When was Umbra founded?

Umbra was founded in 2006 and raised its 1st funding round 9 years after it was founded.

Where is Umbra located?

Umbra is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

How many employees does Umbra have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Umbra is 6.

Is Umbra a funded company?

Umbra is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Series A round on Oct 29, 2015.

When was the latest funding round of Umbra?

Umbra's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Oct 29, 2015, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Umbra rank among its competitors?

Umbra ranks 13th amongst 89 active competitors, of which 10 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Layer, which secured $6.5M in May, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Umbra?

Umbra's top competitors include Scenario, Layer and CSM. Among them, Layer secured the most recent funding round in May, 2025.

Umbra - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Umbra is a graphics software designing company based in Finland. It specializes in occlusion culling, visibility solution technology and provides middleware for video games running on various platforms including Windows, Linux, iOS, and Wii U platforms. The company has developed a middleware for providing a feature called occlusion culling, which will help the rendering engine focus on just the visible objects, saving CPU and GPU processing power. The middleware has been used in "Call of Duty" and "Destiny" games.

Website: umbra3d.com
Social

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2006

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$3.4M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Oct 29, 2015, $*****

Investors

Initial Capital & 3 more

Ranked

13^th among 89 active competitors

Employee Count

6 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Scenario & 104 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Amazon (Jan 22, 2021)

View Umbra's full profile

Umbra got acquired by Amazon on Jan 22, 2021.

Click here to take a look at Umbra's acquisition in detail

Umbra has raised a total funding of $3.4M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 29, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Umbra has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Umbra:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 29, 2015	1089946	Series A	3678786	1986149	2463263	4187175

Access funding benchmarks and valuations. Sign up today!

View details of Umbra's funding rounds and investors

The founders of Umbra is Otso Makinen.

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

Otso Makinen: Founder & CEO of Umbra and founder of 1 other company.

View details of Umbra's Founder profiles and Board Members

Umbra's employee count trend

Umbra has 6 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Umbra's employee count trend over the years:

Uncover Umbra's growth story! Sign up today!

Access Tracxn on any website

Our Google Chrome extension lets you view company details while browsing their websites

Install Tracxn Extension

Top competitors of Umbra include Scenario, Layer and CSM. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Umbra, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Scenario 1995, San Francisco (United States), Early Stage	Developer of a platform for generating and editing visual content	$6M	Play Ventures, Graph Ventures & 8 others	54/100
2nd	Layer 2020, London (United Kingdom), Seed	Provider of an MLOps platform to develop, deploy, and manage ML applications	$8.3M	Hummingbird Ventures, e2vc & 10 others	54/100
3rd	CSM 2020, Cambridge (United States), Acquired	Provider of AI-based 3D assets and game scripts platform	-	Glasswing Ventures, Intel Capital & 3 others	48/100
4th	Artomatix 2014, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired	AI-based graphics tool development company	$6.54M	Enterprise Ireland, Sure Valley Ventures & 5 others	48/100
5th	GritWorld 2015, Frankfurt Am Main (Germany), Series B	Developer of real-time graphic software	-	Baidu Ventures, C Capital & 9 others	45/100
6th	Havok 1998, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired	Graphics middleware tool developer	-	-	44/100
7th	Imperium Multimedia 2010, Petrovac (Serbia), Unfunded	Provider of 3D models for game development	-	-	43/100
8th	Metahero 2021, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	Provider of solutions to generate intelligent 3D avatars	-	Buks Capital, 0X Wilds Ventures Capital	43/100
9th	PixCap 2019, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Web-based 3D animation engine provider	$2.8M	Surge, Cocoon Capital & 3 others	41/100
10th	Original Force 1999, Nanjing (China), Series A	Content service provider for game and movie industry	$6.5M	CoStone Capital, Walden International & 4 others	41/100
13th	Umbra 2006, Helsinki (Finland), Acquired	Middleware for optimizing rendering	$3.4M	Initial Capital, Lifeline Ventures & 2 others	38/100