Phiar Technologies

About

Phiar's Ultra-lightweight Spatial AI Engine enables vehicles to perceive its surroundings, and powers our first use case in AR Navigation.

Redwood City,California,United States
11 - 50
https://www.phiar.net

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series A
Last Funding Money Raised: $12M
Industries: Artificial Intelligence,Augmented Reality,Automotive,Computer Vision,Machine Learning,Navigation,Software
Founded date: Jun 1, 2017
Number Of Employee: 11 - 50
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Phiar Technologies, Inc.
Also Known As: Phiar

Phiar is an ultra-lightweight AI company, building the world's most advanced Ultra-Lightweight Spatial AI Engine to enable every vehicle to see its surroundings, running real-time at the edge, using just commodity mobile-grade processors and existing automotive computing platforms with a single camera.

Focused first on powering our Intelligent AR Navigation Platform, as the anchoring/foundational use-case to transform driving experience and safety, and to ultimately enable the next-gen connected cars and ADAS services.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

2

$15.30M

Phiar Technologies has raised a total of $15.30M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 27, 2021 from a Series A round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Sep 27, 2021	Series A	$12M	6	State Farm Ventures	—	Detail
Nov 23, 2018	Seed	$3.30M	11	Norwest Venture Partners The Venture Reality Fund/VRF	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

2

0

Phiar Technologies has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 21, 2021, when PlainID raised $75M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 21, 2021 PlainID	Series C	$75M	Business Intelligence	—
Aug 28, 2019 Inkitt	Series A	$16M	Analytics	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

3

14

Phiar Technologies is funded by 14 investors. State Farm Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
State Farm Ventures	Yes	Series A
Norwest Venture Partners	—	Series A
Cambridge Mobile Telematics	—	Series A
GFR Fund	—	Series A
Telenav	—	Series A
The Venture Reality Fund/VRF	—	Series A
Anorak Ventures	—	Seed
Half Court VC	—	Seed
InnoLinks Ventures	—	Seed
MaC Venture Capital	—	Seed