Vū Technologies, a Tampa, FL-based creator of virtual production studios for film and video, closed on a $17m seed funding.
Backers included ADX Labs, Topmark Partners, and angel investment syndicates from Tampa, Orlando, and Texas. Waterfall Ventures Investments worked to bring 30 Orlando-based investors to participate in this investment for $1.7 million. Among them, backers included Super Bowl Champion and NFL standout Trey Burton.
The investment will accelerate the expansion of the company’s existing Tampa-Nashville-Vegas virtual studio network.
Led by Tim Moore, co-founder and CEO, and patenand Jon Davila, President and co-founder, Vū Technologies specializes in Virtual Production of commercial advertising, corporate video, film, and episodic television with a network of studio campuses across North America. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, the Vū Studios network virtual production capabilities allow filmmakers to shoot photo-realistic virtual environments in the studio instead of traveling on location, saving both cost and time.
Incorporating multiple technologies invented and patented by Tim Moore, the Vū Max, Vū Pro, and Vū Essential are large circular sound stage studios that provide HD LED panels on all walls and ceilings. The Vū Dome is a sound stage in a massive 30 foot (9.1m) diameter dome structure with custom-made curved HD LED internal surfaces, providing a 180 by 90-degree volume. Vū Walls, constructed in effectively infinite sizes, provide advanced shooting environments for tracking shots.
Typically rented by film, TV, advertising, and corporate video producers by the day, week, or month, Vū Studios empower directors to shoot their talent in largely enclosed high-definition video projection environments.
FinSMEs
02/03/2022