Oculus VR
Hardware / Semiconductors · Menlo Park, United States · #8 globally
1.28%
Spawner rate
14
Funded founders
1,092
Alumni tracked
$12.8B
Capital raised by spawns
Founder DNA
Sectors spawned founders go on to build in
Over-indexed on Aerospace / Defence. Founders spawned from Oculus VR pick it 9.7× more often than the global founder population.
Aerospace / Defence
9.7×
Hardware / Semiconductors
6.7×
Gaming
4.2×
Professional Services
3.5×
Media / Entertainment
2.9×
Health Tech
1.5×
Enterprise Software
0.8×
AI / Machine Learning
0.5×
← under · 1× market average · over →
The Oculus VR network
Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since
Spawned companies
| Company | Founders from Oculus VR | Role at Oculus VR | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anduril IndustriesAerospace / Defence | Palmer Luckey(2017) | Founder | 2017 | $11.8B |
SesameHardware / Semiconductors | Brendan Iribe(2018) | CEO and co-founder | 2023 | $572M |
Sprinter HealthHealth Tech | Max Cohen(2019) | VP of Mobile @ Oculus; various Product leadership roles @ Facebook | 2021 | $128M |
Mountaintop StudiosGaming | Nate Mitchell(2018) | Co-founder, Head of Rift | 2020 | $86M |
Mountaintop StudiosOther | Matt Hansen(2020) | Executive Producer / Manager, Technical Program Management | 2020 | $66M |
Fable SimulationAI / Machine Learning | Edward Saatchi(2021) | Cofounder, Oculus Story Studio | 2021 | $61M |
FrameworkHardware / Semiconductors | Nirav Patel(2019) | Engineer | 2020 | $45M |
PenroseMedia / Entertainment | Eugene Chung(2015) | Head of Film & Media | 2015 | $19M |
BeziEnterprise Software | Cecilia Uhr(2021)Denys Bastov(2021)Julian Park(2021) | Senior Product DesignerVR Design PrototyperSoftware Lead | 2021 | $13M |
Ironwood StudiosE-commerce / Retail | Alexander Dracott(2019)Cassandra Dracott(2019) | Lead VFX ArtistLead VFX Artist | 2019 | $4M |
Juice LabsEnterprise Software | Dean Beeler(2019) | Software Engineer | 2020 | $2M |