Galvanized Ventures
Twelve portfolio companies building at the edge of immersive media, live broadcast infrastructure, marketplaces and consumer and community platforms — backed by a global innovation agency that builds this work for a living.
- Companies
- 12
- Exits
- 4
- Sectors
- 4
- Offices
- 3
- Brand Innovation
- Experiential Design & Production
- Next-Generation Media Production
- Digital Strategy & Solutions
- Emerging Technology
- Interactive & Immersive Experiences
- Los Angeles
- Sydney
- London
Where an innovation agency puts its own conviction
Galvanized is a global innovation agency working across brand innovation, experiential design and production, next-generation media production and digital solutions from Los Angeles, Sydney and London. Its ventures portfolio spans twelve companies working on the same frontier the agency builds on every day — from spatial display optics and volumetric capture to B2B marketplaces and community-scale consumer platforms. See the work →
Immersive Media & XR
Spatial display optics, volumetric capture, immersive video pipelines and virtual venues — the production stack for media that has depth.
Live Broadcast Infrastructure
Ultra-low-latency video and audio inside the venue, where a second of delay is the whole product.
Marketplaces & Commerce
Software rebuilt underneath physical industries — beauty retail, grocery distribution and waste logistics.
Consumer & Community Platforms
Products built for a specific, verified community — and the trust that comes with knowing exactly who is in the room.
The companies
Twelve companies, one portfolio. Switch the layout to read them as a mosaic, a dense index, or grouped by sector — the page rearranges without reloading.
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- Immersive Media & XR05
- Live Broadcast01
- Marketplaces & Commerce03
- Consumer & Community03
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01 Live Broadcast Infrastructure
AIRCAST
Active
Live video and audio infrastructure engineered for ultra-low latency — sub-second glass-to-glass to any device. Multi-camera feeds and real-time data reach the crowd inside the venue and the audience outside it at the same moment.
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02 Marketplaces & Commerce
Mayvenn
Active
Virgin human hair wigs, bundles, closures, frontals and clip-in extensions, sold through the stylists who fit them — with custom wig services and styling education built into the model.
HQ Mansfield, TXEst. 2013Visit -
03 Immersive Media & XR
Amplium
Active
Immersive video technology combining high-definition visuals, spatial audio and interactive elements — encoding, streaming and hosting immersive and spatial video for next-generation headsets.
Focus Immersive videoVisit -
04 Marketplaces & Commerce
Dimension
Active
A tech-enabled, full-service waste management platform out of San Francisco — marketplace logistics and data applied to an industry that still runs on paper and phone calls.
HQ San FranciscoFounder Lily ShenVisit -
05 Consumer & Community
Empowerly
Active
College admissions counselling from a team of graduates of top universities, built to help students reach their academic goals and career aspirations.
Focus College admissionsVisit -
06 Immersive Media & XR
Liminal Space
Active
Patented spatial LED display optics that build holographic environments you walk into rather than strap on — immersive rooms with no headset between the audience and the image.
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07 Immersive Media & XR
NextVR
Acquired by Apple · 2020
Live sports rebuilt for virtual reality. Galvanized produced and streamed 100+ live NBA games with NextVR in 3D stereoscopic VR, delivered from the arena to headsets worldwide.
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08 Marketplaces & Commerce
Pod Foods
Active
A tech-enabled B2B wholesale marketplace connecting food manufacturers directly with retailers — grocery distribution rebuilt around software rather than brokers.
Founders Fiona Lee, Larissa RussellVisit -
09 Consumer & Community
Sidechat
Acquired · 2025
An anonymous social network scoped to a single campus. Students verify with a university email address and see only what their own school is talking about.
Focus Campus socialVisit -
10 Consumer & Community
Twitter
IPO · NYSE 2013
Real-time public conversation at global scale — the feed that set the format for how news, sport and culture break online. Twitter listed on the New York Stock Exchange on 7 November 2013 under the ticker TWTR. It now operates as X.
HQ San FranciscoEst. 2006Now XVisit -
11 Immersive Media & XR
VRJam
Active
A platform merging gaming, virtual reality and artificial intelligence — holographic live performances and immersive events running on a Unity-compatible ecosystem.
Est. 2017Focus Virtual eventsVisit -
12 Immersive Media & XR
Yoom
Acquired by Take-Two Interactive · 2025
Volumetric capture software for creating and animating 3D digital characters without markers — real performers rebuilt as fully dimensional humans you can walk around.
Portfolio index
Every company in the Galvanized portfolio, with sector, headquarters and founding year where publicly stated by the company.
| Company | Sector | What it does | Headquarters | Founded | Status |
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| AIRCAST | Live broadcast infrastructure | Ultra-low-latency live video and audio streaming infrastructure | Melbourne, Australia | 2021 | Active |
| Amplium | Immersive media & XR | Immersive video encoding, streaming and hosting | — | — | Active |
| Dimension | Marketplaces & commerce | Tech-enabled full-service waste management platform | San Francisco, USA | — | Active |
| Empowerly | Consumer & community | College admissions counselling | — | — | Active |
| Liminal Space | Immersive media & XR | Patented spatial LED display optics | Los Angeles, USA | — | Active |
| Mayvenn | Marketplaces & commerce | Human hair extensions and wigs, sold through stylists | Mansfield, Texas, USA | 2013 | Active |
| NextVR | Immersive media & XR | Live sports broadcast in stereoscopic virtual reality | — | — | Acquired by Apple (2020) |
| Pod Foods | Marketplaces & commerce | B2B wholesale marketplace for grocery distribution | — | — | Active |
| Sidechat | Consumer & community | Anonymous, school-verified social network for campuses | — | — | Acquired (2025) |
| Consumer & community | Real-time public conversation platform, now operating as X | San Francisco, USA | 2006 | IPO — NYSE (2013) | |
| VRJam | Immersive media & XR | Gaming, virtual reality and AI platform for live virtual events | — | 2017 | Active |
| Yoom | Immersive media & XR | Volumetric capture and animation of 3D digital characters | Tel Aviv, Israel · Los Angeles, USA | — | Acquired by Take-Two Interactive (2025) |
Three offices, one current
Galvanized operates from Los Angeles, Sydney and London — a production day that never fully closes.
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Galvanized partners with brands, platforms and founders on innovation, experiential work, next-generation media and digital products.