Small Creative
Small Creative is a Paris-based boutique studio and production company, founded in 2020, that designs collective location-based VR (LBVR) and immersive experiences for cultural institutions, museums, broadcasters, and venue operators via its Onsite turnkey platform.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersParis, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Small Creative does
Small Creative is a Paris-based boutique production studio and technology company founded in 2020 by Vincent Guttmann (Producer & Studio Manager), Voyelle Acker (Producer, formerly head of Nouvelles Ecritures at france.tv), and Jean Dellac (Creative Technologist). Operating with a team of 40 professionals spanning artistic, technological, and financial engineering expertise, the company designs and produces immersive VR, AR, MR, hologram, and immersive-theater experiences targeted at cultural institutions, museums, heritage sites, brands, and venue operators. The firm functions as both a creative studio and a production company, which is reflected in its repeat co-production relationships with public broadcasters and cultural institutions.
Small Creative firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Small Creative
- Legal name
- Small Creative
- Website
- https://small-creative.io
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Small Creative is a Paris-based boutique studio and production company, founded in 2020, that designs collective location-based VR (LBVR) and immersive experiences for cultural institutions, museums, broadcasters, and venue operators via its Onsite turnkey platform.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Small Creative industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Immersive Experience Production
- NAICS
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510), Software Publishers (5132)
- SIC
- Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Short-Form Animation (Shorts, Web Series) (MPADACAI)
Keywords
Where Small Creative is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Paris
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Small Creative business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- VR Experience Licensing/Distribution: Revenue generated through licensing their VR experiences to cultural venues, museums, and event organizers. The Onsite platform provides turnkey distribution with experiences available in 30-100m² spaces.
- Custom VR Production: Development and production of custom immersive experiences for cultural institutions, brands, and companies, including historical reconstructions, museum experiences, and brand activations.
- Platform Subscription/Device Rental: Onsite platform offered as a turnkey solution for venues, potentially including hardware provision and ongoing technical support for cultural venues to operate LBVR experiences.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels4 records
Small Creative product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Small Creative is a boutique creative studio and production company that designs and produces collective, free-roaming virtual reality experiences and other immersive content (AR, MR, immersive installations, augmented shows, holograms, interactive video mapping, immersive theater) for location-based entertainment. Its flagship offering is the Onsite (Small Stories) turnkey distribution platform that delivers its catalog of VR experiences to cultural venues for groups of 2 to 15 simultaneous users on HTC Vive Focus 3 headsets, alongside custom production services for cultural institutions, museums, brands, and companies.
Product overview
Small Creative is both a studio and production company that combines technology and culture to design immersive experiences. The company operates two main product lines: (1) Onsite (Small Stories), a turnkey LBVR distribution platform with a catalog of collective VR experiences for 2-15 participants using HTC Vive Focus 3 headsets; and (2) a portfolio of individual immersive products spanning VR, AR, MR, immersive installations, museum experiences, digital art, interactive video mapping, holograms, augmented shows, and immersive theater. Key products include Colosseum, Quantum Dome Project, Versailles: Lost Gardens of the Sun King, Titanic: Echoes from the past, Gaudi the Atelier of the Divine, bear my soul, Call me Calamity, The Dancing Plague, Nana Lou, Amazing Monster, Biblioquest, Galaxies of Dance, MOA my own assistant, Ayahuasca, and 7 lives. The company was founded in 2020 and maintains a team of 40 professionals offering expertise in artistic, technological, and financial engineering.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Onsite: Turnkey distribution platform with a catalog of collective VR experiences, allowing groups of 2 to 15 people to experience content simultaneously. Offers cultural venues a profitable operating model for events and live performances.
Products and services
- Onsite (Small Stories) Turnkey distribution platform with a catalog of collective VR experiences designed for location-based entertainment, allowing groups of 2 to 15 people to experience content simultaneously using HTC Vive Focus 3 headsets. Targeted at cultural venues seeking a profitable operating model for events and live performances.
- Colosseum LBVR experience set in ancient Rome where users follow Caius and witness legendary battles of Flamma the gladiator, combining authenticity, historical rigor and cutting-edge VR technology. Co-produced with Eclipso for venue-based deployment.
