echo3D provides a 3D-first content management system (CMS) and delivery network (CDN) that stores, manages, compresses, optimizes, and streams 3D models, animations, and interactive content to smartphones, headsets, browsers, and smart camera devices. Its cross-platform cloud tools aim to help developers build lighter, faster 3D games, apps, AR ad campaigns, NFT marketplaces, and other cloud-connected experiences. The platform connects content to apps while extracting analytics and enables clients to publish 3D content without involving development teams. echo3D is a Verified Solutions Partner of Unity and positions itself as infrastructure for the emerging metaverse, a market the article cites as growing to $783.3 billion by 2024. The company says it is building tools and network infrastructure to support spatial computing and the next generation of AR/VR experiences. Echo3D is backed by a mix of venture investors, startup accelerators, angels, and grant programs described in the announcement. Echo3D, founded in March 2018 and formerly EchoAR, provides a cross-platform cloud platform that stores, manages, converts, compresses, optimizes, and streams 3D, AR, and VR content to mobile devices, browsers, game engines, and smart camera devices. Its 3D-first CMS and content delivery network aim to reduce file sizes and development times for 3D objects (an example cited reduced 500MB of assets to 5MB for streaming). Developers have used the platform to build cloud-connected games, AR ad campaigns, NFT marketplaces, and other interactive experiences. Since 2020 the company has registered 11,000 developer users worldwide and was named a Verified Solutions Partner by Unity. Echo3D has five employees, is hiring, and will use the $4 million it raised to expand developer relations and grow its developer and marketing teams. The company positions itself as backend infrastructure for the metaverse, describing a vision to be the equivalent of AWS for 3D applications.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jul 2022