UploadVR

UVR Media, LLC
Formerly
  • UploadVR, Inc. (2014–2017)
  • Upload, Inc. (2017–2018)
Company typePrivate
IndustryVirtual reality, mass media
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014) in San Francisco, US
Founders
  • Taylor Freeman
  • Will Mason
  • Nick St. Pierre
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
US[1]
Key people
Kyle Riesenbeck (operations manager)[2]
Number of employees
17 (2017)

UVR Media, LLC (formerly UploadVR, Inc. and Upload, Inc.) is an American media company that operates UploadVR, a virtual reality-focused trade publication website.

The company was founded as UploadVR in 2014 by Taylor Freeman, Will Mason, and Nick St. Pierre as a coworking company based in San Francisco. It later expanded to organize events, provide business incubation, and operate the UploadVR website. After rebranding to Upload and relocating to Marina del Rey in 2017, the company was sued over alleged gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination. The lawsuit was settled in September 2017 and Upload subsequently hired chief operating officer Anne Ahola Ward, who instituted mandatory anti-harassment training before leaving the company in October that year. Lacking financing, Upload shut down its offices and coworking spaces in March 2018, while the UploadVR website remained operational under UVR Media, which was incorporated as a new entity.

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