Dekko develops technology that maps the real world using a phone or tablet camera, building digital 3-D grids that allow games and other applications to be layered on top. The company has shifted from primarily offering a developer platform to building its own consumer applications to attract users and demonstrate the platform's capabilities. Its first game is reported to be about 90% complete and is intended to showcase how developers can use the real-world OS. Dekko’s current app focuses on creating grids of small, independent spaces, with potential to map larger, full-scale environments. The company is based in San Francisco and has a team of 10 employees with expertise in augmented reality, optical tracking, 3-D reconstruction and user experience design. Financially, Dekko closed a $3.2M funding round (including an additional $1.3M to close out the round) from a mix of venture firms and angel investors. Dekko provides a context-aware AR platform that accounts for user location, surroundings, and device spatial movement to create more realistic augmented-reality experiences. Its technology works with Unity 3-D and enables developers — including those without prior AR expertise — to build apps that place characters and objects believably in users' environments. The platform can create digital copies of real-world objects and supports interactive experiences; Dekko also has three patents pending. The company has partnered with 40+ content partners across gaming, toys, entertainment IP and special effects, and is working with distribution partners including smartphone manufacturers, carriers, chipset makers, and social/gaming companies. Another 50 developers are signed up to test the platform pre-launch, and Dekko expects commercial apps built on the platform by the end of the year. The company was founded by Matt and Silka Miesnieks and currently has eight employees; it has raised $1.9 million in funding.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

May 2013