Immerse, an Irvine, CA-based provider of a virtual reality language teaching and learning platform, raised $9M in Series B funding.
The round, which brings total capital raised to $11.5m, was led by Eagle Venture Fund and Mustang Creek Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to grow its team, to invest in continued product innovation and to launch its VR app onto other major VR platforms. Immerse plans to grow its global team from 12 to 35 over the next four months and is already hiring for a variety of education, engineering and marketing roles.
Led by CEO Quinn Taber, Immerse is a virtual reality language teaching and learning platform in the metaverse used in partnership with the world’s top language schools to deliver VR English language learning experiences to students in the Asian, European and Latin American markets.
Immerse’s VR language learning experiences give learners the opportunity to:
- Collaborate with their peers to solve problems while escaping a deserted Island
- Give and follow directions while cooking a meal in the chef kitchen
- Discuss abstract art while painting together in an art studio
- Improve their storytelling skills around a campfire
- Share their opinions on fashion while trying on new outfits at a shopping center
The company will bring its fully immersive, instructor-led, multiplayer language learning experiences directly to serious language learners and VR enthusiasts. Immerse will launch its consumer-facing VR world languages learning app on the Meta Quest store this summer starting with the release of their Spanish language learning program. A French learning program will be released in the fall, followed by German, Japanese and Italian in the months to come.
FinSMEs
08/03/2022