VR Startup Nanome Raises $3m With Support From Oculus Co-founder

Teams looking for ways to collaborate through virtual reality (VR) have got an abundance of apps available like Glue, Spatial, Hubs, and Vive XR Suite to name a few. Led by Bullpen Capital, the round also featured participation from Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov’s Formic Ventures as well as other angel investors. “Since our founding, we’ve had a compelling vision about what scientific collaboration should look like and a goal to equip our real-life superheroes — scientists who are discovering ways to combat disease, address climate change and improve people’s lives — with an intuitive virtual interface where they can experiment, design and learn at the nanoscale,” said Steve McCloskey, Nanome CEO and Founder in a statement. During the pandemic organisations have used Nanome’s platform “to assess candidate molecules’ ability to bind viral proteins in 3D,” the company notes. “Nanome is reimagining the way we interact with science at a time when innovation in collaboration is more important than ever before,” said Ann Lai, General Partner at Bullpen Capital.