- Quantum Dome Project Family-friendly collective VR experience traveling through historical landscapes from Imperial Rome, Medieval Baghdad to Mughal India for a thrilling adventure across centuries. Produced for Louvre Abu Dhabi.
- Versailles: Lost Gardens of the Sun King LBVR experience allowing visitors to explore disappeared areas of Versailles gardens, projected into 17th century for a poetic interactive walk led by André le Nôtre. Co-produced with GEDEON Experiences, VIVE Arts, and Château de Versailles.
- Titanic, Echoes from the past Underwater LBVR adventure diving 3,800 meters to the Titanic seabed, blending history, technology, and emotions through revolutionary time-travel technology to the maiden voyage. Deployed at Eclipso London (Camden).
- Gaudi, the Atelier of the Divine Collective LBVR experience entering the mind of architect Gaudí through exceptional reconstruction of his atelier. Visitors become disciples guided by Gaudí's voice to understand his revolutionary work. For 6 participants in 50m² minimum space, 16-minute duration.
- bear my soul (moi fauve) Collective and interactive VR installation inspired by animist myths, taking audience into a dream realm where they resonate with spiritual beings through gaze, touch and voice. For groups of 2 to 6 participants in 50m² minimum space.
- Call me Calamity Collective LBVR experience discovering the origins of Calamity Jane, the first female figure of the American West myth, combining immersive theater with VR technology. For 2 to 15 participants in 60m² minimum space.
- The Dancing Plague (Entrez dans la danse) Immersive dome installation inspired by the Dancing Plague of 1518, combining theater and dance where audience follows Enneline's story and participates in collective dance. Capacity of 20-30 spectators. Deployed at Théâtre de Chaillot.
- Biblioquest AR collection of reading adventures for children where characters and landscapes from books come alive in libraries. First episode features Tobie Lolness by Timothée de Fombelle. Designed for educational deployment in libraries and cultural institutions.
- Galaxies of Dance Augmented show combining contemporary dance with astrophysics discoveries, featuring giant hologram of star creation and planet birth. Targeted at cultural venues and science communication events.
Quantifiable outcome
- Custom space configurations from 30m² to 100m² adapting to venue requirements
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Small Creative
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Small Creative technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Small Creative partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- EclipsocoreCo-production and distribution partnership for Colosseum VR experience. Eclipso is producing and distributing the immersive Colosseum experience set in Ancient Rome, with Small Creative providing the VR development expertise.
- Louvre Abu DhabicoreOriginal production partnership for Quantum Dome Project. Louvre Abu Dhabi commissioned Small Creative to develop a family-friendly collective VR experience exploring historical landscapes.
- GEDEON ExperiencescoreCo-production partnership for Versailles: Lost Gardens of the Sun King and Gaudi, the Atelier of the Divine experiences. GEDEON provides production expertise and cultural content development.
- VIVE ArtscoreTechnical partnership for Versailles VR experience. VIVE Arts provides technical support and HTC Vive hardware integration for immersive VR deployments at cultural venues.
- Tamanoir Immersive StudiosminorCo-production partnership for Call me Calamity immersive VR theater experience. Tamanoir provides immersive theater production expertise.
- TchikiboumminorCo-production partnership for The Dancing Plague immersive installation. Tchikiboum contributes to dome-based immersive performance production.
- Red CornerminorCo-production partnership for Biblioquest AR experience and MOA AR application. Red Corner develops augmented reality content for cultural and educational applications.
- WowlminorCo-production partnership for Amazing Monster interactive VR game. Wowl contributes game development and interactive narrative expertise.
- SRG SSRminorSwiss broadcasting partner for Amazing Monster project. SRG SSR provides production support and Swiss audience distribution.
- Skill LabminorCo-production partnership for Nana Lou (Mamie Lou) VR experience. Skill Lab contributes to the interactive family fiction project.
- France TélévisionscoreMajor co-production partner for multiple projects including Nana Lou, 7 lives, MOA, and Amazing Monster. France Télévisions provides funding, broadcasting expertise, and distribution channels.
