About GVR Fund
GVR Fund is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, United States. As of Dec 2017, GVR Fund has invested in 6 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Streem Overall, GVR Fund portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions, namely Loom.ai, Streem and Streem. A lot of funds co-invest with GVR Fund, with names like Flying Fish Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.GVR Fund's List of Top Investments
GVR Fund has a portfolio of 6 companies. Their most notable investments are in Streem and Streem.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by GVR Fund:1. VRChat
Provider of a VR-based social platform. It allows the users to create their own virtual worlds, make friends, and connect with friends in the VR world. It is compatible with Windows devices.
Key facts about VRChat
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $96M
- Employee Count: 194 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: GVR Fund, HTC Corporation and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 20, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Loom.ai
LoomAI develops a mobile solution for building and animating personalized 3D avatars. Products include an SDK that allows the user to create a fully automatic, personalized 3D avatar and facial rig, using a photograph. Claims to use deep learning that recreates the user's likeness in shape, texture, and movement. By using facial expressions and movement, users can animate the 3D avatar. The technology is compatible with multiple third-party real-time facial feature tracking solutions, as well. Applications are in the areas of mobile messaging, entertainment, AR/VR, e-commerce, video conferencing, broadcasting etc.
Key facts about Loom.ai
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.9M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Samsung Venture Investment, DHVC and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 03, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Streem
Provider of AR and computer vision-based customer engagement and support software. It provides an app that enables businesses to troubleshoot, identify and solve customer queries and issues using real-time video streaming. Its features include video-based communication, space mapping, and scanning, OCR-based text recognition, object identification, data visualization, and multiple pricing plans.
Key facts about Streem
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.85M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: GVR Fund, Greycroft and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 19, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Streem
Provider of home maintenance and repair services to homeowners. They offer solutions to simplify and empower members' lives. The company focuses on meeting the needs of homeowners. It leverages experience and technology in the home services sector.
Key facts about Streem
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Portland (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 20 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: GVR Fund, Greycroft and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 21, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Immersv
Platform offering VR advertisement creation solution. It allows users to serve ads in VR apps and games, thereby helps advertisers to connect with consumers through mobile and VR enabling developers to help distribute and monetize the ad content.
Key facts about Immersv
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Rising Tide Fund and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 18, 2017, $*****
GVR Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Streem.GVR Fund's Investments by Stage
GVR Fund has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.72M.GVR Fund's Investments by Sector
GVR Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, AR VR - Industry Applications, Industrial Goods and Manufacturing and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
AR VR - Industry Applications | 1 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
GVR Fund's Investments by Geography
GVR Fund has made most investments in United States (2).GVR Fund's recent investments
GVR Fund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by GVR Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2017 | United States | Seed | 4787 | [+7] | |
Dec 19, 2017 | United States | Seed | 8830 | [+7] |
Acquired companies in GVR Fund's Portfolio
4 companies from GVR Fund's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Loom.ai in Dec 2020 by Roblox for $*****.Here are GVR Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 14, 2020 | - | - | 7356 | |
Aug 24, 2020 | - | - | 1590 | |
Dec 05, 2019 | Dec 19, 2017 | Seed | 3908 | |
Jun 15, 2014 | Dec 19, 2017 | Seed | 3819 |
Co-investors of GVR Fund
Over the past 9 years, 16 investors have co-invested in GVR Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before GVR Fund: Y Combinator, 500 Global and 2 others have invested in rounds before GVR Fund. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before GVR Fund and 1 company where 500 Global has invested before GVR Fund.
- Top Co-investors of GVR Fund: 8 investors entered a company along with GVR Fund. These include investors like Flying Fish Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after GVR Fund: A total of 4 investors have invested in GVR Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Loup Ventures (1 company), Portland Seed Fund (1 company) and Archivist (1 company).
Recent News related to GVR Fund
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GVR Fund Raises $18.3 Million, Investing in Seventeen Augmented Reality (AR) And Virtual Reality (VR) StartupsPR Newswire•Feb 15, 2018•GVR Fund, VRChat, GFR Fund, VRChat and 4 others
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Streem Raises $1.725M in Seed FundingBusiness Wire•Dec 19, 2017•Streem, Flying Fish Ventures, Columbia Ventures Corporation, Rogue Venture Partners and 8 others
