Stuttgart, Germany – Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, has completed an investment in AIRY3D. The Canadian start-up company is based in Montreal. It is a leader in single sensor 3D imaging, which will help enhance the capabilities of multiple billion dollar markets from the automotive industry to both consumer and industrial applications of AR/VR. This investment adds another company to the portfolio of Robert Bosch Venture Capital in the field of machine vision sensors. “Airy3D’s novel technology is unrivalled by any other player in the 3D sensor space,” says Jeff Yu, Investment Principal at RBVC. “We believe in the capabilities of this technology to disrupt various billion dollar markets. We are pleased to have Airy3D as a strategic extension of our portfolio due to its immense potential in many different markets, such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, automotive, drones, and robotics.”
About RBVC GmbH
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) is the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services. RBVC invests worldwide in innovative start-up companies at all stages of their development. Its investment activities focus on technology companies working in areas of business of current and future relevance for Bosch, above all, automation and electrification, energy efficiency, enabling technologies, and healthcare systems. RBVC also invests in services and business models as well as new materials that are relevant to the above-mentioned areas of business.
Additional information is available at www.rbvc.com
About AIRY3D
Founded in 2015 and based in Montreal, Canada, AIRY3D has developed the world’s first passive single sensor solution for 3D computer vision based on off-the-shelf components that are transformed by technology first invented at Cornell University. Airy3D is a spinout of TandemLaunch, a Montreal-based incubator.
For additional information
Please contact info@airy3d.com
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