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Kite and Lightning

5 known investors

Kite and Lightning is a content and portfolio site focused on augmented reality, virtual reality, and extended reality technologies across applications including retail, education, gaming, and consumer experiences.

Also known as LightKite

Deep Tech

Investors · 5

Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M
Boost VCreportedSan Mateo · $500K
Courtside VenturesreportedNew York · $1M – $1.5M

Also in the syndicate · 2

Comcast Ventures Catalyst FundJason Rosenthal

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Kite and Lightning is a virtual reality developer that produced early demos for Oculus users and went on to build Bebylon Battle Royale, a VR title in which players take on the role of immortal babies fighting one another in gladiatorial arenas. The studio described the game as the core of a wider virtual world in which users could create personal characters, attend battles as live audience members, and explore the setting of Bebylon and its shows and inhabitants. The founding team of two began working in VR after using an Oculus DK1 and grew to four people following its 2016 seed round.

The kiteandlightning.la domain currently operates as LightKite, an editorial site covering augmented, virtual and extended reality. Its articles span AR/VR technologies and tools (shader development in Unreal Engine 4 with HLSL, variance shadow maps, ARKit versus ARCore, WebXR, building a simple AR application) and topics under "The Future of XR" such as metaverses, AR in retail, VR in education, AR glasses versus smartphones, and the Bebylon project itself. Posts are bylined to Jose Lewis and are dated from 2020 through 2026.

Founding story

The two-person team turned to virtual reality after using an Oculus DK1 around 2013, aiming to build a studio in the spirit of a combination of Valve and Pixar, and produced demos that helped shape early Oculus content.

Business model

The studio developed original virtual reality game content, including Bebylon Battle Royale, funded by venture capital. The kiteandlightning.la domain currently publishes AR/VR articles and reviews organized into blog categories.

Traction

Following its 2016 seed round the team had grown from two to four people and was developing Bebylon Battle Royale.

Latest developments

The domain publishes AR/VR articles dated through 2026, covering topics including architectural 3D visualization for real estate marketing and AR glasses adoption.

▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market

Technology

Virtual reality game development for headsets such as Oculus. Site content covers Unreal Engine 4 shader development with HLSL, variance shadow maps, ARKit and ARCore, and WebXR for cross-platform VR applications.

Go-to-market

Consumer virtual reality users, particularly early Oculus headset owners and VR gaming audiences; the current site addresses readers interested in AR/VR technologies and development.

Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Team sizeJul 20164 people

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 4

by search overlap
NVIDIA6 shared keywordsNVIDIA designs GPUs, AI computing hardware, and software platforms for AI development, data centers, autonomous vehicles, and robotics, serving developers, researchers, and enterprises. Its offerings include AI models, power architecture for AI factories, and compute infrastructure used across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and automotive.
Epic Games6 shared keywordsAmerican video game company behind Unreal Engine, Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.
Unity Software5 shared keywordsUnity is a cross-platform real-time development engine and creation platform used by content creators and developers to build games and interactive experiences for mobile, PC, console, and extended reality (XR) devices.
Onirix4 shared keywordsOnirix is a web-based augmented reality platform that lets businesses create app-free AR experiences with proprietary tracking (image, rotation, world/SLAM, and spatial) on iOS and Android via a drag-and-drop studio and online code editor. It serves sectors including industrial, tourism, culture and entertainment, retail and ecommerce, and HR and training.

Companies competing with Kite and Lightning for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2016
Kite and Lightning raises $2.5M seed round led by Raine Ventures

The company announced a $2.5 million seed round led by Raine Ventures, with participation from Courtside Ventures, Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, Social Capital, Outpost Capital, Boost VC and Lytro CEO Jason Rosenthal, to fund Bebylon Battle Royale and other projects.

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Jul 2016
Bebylon Battle Royale VR project detailed

The team described Bebylon Battle Royale, a VR fighting game in which players control immortal babies, as the core of a broader virtual world including spectator audiences and explorable environments.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Kite and Lightning raise 2.5 million in funding for Baby Fighting VR Game and other projects. — CatsandVRcatsandvr.com · Jul 2016

▸Research sources · 5

primary sources listed

5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Kite and Lightning do?
Virtual reality studio behind Bebylon Battle Royale; its domain now hosts LightKite, an AR/VR editorial site.
Who are Kite and Lightning's investors?
Kite and Lightning's investors include Comcast Ventures, Boost VC, Courtside Ventures.