Where is Fove located?

Fove is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

How many employees does Fove have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Fove is 25.

Is Fove a funded company?

Fove is a funded company, having raised a total of $18.1M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round.

When was the latest funding round of Fove?

Fove's latest funding was a $***** Conventional Debt round on May 29, 2025, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Fove rank among its competitors?

Fove ranks 2nd amongst 18 active competitors, of which 5 are funded. It stands 3rd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Varjo, which secured $5.86M in Aug, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Fove?

Fove's top competitors include Varjo, WorldViz and Eyefluence. Among them, Varjo secured the most recent funding round in August, 2025.

Fove - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Fove has designed an eye tracking head mount display. The device allows eyes to control Virtual Reality environments by tracking gaze position in real time. The device makes possible to interact with and control objects on the screen. In March 2014, it was selected by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation as one of the Regional Business Creation / Start-up Promotion subsidy recipients. Backed by Intellectual Backyard, an advanced technology development laboratory in University of Tokyo. Incubated at Microsoft accelerator at Microsoft Ventures London. Raised $480K through crowdfunding on Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform.

Website: fove-inc.com
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Founded Year

2014

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$18.1M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Conventional Debt, May 29, 2025, $*****

Investors

2020 Ventures & 11 more

Ranked

2^nd among 18 active competitors

Employee Count

25 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Varjo & 23 more

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Fove has raised a total funding of $18.1M over 7 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on May 29, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Fove has 12 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Fove:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 29, 2025	3940005	Conventional Debt	5533875	4210896	9021400	8814859
Jul 15, 2021	7872873	Series A	4583417	1983386	2598638	9815153
May 26, 2017	6560558	Series A	6213794	7954326	6883320	2281478

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The founders of Fove are Lochlainn Wilson and Yuka Kojima. Shintaro K is the CEO of Fove.

Here are the details of Fove's key team members:

Lochlainn Wilson: Former Co-Founder & CTO of Fove.
Yuka Kojima: Founder of Fove and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Fove's employee count trend

Fove has 25 employees as of May 26. Here is Fove's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Fove include Varjo, WorldViz and Eyefluence. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Fove, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Varjo 2016, Helsinki (Finland), Series D	Provider of virtual reality headsets	$149M	Foxconn Electronics, Zurcher Kantonalbank ... & 26 others	70/100
2nd	Fove 2014, Tokyo (Japan), Series A	Provider of eye tracking head mounted displays	$18.1M	2020 Ventures, SBI Investment & 10 others	59/100
3rd	WorldViz 2002, Santa Barbara (United States), Series A	Developer of VR visualization and simulation platforms and headsets	$6.24M	Intel, Entrada Ventures & 4 others	53/100
4th	Eyefluence 2013, Milpitas (United States), Acqui-Hired	Eye tracking & eye control technology for HMDs	$21.6M	Motorola Solutions, Intel Capital & 5 others	45/100
5th	Pupil Labs 2014, Berlin (Germany), Unfunded	Developer of eye tracking hardware and software for data analysis	-	-	44/100
6th	7invensun 2009, Beijing (China), Series D	Provider of eye tracking technology for applications in VR	$13.7M	Tsinghua Holdings Capital, Qualcomm Ventures ... & 9 others	42/100
7th	Ganzin 2016, Taipei (Taiwan), Unfunded	Provider of eye tracking solution for research purposes	-	-	34/100
8th	SeeTrue Technologies 2018, Joensuu (Finland), Seed	Developer of customizable eye-tracking solutions	$456K	Redstone, HHS & 3 others	34/100
9th	EXGwear 2018, Pittsburgh (United States), Funding Raised	Offers an AI enabled earbud	-	Boomtown Accelerators, AlphaLab Gear & 1 others	32/100
10th	Ocutrx 2015, Irvine (United States), Unfunded	Provider of AR headset and eye tracking solution	-	-	30/100