- French Immersive StudioscoreIndustry association membership promoting French immersive content companies internationally. Small Creative is a member of this network representing French XR companies.
- Atlas VminorCo-production partnership for Ayahuasca VR experience. Atlas V contributes to immersive VR production and international distribution.
- a_BAHNminorCo-production partnership for Ayahuasca and 7 lives VR experiences. a_BAHN contributes to immersive content development.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Small Creative competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Fever: Global platform for discovering and distributing immersive cultural and entertainment experiences (including LBVR and immersive shows). Comparable as a venue/distribution channel for premium cultural VR experiences, serving as both reference and potential channel partner for Onsite.
- Sandbox VR: Operator of global location-based VR entertainment venues with own content and licensing partnerships. Adjacent model — venue-led LBVR rather than content-led distribution — but the largest reference point for cross-venue LBVR scaling economics.
- teamLab: Japan-founded digital art collective producing immersive, technology-driven installations shown at major museums and cultural venues globally. Comparable in cultural-institution customer base, premium-ticketed immersive experience economics, and integrated show-plus-distribution business model.
- Meow Wolf: US-based immersive art and entertainment operator creating large-scale permanent and touring installations combining art, narrative, and technology. Comparable in production-plus-distribution model for culture/brand experiences at premium ticket prices.
- Zero Latency: Australia-founded global LBVR operator running free-roaming multi-player VR venues worldwide. Useful comparable for venue economics, headset-fleet management, and content licensing structures relevant to Onsite's venue deployments.
Direct peers
- BackLight: French VR production studio producing and distributing immersive collective and location-based VR experiences through a turnkey venue model. Direct overlap with Small Creative's Onsite Small Stories platform and venue-deployment GTM.
- Atlas V: Paris-based immersive content studio producing narrative VR experiences and LBVR titles across the same festival ecosystem (Tribeca, Venice, Annecy). Direct product overlap in collective VR storytelling and shared major broadcasters/funders.
- Innerspace VR: French immersive content studio (Bordeaux) producing high-end location-based VR experiences with cultural and entertainment themes, including museum-grade installations. Closest peer in geography, LBVR product focus, and cultural-institution customer base.
- Felix & Paul Studios: Montreal-based immersive VR studio producing high-end narrative and documentary VR experiences. Comparable in production scale (~40-person creative studio), cultural/natural-history institutional clients, and festival-circuit recognition profile.
- Novelab: Paris-founded immersive studio focused on narrative VR experiences with cultural and institutional clients. Comparable in product scope (location-based, narrative-driven VR), European footprint, and reliance on cultural grant funding.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks4 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Valuation estimate
Small Creative leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
Small Creative funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Small Creative M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Small Creative
What does Small Creative do?
Small Creative is a boutique creative studio and production company that designs and produces collective, free-roaming virtual reality experiences and other immersive content (AR, MR, immersive installations, augmented shows, holograms, interactive video mapping, immersive theater) for location-based entertainment. Its flagship offering is the Onsite (Small Stories) turnkey distribution platform that delivers its catalog of VR experiences to cultural venues for groups of 2 to 15 simultaneous users on HTC Vive Focus 3 headsets, alongside custom production services for cultural institutions, museums, brands, and companies.
Is Small Creative a public or private company?
Small Creative is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Small Creative founded?
Small Creative was founded in 2020. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Small Creative based?
Small Creative is headquartered in Paris, France, in the Europe region.
How does Small Creative make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. VR Experience Licensing/Distribution is the primary driver. The others are custom VR Production and platform Subscription/Device Rental.
Who are Small Creative's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Fever, Sandbox VR, teamLab, Meow Wolf and Zero Latency. Direct peers are BackLight, Atlas V, Innerspace VR, Felix & Paul Studios and Novelab.
Does Small Creative have an API?
No public API is recorded for Small Creative.
What industry is Small Creative in?
Small Creative's product category is Immersive Experience Production. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPADACAI, Short-Form Animation (Shorts, Web Series). Its NAICS code is 711510 and its SIC code is 7330.