Restoring and improving sight for millions

During this Season of Renewal and celebration, imagine transforming millions of lives across Asia with AI-powered smart glasses that restore sight?

At Planet43, we've seen countless AR/VR pitches promising to reshape computing. But while Meta and Apple chase social experiences, Soliddd showed me something profoundly different in their Singapore trials - the restoration of human dignity through sight.

Think about the elegance of their approach: While others complicate, Soliddd simplifies. Their biomimetic design, inspired by a fly's eye, uses a patented lens array to work with, not against, the brain's natural visual processing.

The technical achievement is remarkable - parallel-ray light fields redirecting sight to healthy retinal areas - but what will move you is watching an elderly woman read her grandson's New Year greeting unaided.

The market opportunity is clear: A $28B Asian myopia market by 2027, with millions affected by macular degeneration globally. 1.8B people globally are affected by myopia and over 40% of East Asian school children with dyslexia.

But through Planet43's network spanning Singapore to Silicon Valley, we see something bigger.

Like our portfolio companies revolutionizing diagnostics, Soliddd isn't just building better glasses - they're redefining what's possible in human perception.

Their 2025 launch timing, with no FDA clearance required, means at R3I CAPITAL we are not just investing in potential - we're backing imminent impact. Through Planet43's global ecosystem, we are excited to be accelerating their path from CES prototype to transforming lives across the planet.

Beyond statistics, this is about dignity. When your grandmother can read her favorite recipes again, or your child with dyslexia can finally see characters clearly - that's not just market opportunity, that's family transformation.

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This Lunar New Year, while others chase AR dreams, we have a chance to restore sight itself. We couldn′t be more excited!!!

Ready to see the future differently?

新年快樂

Leesa Soulodre is the Managing Partner of R3i Capital, a Delaware-based applied AI and emerging tech Venture Capital fund. A serial entrepreneur and Fortune 500 advisor turned deep tech investor. Leesa is a board member of the AI Asia Pacific Institute and has a portfolio of IP-backed emerging tech companies scaling impact.

She teaches Strategy and Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox School of Business and recently authored "Algorithmic Investment Roulette: Who Survives, Who Thrives, Who Codes Your Future" (2025).

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