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.”
Strong Syndicate of Seed Investors
Robert Bosch Venture Capital joined the round which was co-led by Youku Global Media Fund I and R7 Partners. Other investors include the WI Harper Group, Nautilus Venture Partners and several angel investors that are affiliates of TandemLaunch, AIRY3D’s Montreal-based incubator.
Single Sensor Solution Technology
AIRY3D’s core technology differentiation is their patented Transmissive Diffraction Mask, or “TDM” technology, which breaks light into its fundamental elements. This year, AIRY3D’s TDM technology will be combined with state-of-the-art, off-the-shelf CMOS camera sensors on wafer-scale production equipment to create the world’s first commercial grade 3D sensors utilizing this platform. The passive, single sensor platform preserves 2D quality while remaining unrivalled in cost, size, and computational efficiency.
