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VC firms for Emotion AI

Delivered December 3, 2019. Contributor: Alexandra Y.

Goals

The goal is to find VC firms globally that have invested in Emotion AI companies, or show interest in Emotion AI.

Early Findings

 Fenox Venture Capital invested $14 million in Emotion AI leader Affectiva in 2016. Their email is contact@fenoxvc.com.
 Draper Espirit and NTT DOCOMO Ventures invested $12.4 million into Realeyes, an emotion AI company. Draper Espirit can be contacted by phone at +44 (0)20 7931 8800. NTT DOCOMO Ventures can be contacted via an inquiry form here.
Looxid Labs received $4 million in funding for its emotion AI project from multiple partners including Daesung Private Equity, Sejong Venture Partners, and Samsung Venture.
Entropik Tech received $1.1 million in funding for its emotion recognition projects from the Bharat Innovation Fund. The firm can be contacted by email at apply@bharat.fund.
The Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center hosted an Emotion AI Meetup, so it could be an area they invest in. They can be contacted by email at biccomm@kmbs.konicaminolta.us or by phone at 650-581-2266.

Proposed next steps:

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We can continue the research by finding 4-5 additional global VC firms that have either invested in Emotion AI companies/projects in the last few years, or show that they are interested in Emotion AI. For each, we will provide their website, contact information, any relevant projects they invested in, how much they invested (if available), and if they did not invest in any relevant companies, we will provide an explanation of why they may be interested in investing in an Emotion AI company.

Alternatively, since the company works in neuroscience and wellness, we can find 4-5 global VC firms that invest in healthcare tech startups. This may help find firms that would be receptive to Emotion AI endeavors. For each, we will provide their website, contact information, any relevant projects they invested in, and how much they invested (if available).