BLUEDOT

Enhance and Optimise Videos that fit into your use case and gratify Viewer's needs

Founded

2019

Employees

26-50

Customers

Funding

$52m

Funding Rounds

2

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SOLUTIONS

Video Processing and Encoding Solutions

  • BlueDot provides AI-based video processing and encoding solutions to help businesses produce high-quality video content
  • Their technology “removes noise and creates clarity and texture details” in videos, as well as “increases colour and converts resolution fitting the latest display size”
  • The goal is to help businesses “produce high quality video contents for your business customers by utilising our own Artificial Intelligence technology

ABOUT THE COMPANY

BlueDot is a startup company that utilises semiconductor design and deep learning technology to provide fast and intelligent video processing and compression solutions through cloud data centres. The company’s key offerings include:

Video Processing Solutions

  • High-performance video encoding
  • Video quality improvement
  • Perceptual quality optimisation for low-latency live streaming, video production, and computer vision application

Technology Approach

  • BlueDot develops specialised AI models for video applications and implements them using semiconductor design technology on programmable FPGA processors
  • This allows them to perform high-quality video processing tasks more efficiently compared to general-purpose CPU and GPU solutions

Company Background

  • BlueDot was founded by a team of experts with over 20 years of experience in semiconductor IP and video codec development
  • The company works with young developers to develop its semiconductor IP and deep learning algorithms

Vision

  • BlueDot aims to help reduce costs for video service providers while improving the viewing experience for users, by enabling optimal video quality at efficient bandwidth usage

In summary, BlueDot is a video technology company that provides advanced video processing solutions powered by specialised AI and semiconductor design, with the goal of improving video quality and efficiency for businesses and consumers

FINANCES

  • BlueDot (formerly known as VATBox) raised $32 million in a funding round led by Ibex Investors and Lutetia Technology Partners, with past investors La Maison Partners, Viola, and Target Global also contributing
  • Prior to the rebrand, under the name VATBox, the company had raised a $20 million Series B round in 2017 led by Viola at a $120 million post-money valuation

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