Emperia is a technology company.
Emperia has raised $10.0M across 1 funding round.
Emperia has raised $10.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Emperia is a London- and New York-based technology company founded in 2019 that builds a no-code, commerce-driven platform for creating immersive virtual stores and galleries, primarily serving fashion, retail, and art brands.[1][2][3][4] The platform empowers creators, studios, and enterprises to deploy hyper-realistic 3D virtual worlds across devices like mobile, desktop, tablet, and VR (including Apple Vision Pro), integrating with e-commerce backends for live inventory, checkout, and spatial analytics, while delivering metrics like 6-minute average engagement time, 73% conversion uplift, and 650% average ROI.[1][3] It solves key e-commerce pain points—low engagement, poor personalization, and limited data insights—by extending physical brand experiences into virtual realms, boosting sales, customer loyalty, and omnichannel cohesion for clients like Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren, and Lacoste.[1][3][4]
Emperia emerged in 2019 from co-founder Olga Dogadkina's experience in luxury fashion retail, where she identified gaps in online shopping engagement and collaborated on digital projects with Microsoft.[2][4] Joining her as co-founder and CTO is Simonas Holcmann (also referred to as Simon in some contexts), a specialist in VR, AR, and game development with a BSc in Computer Games and Programming Skills, driven to craft personalized immersive experiences for shoppers.[2][5] Both Dogadkina and Holcmann were named to Forbes 30 under 30 in 2025's Retail & Ecommerce category.[2] Early traction came via virtual stores for major brands, culminating in a $10 million Series A funding round in 2023, which fueled team growth from 40 to a planned 120 employees that year.[4] The team blends 3D engineers, technical artists, fashion/art veterans, and experts like CMO Gil Regev and creative lead Emma, humanizing tech with storytelling from institutions like Central Saint Martins.[1][2]
Emperia rides the surge in spatial computing and metaverse adoption, amplified by devices like Apple Vision Pro and Web3 trends, positioning virtual worlds as e-commerce's next frontier amid stagnant traditional online retail growth.[1][3][4] Timing aligns with post-2023 VR investments and AI-driven personalization, where mobile-first experiences counter e-commerce's high abandonment rates by mimicking in-store immersion.[3][4] Market forces like omnichannel demands and data-hungry brands favor it, as seen in partnerships with Dior and Bloomingdales, while its analytics fill gaps in user behavior tracking.[4] Emperia influences the ecosystem by democratizing high-end VR for non-technical creators, bridging gaming tech (Unreal Engine) with retail, and paving the way for ML-enhanced visuals in verticals beyond fashion/art.[2][3][4]
Emperia is primed to scale as VR/AR hardware matures and e-commerce seeks engagement edges, with expansions into new verticals, ML for dynamic product demos, and workforce growth signaling aggressive momentum.[4] Trends like spatial analytics and token-gated metaverse commerce will shape its path, potentially evolving it from niche pioneer to standard infrastructure for immersive retail. As virtual experiences equate or exceed physical ones, Emperia's blend of accessibility and ROI positions it to redefine brand-customer interactions, fulfilling its promise as e-commerce's new technology frontier.[1][3][4]
Emperia has raised $10.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Emperia's investors include Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Base10 Partners, E62 Ventures, Jedar Capital, Luci Fonseca, Plug & Play Ventures, Roy Meirom.
Emperia has raised $10.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $10.0M Series A in December 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2022 | $10.0M Series A | Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Base10 Partners, E62 Ventures, Jedar Capital, Luci Fonseca, Plug & Play Ventures, Roy Meirom |