Renji Bijoy

Bijoy has described growing up with parents who immigrated from India and initially struggled financially. His family lived in New York before moving to suburban Georgia.⁠[1]

He earned a B.S. in mathematics and computer science at Emory University, initially preparing for medicine. He later recalled that a Java course sparked his interest in programming and led him toward software engineering.⁠[2][1]

He worked as a software engineer at NCR.⁠[2]

He studied computer science at Georgia Tech and earned his M.S. in 2016, a graduation year confirmed by the university.⁠[3][4]

He served as a software engineer at CareerBuilder.⁠[2]

His public résumé lists a lead-architect role at Tin Roof Software, developing the CNN-backed Great Big Story video platform.⁠[3]

He mentored engineers part-time at the Firehose Project, alongside a Viking Education mentoring role from August 2016 to February 2017.⁠[3]

He founded Immersed and became its CEO, developing virtual-reality tools for remote collaboration. He later recalled funding the earliest phase from his own savings.⁠[2][5][1]

In Founder Secrets, he recalled leaving doctoral research in computer vision and machine learning at Georgia Tech in 2017 to pursue a virtual-reality startup.⁠[6]

Immersed joined Techstars Chicago and participated in its demonstration events. Managing director Logan LaHive’s recap identified Bijoy as founder and CEO and described the team’s virtual collaborative workspace.⁠[7]

Bijoy later wrote that his friend Ben Chu had initially co-founded the business with him. Chu stepped away when the Chicago accelerator required relocation that conflicted with family responsibilities; Bijoy said they remained friends.⁠[8]

In his account, demand for remote work during the pandemic accelerated Immersed’s growth after roughly three years of development. Its software lets users work with computer screens and collaborate with colleagues in virtual spaces.⁠[6][5]

He was named to Forbes’ 2021 30 Under 30 list in Consumer Technology. Georgia Tech subsequently featured him and Immersed’s virtual-office business in an alumni report.⁠[4]

In a June interview, he said Immersed had raised $9 million from roughly 3,300 users and emphasized sustained community engagement. These figures were his account of company funding at that time.⁠[6]

He announced the debut of Immersed’s work-focused Visor headset, extending the company’s efforts from software into dedicated hardware. The announcement did not establish completed product delivery.⁠[9]

Immersed and Maquia announced a business combination intended to take Immersed public through a SPAC, valuing the company at $150 million. Bijoy was to continue leading it; the figure represented a proposed company valuation.⁠[10]

School of Hard Knocks published a long-form interview about his software career, Techstars experience and building Immersed, introducing him as its founder and CEO.⁠[11]

Immersed and Maquia mutually terminated their business-combination agreement, announcing the decision on May 22. The public-listing transaction proposed in 2023 therefore did not close.⁠[12]

Immersed held a demonstration event in Austin, but hands-on sessions did not proceed as planned. The company attributed the cancellation to firmware problems affecting six-degree-of-freedom tracking, apologized and released follow-up demonstration videos.⁠[13][14]

The company said hardware was largely complete but that quality control and the user experience still required work, leading to further adjustments to shipping plans.⁠[15]

The company described small-batch testing and refinements to straps and buttons. Its initial promise of Founder’s Edition deliveries within another month or two was later struck through and replaced with a statement that fulfillment work continued.⁠[16]

The company’s filing records a September application for a Regulation A offering of up to $25 million. Its October preliminary circular still described the offering as unqualified. An offering application is distinct from completing a stock-exchange listing.⁠[17]

Road to VR reported that the company again told preorder customers it was finalizing shipping timelines and would provide a production update in August. The report also reviewed earlier delays and revised promises; it did not establish completed mass delivery to customers.⁠[18]

Immersed provides virtual-reality workplace software and develops the dedicated Visor headset. At verification, the Visor website still offered preorders. Its software business and hardware preorder and fulfillment status represent separate activities.⁠[5][19]

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