Sphere

company

About

Sphere provides technology for recording, distributing and viewing 360º content.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$1.75M
Industries
Mobile,Photography,Publishing,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active

Sphere is pioneering how 360º content gets recorded, distributed, and viewed.

The company has 20 pending patents that range from smartphone–based mapping and tracking techniques to bandwidth–sensitive streaming technology for 360º video.

Sphere has licensed its software development kit to 60+ brands in 2012, including Samsung, Sony, HomeAway, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Viator. The company is on track for its Sphere app to be pre-loaded on 67 million devices in 1Q14.

Sphere is a team of 10, with most of their team comprised of engineers. Their offices are located in San Francisco, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$1.75M
Sphere has raised a total of $1.75M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 28, 2012 from a Seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 28, 2012 Seed $1.75M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Sphere is funded by 1 investors. General Catalyst are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
General Catalyst Seed