Curiious has announced it has closed its latest investment round of $1 million, which will be used to accelerate product development, sales and global expansion.
Australian seed VC Galileo Ventures led the round, which included significant investments by existing shareholders.
James Alexander, Galileo general partner, said: “Galileo Ventures is excited to invest in Curiious, a company we believe is building a new category of enterprise communications software. We believe many of the behaviours and trends we see in advanced games, like rich 3D worlds and interactions, will be rapidly adopted by enterprises with Curiious becoming the centre of ‘3D enterprise communications’.”
Curiious’ SaaS platform significantly improves business outcomes through increased productivity, streamlined access to information and heightened engagement. Rich data and analytics bring customers closer to understanding their audience than ever before.
The off-the-shelf platform combines a resource centre, virtual event platform and real-time collaboration, gaming and socialisation tools into a single digital destination. The result is a cost-effective, streamlined and secure virtual HQ and experience centre for organisations to inspire and educate internal audiences, partners and consumers alike.
The investment comes on the heels of signing brands as diverse as Johnson & Johnson MedTech who use Curiious to develop and educate a variety of business critical audiences, and Peugeot who utilise the platform to engage media from over 50 countries.
Curiious CEO Michelle Schuberg
The Australian immersive tech innovator enables customers to build a connected community that stays engaged over time, making it highly appealing to People and Culture teams looking to recruit, onboard, train and retain talent. Sales and Marketing teams also use Curiious to keep media, partners and consumers abreast of their latest developments and announcements.
Customers license Curiious’ WebGL platform annually, enabling organisations to deliver unlimited information and experiences throughout that time.
The integrated functionality is set in interactive 3D environments allowing users to move freely around the digital space to participate in the varied experiences seamlessly, securely and from any device. The result is deeper, longer lasting connections with the information shared as well as with each other. Delivery can be scaled for user groups of any size and leverages adult learning best practice to drive dwell time and interaction with content and community.
Michelle Schuberg, CEO at Curiious, said: “We are thrilled to have the support of Galileo Ventures as we continue to build on Curiious’ offering as an immersive, enterprise ready communications platform providing improved engagement and actionable data to some of the world’s biggest brands. Partnering with Galileo is particularly exciting given their deep domain expertise and passion for the industry.”