When was Pinscreen founded?

Pinscreen was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Pinscreen located?

Pinscreen is headquartered in Santa Monica, United States.

How many employees does Pinscreen have?

As of Apr 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Pinscreen is 12.

Is Pinscreen a funded company?

Pinscreen is a funded company, having raised a total of $1.8M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Aug 09, 2016.

When was the latest funding round of Pinscreen?

Pinscreen's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Aug 29, 2017, with participation from 3 investors. Its primary sector is Virtual Reality. Globally, the Virtual Reality sector has seen $45.1M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Pinscreen rank among its competitors?

Pinscreen ranks 18th amongst 124 active competitors, of which 22 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Akool, which secured $40M in Mar, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Pinscreen?

Pinscreen's top competitors include Genies, Ready Player Me and Loom.ai. Among them, Akool secured the most recent funding round in March, 2025.

Pinscreen - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Pinscreen develops AI-enabled mobile application for user-generated and personalized 3D virtual avatars. Its app generates photo-realistic three-dimensional images from a single scan/image. Claims to use artificial intelligence-powered visualization and mapping technologies for creating three-dimensional images. As of Sep 2017, the product is available for beta test only.

Website: pinscreen.com
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

Santa Monica, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.8M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Aug 29, 2017, $*****

Investors

Lux Capital & 7 more

Ranked

18^th among 124 active competitors

Employee Count

12 as on Apr 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Genies & 155 more

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Pinscreen has raised a total funding of $1.8M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 09, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Aug 29, 2017 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Pinscreen has 6 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Pinscreen:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Aug 29, 2017	6113901	Seed	5046368	8912103	7612535	1092931
Aug 09, 2016	2171042	Seed	5897577	4432701	Lux Capital	Colopl Next & 2 more

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The founders of Pinscreen is Hao Li.

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

Hao Li: Co-Founder & CEO of Pinscreen.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Pinscreen's employee count trend

Pinscreen has 12 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Pinscreen's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Pinscreen include Genies, Ready Player Me and Loom.ai. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pinscreen, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Genies 2011, Los Angeles (United States), Series C	Developer of tools for creating customizable, intelligent, and dynamic characters	$276M	New Enterprise Associates, Bandai Namco Entertainment ... & 74 others	75/100
2nd	Ready Player Me 2020, Tallinn (Estonia), Acquired	Provider of AI-powered 3D avatar modeling tools for the metaverse	$69M	Andreessen Horowitz, Taavet Sten & 36 others	64/100
3rd	Loom.ai 2016, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Platform to create avatars for applications in AR, VR, gaming, and messaging	$5.9M	Samsung Venture Investment, Camford Capital ... & 13 others	58/100
4th	DeepBrain 2016, Palo Alto (United States), Series B	Provider of AI video generation, dubbing, translation, and editing tools	$52M	KB Investment, IDG Capital & 8 others	57/100
5th	Akool 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Seed	AI-powered platform offering video editing solutions	$40M	Citta Capital	55/100
6th	ObEN 2014, Pasadena (United States), Series A	Photo-real 3D virtual avatar using AI	$23.8M	Tencent, K11 & 19 others	55/100
7th	Digitalhumans 2010, Austin (United States), Series A	AI-based digital human platform	$10M	Alium Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures & 7 others	54/100
8th	Reallusion 2000, San Jose (United States), Funding Raised	Premier 3D software developer specializing in digital human creation, real-time character animation, and advanced Digital Twin simulations	-	UMC Capital, TIC	51/100
9th	Rapport 2019, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Developer of an interactive platform for AI avatar role-playing scenarios	-	Sands Capital	50/100
10th	Common Ground 2019, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Cloud-based platform for meeting management	$44M	Matrix, Grove Ventures & 2 others	48/100
18th	Pinscreen 2015, Santa Monica (United States), Seed	Provides application for user-generated and personalized 3D virtual avatars	$1.8M	SBVA, Kygo & 6 others	36/100