Seed Oct 2017 |
| Pluto pluto.app |
3 | 3 | $41.7M | Series A Apr 2017 |
| Pluto VR plutovr.com |
3 | 3 | $41.7M | Series A Apr 2017 |
| BigBox VR bigboxvr.com |
3 | 3 | $19.6M | Seed Nov 2018 |
| ReelTime reeltime.com |
1 | 1 | $2M | Series A Sep 2015 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2020 | EOS | Polyarc Games | Series B | $9M |
| Jul 2020 | Vulcan Capital | Polyarc Games | Series B | $9M |
| Jul 2020 | Hiro CapitalLED | Polyarc Games | Series B | $9M |
| Jan 2019 | Ship2BLED | Vreal | Series A | — |
| Nov 2018 | GSR Ventures | BigBox VR | Seed | $6.5M |
| Nov 2018 | Pioneer Square Labs | BigBox VR | Seed | $6.5M |
| Nov 2018 | Shasta VenturesLED | BigBox VR | Seed | $6.5M |
| Feb 2018 | Axioma VenturesLED | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Feb 2018 | Intel | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Feb 2018 | Upfront Ventures | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Feb 2018 | Vulcan | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Feb 2018 | AET Fund | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Feb 2018 | CRCM Ventures | Vreal | Series A | $11.7M |
| Nov 2017 | Hearst | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Nov 2017 | Cisco Investments | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Nov 2017 | Madrona Venture Group | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Nov 2017 | Raine | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Nov 2017 | Vulcan CapitalLED | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Nov 2017 | M12 | Pixvana | Series A | $14M |
| Oct 2017 | Eniac VenturesLED | Visual Vocal | Seed | $3.6M |
Virtual Reality investors in other cities
Other markets in Seattle