What Sharebox does

Sharebox is a Norway-based technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Arendal, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company originated around a mobile-managed key handover service and built its early portfolio through acquisitions of Swapsafe (April 2018) and Hoard (January 2019), consistent with a smart-locker and key-management focus. It has since repositioned toward AI-powered XR (Extended Reality) entertainment, with its current core product "Dopamine Escape!" being an AI-powered XR escape room experience that fuses artificial intelligence with spatial XR content to deliver immersive interactive entertainment. Pricing, revenue model, and customer segments are not publicly disclosed, and the product is currently demonstrated primarily through consumer-facing showcases.

The company's go-to-market is event-driven: it has run a retail showcase at AK Plaza Hongdae in Seoul (November 21-30, 2025), and is actively participating in exhibitions across France, Singapore, and Japan to support international expansion. Sharebox has signed over five MoUs with Singaporean firms, indicating a partnership-led market entry approach in Southeast Asia rather than direct sales at scale. Geographic operations span Norway (HQ), South Korea, Singapore, France, and Japan.

Financially, Sharebox has raised approximately $3.5M across four funding rounds between 2018 and 2020, with no disclosed funding activity since April 2020. Revenue, ARR, and pricing details are not publicly available, and the company shows no public listing, no disclosed parent, and no disclosed management team beyond the CEO (Arne Eivind Andersen) and Co-founder/CTO (Leif Arne Dalane). The combination of an unrepeated funding cadence, a single consumer-facing product in market, and a heavy reliance on exhibitions and showcase events to drive awareness indicates an early-stage commercial position.

Name

Sharebox

Website

https://sharebox.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sharebox is a Norway-based technology company that develops AI-powered XR escape room entertainment experiences. Following an earlier focus on mobile-managed key handover solutions, it now offers "Dopamine Escape!" and is expanding internationally through exhibitions and partnerships across Asia and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immersive XR Entertainment

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

VR/AR/XR Game Studios (MPAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Escape Room Games & Mystery Puzzle Boxes Retail (CRALALAM)

Keywords

• XR experiences
• Spatial computing
• Immersive entertainment
• AI-powered content
• Escape room experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Arendal

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sharebox develops and showcases AI-powered XR (Extended Reality) escape room experiences that fuse artificial intelligence with spatial XR content. Its flagship product, Dopamine Escape!, creates immersive interactive entertainment for consumer audiences and is being rolled out internationally via exhibitions and retail showcases.

Product overview

Sharebox offers a single core product, Dopamine Escape!, an AI-powered XR (Extended Reality) escape room experience. The company is focused on the fusion of AI and spatial XR content, with international expansion plans including exhibitions in France, Singapore, and Japan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dopamine Escape!: AI-powered XR escape room product launched by Sharebox.

Products and services

• Dopamine Escape! AI-powered XR (Extended Reality) escape room experience that combines artificial intelligence with spatial XR content to create immersive interactive entertainment for consumers at physical showcase venues.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Singaporean Firms (Unspecified)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSharebox has signed over five MoUs (Memoranda of Understanding) with Singaporean firms as part of its international expansion strategy. These partnerships appear to be strategic alliances for market entry and business development in Singapore.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sandbox VR: Operates location-based VR experience centres offering multiplayer immersive games, the most direct comparable to Sharebox's retail-venue XR escape-room model.
• Escape Hunt: Global escape-room operator with franchised physical sites; comparable as an escape-room IP operator, though Sharebox differentiates via XR rather than physical builds.
• Hologate: Provider of compact VR escape-room and multiplayer attractions deployed in FECs and retail venues worldwide — same target channel as Sharebox's AK Plaza showcase.
• Two Bit Circus: Operates immersive micro-amusement parks combining XR, escape rooms and gamified experiences; closely comparable mix of XR content and physical venue deployment.
• Immotion Group: Provides out-of-home VR and immersive experience installations (including escape rooms) for venues such as aquariums and family entertainment centres.
• Zero Latency: Free-roam location-based VR entertainment with globally franchised venues; directly comparable venue-deployment and immersive-content business model.

Regional players

• ARVI VR: Provides VR escape-room hardware/software packages primarily to entertainment venues in Eastern Europe and Asia, a comparable content-plus-venue business in adjacent geographies.

Emerging players

• Vertigo Games: VR-native game studio with location-based VR titles (e.g., Arizona Sunshine); comparable as a content creator targeting both home and venue-based XR entertainment.

Broad incumbents

• Disney Imagineering / ILMxLAB: Large incumbent creating immersive / XR location-based entertainment (Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, etc.); relevant as the high-end benchmark for venue XR experiences.
• The VOID (defunct lineage / successors): Pioneered location-based hyper-reality VR experiences; the most established historical reference point for venue-deployed XR entertainment at scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sharebox2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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