Born out of research at the
University of Kentucky,
Mersive made its name developing cutting-edge visual computing software for big display systems like command centers and virtual reality environments.
For 2013, it's eying the broader market of conference rooms, with immediate plans to add two new employees to its staff of 14. Additional hiring in 2013 will be based on revenue growth.
The company's heritage product, Sol, “replaces a lot of the hardware [in complex display systems] with software,” says Christine Owens, Mersive's VP of marketing. Savings can hit 80 percent, she says. End users run the gamut from the White House Situation Room to the
Denver Planetarium.
New for 2013 is Solstice.
“It can work with any display,” Owens says. “It enables multiple people to share the display simultaneously using their mobile devices. It'll work great in a meeting room or a conference room.”
The two products have disparate technological roots, Owens adds.
“Mersive is really good with knowing what's going on behind the scenes and under the curtain with displays,” she explains. “A lot of startups just work on one idea. We're still creating new original IP.”
CTO Christopher Jaynes and Chief Scientist Stephen Webb founded Mersive in 2006 and moved to Denver in 2009 after considering Silicon Valley, Seattle and Boston.
With former SkyeTek and Jabber head Rob Balgley as CEO, the company entered into a strategic development and equity agreement with 3M in October 2012.
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