Distance Technologies

Photonics, Optics & Sensing · Helsinki

Glasses-free mixed-reality optics with on-device AI, founded by Urho Konttori and a team of former Varjo executives.

Pre-revenue📍 Helsinki📅 Founded 2023

The row

Sector
Photonics, Optics & Sensing
Stage
Pre-revenue — No sales yet
Location
Helsinki
Founded
2023
Business ID
3410188-9 · Finnish trade register
Funding
Seed led by GV (Google Ventures); $2.7M oversubscribed pre-seed before that (6/2024, FOV Ventures and Maki.vc co-lead, with David Helgason via Foobar VC). No company-confirmed total

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