Emperia develops immersive virtual stores and galleries for the premium fashion, retail and art sectors, boosting sales, customer engagement and brand perception.
We are building e-commerce’s new technology frontier, highly-differentiated virtual experiences which extend brands’ physical spaces into the virtual realm, adding a layer of interaction, personalization, data monitoring and omni channel cohesion.
London-based, the Emperia team consists of 3D environment engineers and technical artists joined by fashion and art industry veterans and branding experts. Hailed a virtual reality pioneer by Forbes Magazine, Emperia is working with some of the world’s leading names in art, fashion and retail including Dior, Burberry, Harrods, Giorgio Armani, Dom Pérignon, Christie’s, Getty Images and more.
We are building e-commerce’s new technology frontier, highly-differentiated virtual experiences which extend brands’ physical spaces into the virtual realm, adding a layer of interaction, personalization, data monitoring and omni channel cohesion.
London-based, the Emperia team consists of 3D environment engineers and technical artists joined by fashion and art industry veterans and branding experts. Hailed a virtual reality pioneer by Forbes Magazine, Emperia is working with some of the world’s leading names in art, fashion and retail including Dior, Burberry, Harrods, Giorgio Armani, Dom Pérignon, Christie’s, Getty Images and more.
Location: United Kingdom, England
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $10M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 13.04.2021 | Startup Fu... | sfccapital... |
| - | Sony Innov... | sonyinnova... |
| - | Dastore | dastore.vc |
| - | Concept Ve... | conceptven... |
| - | Araya Vent... | araya.vent... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.01.2023 | Series A | $10M | Daphni |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.06.2023 | Virtual Store Fronts Are Expanding. ‘Avamalls’ Could Be Next | J.Crew's immersive virtual store features six shoppable rooms and a Boathouse with interactive ... [+] content highlighting the brand's heritage.J.Crew |
| 05.04.2023 | Making The Most Out Of Virtual Retail | Olga Dogadkina is the founder and CEO of Emperia. |
| 28.03.2023 | Emperia outfits Tommy Hilfiger with cross-metaverse virtual hub | Premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger today launched a cross-metaverse virtual hub in partnership with 3D technology and virtual reality (VR) platform provider Emperia. As part of the launch, the retailer is simultaneously unveiling severa... |
| 08.03.2023 | Meet the rising female founders building the Metaverse | At FOV Ventures we believe that the Metaverse is a generational evolution of the Internet. It’s a fundamental shift in the way we think about building applications, services, and products that move beyond today’s static media on 2D screens ... |
| 02.02.2023 | How the metaverse is helping fashion brands improve customer interactions | It’s early, but the metaverse has emerged as a new frontier for brands to explore new technological boundaries and connect with customers in novel ways. According to a study by McKinsey, 59% of consumers are excited about transitioning thei... |
| 26.01.2023 | London-based Emperia Announces $10M Series-A Funding | London-based Emperia has raised $10 million. Concept Ventures are pleased to share that Concept portfolio company Emperia has raised a $10 million Series A investment round “led by Base10 Partners, joined by Concept Ventures, Daphni, Sony V... |
| 25.01.2023 | Helping brands including Dior and Burberry manage their metaverse storefront, London’s Emperia raises $10 million | London-based virtual store creator that specifically caters to the fashion and art industries Emperia has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round. The capital is slated to help the fledgling company further develop its SaaS offer whi... |
| 25.01.2023 | Emperia Announces $10m Series-A Funding London-based Emperia Raises $10m | Today we’re delighted to share that Concept portfolio company Emperia has raised a $10 million Series A investment led by Base10 Partners, joined by Concept Ventures, Daphni, Sony Ventures, Background Capital, Bliss Growth & Stanford Ca... |
| 25.01.2023 | Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR | Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for, say, trousers as opposed to click through a few galleries. But not every... |
| 25.01.2023 | Emperia bags €9.1M to bring ‘metaverse e-commerce’ to international markets, retail sectors | London and New York-based Emperia, a company developing immersive VR tech experiences for the premium fashion and art sectors, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10M (approximately €9.17M) in a Series A round of funding. The round w... |
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