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ShowMe delivers an online learning platform powered by an interactive iPad application for creating and sharing video lessons. Its core product transforms touchscreen devices into personal whiteboards, enabling instructors to record voice and finger-strokes to visually explain concepts. This technology simplifies dynamic content creation, making educational topics accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
San Kim co-founded ShowMe in 2009, realizing the iPad’s potential to democratize education through accessible technology. His insight was to simplify instructional video creation and distribution, fostering a collaborative environment for knowledge exchange. This approach empowered anyone to easily share their expertise globally.
ShowMe serves a diverse user base, from educators developing supplemental materials to individuals sharing specialized knowledge. The company’s vision is to cultivate a global learning community where educational content is widespread and intuitive, empowering users to actively engage in both teaching and learning across numerous subjects.
ShowMe has raised $800K across 1 funding round.
ShowMe has raised $800K in total across 1 funding round.
ShowMe has raised $800K in total across 1 funding round.
ShowMe's investors include BoxGroup, ENIAC Ventures, Lightbank, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Wayne Chang.
ShowMe Technologies is a Denmark-based technology company developing ShowMe Assist, a mobile app leveraging patented image processing and augmented reality to enable remote assistance through natural gesturing and pointing. It serves enterprises (e.g., field service, technical support) and consumers (e.g., family help), solving the problem of distance in troubleshooting complex tasks—like engineers guiding remote workers or grandchildren assisting grandparents with devices—by overlaying a helper's hand gestures on the user's camera view in real-time.[2][3] The app reduces costs in travel, labor, and support while improving user experience, job quality, and knowledge distribution; its small team of seasoned experts drives growth through iOS development and business expansion.[2][3]
ShowMe Technologies was founded by four Danish experts: Steen Iversen (Inventor, with 20+ years in image processing, patents, and projects at Tycho Brahe Planetarium, IMAX, and others), Thomas Rued (CTO, specializing in 3D, image processing, and video tech from Cisco), Peter Sevel (CEO, 25+ years in management at LEGO, UN, and Royal Theatre), and Christian Steen Jensen (CMO, 15+ years in digital marketing and agency growth).[2] The idea emerged from Iversen's invention of algorithms for "keying" (overlaying gestures) in uncontrolled environments, enabling remote help as if physically present; early traction built on this patented tech for mobile iOS apps.[2][3]
ShowMe rides the remote collaboration and AR assistance wave, accelerated by post-pandemic hybrid work, IoT proliferation, and labor shortages in field services—trends demanding efficient, low-cost remote expertise.[3] Timing aligns with 5G/edge computing enabling low-latency video overlays and rising AR adoption (e.g., in manufacturing, healthcare, utilities); market forces like cost pressures on telecoms and enterprises favor its no-infrastructure model over big data complexity seen in similar analytics tools.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by democratizing technical support, reducing on-site visits, and enabling knowledge scaling—potentially expanding AR's role in everyday and industrial workflows.[2][3]
ShowMe Technologies is poised for growth in AR-driven remote assistance, targeting enterprise adoption amid expanding 5G and AI integration for smarter gestures. Upcoming trends like multimodal AI (voice + gesture) and WebAR could broaden its reach beyond iOS, while partnerships in telecom, manufacturing, and consumer tech amplify scale. Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to standard in support tools, delivering economic value without heavy infrastructure—echoing its core ethos of simple, effective remote help that feels personal.[1][2][3]
ShowMe has raised $800K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $800K Seed in August 2011.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2011 | $800K Seed | BoxGroup, ENIAC Ventures, Lightbank, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Wayne Chang |