Envelop VR makes virtual reality software.
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Virtual reality enterprise software startup Envelop VR raises $4M

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Virtual reality is one of the hottest sectors in the tech economy, and today’s $4 million in funding for software maker Envelop VR announced reinforces this.

The Bellevue, Washington-based Envelop VR is making enterprise software that enables other businesses and consumers to embrace VR, an immersive technology where you wear goggles and transport yourself into a virtual world. The category is so hot that Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion. Tech adviser Digi-Capital forecasts that VR will be a $30 billion industry by 2020.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.