# Flutter

> Flutter (YC W12) brought Kinect-style webcam gesture control to desktop media apps before Google acquired it in 2013.

## Why it is interesting

Pre-touch-bar Mac users could pause Spotify with a hand wave — Google bought the computer-vision team to bolster Chrome and hardware UX.

## Profile

- **Stage:** acquired
- **Status:** acquired
- **Industries:** consumer, ai-ml
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Seed (Jun 2012): $1.4M from a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and NEA (/fund/new-enterprise-associates) (Y Combinator, TechCrunch)
- Exit (Oct 2013): Acquired by Google for ~$40M (TechCrunch)
- Product: webcam gesture control for desktop media apps (Spotify, iTunes, VLC)

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/flutter