Kaedim, which offers tools to streamline 3D asset content creation, announced that it has raised $15 million in its Series A funding round. The startup recently launched a brand new AI-powered marketplace with 10,000 pre-generated 3D assets, which also showcases user-created 3D assets. The company plans to make use of the funding to expand its platform, in addition to expand its team and market space.
A16z Games led the round, with participation from Pioneer Fund. Other investors include Scott Gelb (former president of Games of Riot Games), Nate Mitchell (co-founder of Oculus), Eden Chen (CEO of Pragma) and Siqi Chen (CEO of Runway).
Kaedim has released recent solutions to assist creatives create 3D assets. It's a whole suite of tools that support artists' efforts quite than replacing them. These tools include a 3D workflow solution that integrates with existing workflows corresponding to Unreal and Blender; a toolset with intelligent add-ons for a 3D modeling pipeline, corresponding to automatic UV unwrapping; a managed custom 3D asset generation service leveraging Kaedim's machine learning models; and other corporate functions.
Konstantina Psoma, CEO of Kaedim, said in an announcement: “We have seen massive growth in 3D technology over the past five years across quite a lot of markets, including e-commerce, gaming, 3D printing, AR/VR and more “We are enabling the following phase of 3D content creation, much like what DALL-E did for 2D images and concept art.”
