LightUp

http://www.lightup.io

HAXLR8R // HAXLR8R 02/01/13 starting 2013-02-01

Key notes: Building an augmented reality platform for the future of learning

Office address: 2660 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, California, United States

Description: LightUp is an AR-based system for teaching electronics by allowing kids to build little projects and “see” what the components are doing using augmented reality. The projects snap together with magnets and you can send juice through the circuit to light up LEDs and turn on buzzers. However, when you take a picture of the circuit with your phone, LightUp adds animated lines to show you what the electricity is doing. While it’s not particularly useful for simple circuits – there’s not much going on – it’s particularly cool in that it tells you when your diodes are aligned wrong or your transistors aren’t working.

View details on Crunchbase:

http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lightup

$ 145,000 over 4 funding rounds.

Angellist Page:

https://angel.co/lightup

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Funding Rounds

Date	Name	$ Invested	Crunchbase link
2015-04-09	venture		Detailed data
2013-06-30	product_crowdfunding	$ 120,000	Detailed data
2013-02-01	venture		Detailed data
2013-05-12	seed	$ 25,000	Detailed data

Investors

Round Date	Round Name	Investor	Crunchbase Link
2013-02-01	venture	SOSV	Investor Profile
2013-05-12	seed	Hax	Investor Profile
2015-04-09	venture	SOSV	Investor Profile