VUSE XR has raised €1.2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by IACD, a business angel network based in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The company develops VUSE XR Hub, a software platform that helps industrial and life sciences companies create and use mixed reality training programmes.
Mixed reality training has usually been developed through custom projects, with each training programme built from scratch. This makes it expensive to create, difficult to update and challenging to use across different products and locations.
VUSE XR offers a software platform that makes this process simpler and more efficient. With VUSE XR Hub, companies can create training programmes, update them when products or processes change, and quickly roll them out across their operations. Its AI-powered tools also help turn existing product information and documents into customised training materials more quickly.
Founded in November 2023, VUSE XR already works with companies such as ZEISS, Witron, Hologic and Badenova. These businesses use VUSE XR Hub to explain complex products and processes more clearly and provide hands-on training without needing the actual equipment at the training location.
“Mixed reality hardware is advancing rapidly, but creating mixed reality training content remains the biggest barrier to broader enterprise adoption,” said Niclas Matthias, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of VUSE XR. “The VUSE XR Hub removes this bottleneck, enabling companies to unlock significant business value from mixed reality.”
“From an investor’s perspective, VUSE XR brings together everything we look for at this stage: an exceptional team, defensible AI-driven technology, and strong commercial traction,” said Markus Roithmeier, IACD member and Chairman of the VUSE XR Advisory Board. “The company has demonstrated its ability to turn a technically demanding product into a scalable software business with considerable growth potential, further accelerated by continuous AI-powered feature enrichment.”
“Beyond the investment case, we see significant value for customers,” Andreas Goss, IACD member and former Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Steel, added. “Effective training is critical to productivity, knowledge transfer and the safe operation of increasingly complex products and processes. The technology developed by VUSE XR has the potential to fundamentally change how companies deliver training, making it more accessible and scalable across products and locations.”
VUSE XR will use the €1.2 million pre-seed funding to improve its VUSE XR Hub platform, develop its AI-powered training tools and grow its business.
