# EmbodyMe

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/embodyme

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.company.embodyme.com/ja
- Total disclosed funding: $2.2M
- Latest round: Series B (Sep 11, 2019)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, EmbodyMe, Inc. develops a social VR app that enables users to use their own faces to generate a virtual character to play games with other users. The company also develops another AI app that allows users to scan their own faces in real time to create fake videos. In May 2024, EmbodyMe, Inc. raised venture funding led by investor Integrity Inc. The firm as of August 2024, is led by its founder, President, and CEO, Issei Yoshida.

The company has developed several products, including the xpression camera, xpression chat, and xpression avatar. The xpression camera is a real-time video generation app for PCs and Macs, enabling users to enhance their video conferencing and streaming experiences. The xpression chat app allows users to interact with lifelike avatars based on photos of loved ones or celebrities, integrating AI-driven video generation and Chat GPT technology. The xpression avatar app creates dynamic videos from user-uploaded avatar images, reflecting real-time facial expressions and movements. Additionally, EmbodyMe offers a real-time AI video generation SDK, applicable across various platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, for use in apps, chatbots, live streaming, etc.

The company plans to utilize May 2024 funding to expand the company’s market reach.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Sep 11, 2019, $1.3M — SMBC Venture Capital, Techstars, Incubate Fund, Deepcore, Deep30
- Series A, Mar 23, 2017, $0.8M — Incubate Fund

## Investors

- Incubate Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/incubate-fund) — Series A, Series B
- SMBC Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/smbc-venture-capital) — Series B
- Techstars (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/techstars) — Series B
- Deepcore (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/deepcore) — Series B
- Deep30 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/deep30) — Series B