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Unity Gets $400m Investment

Date Type Companies involved Size
May 25th, 2017 Unity Technologies $400m
Unity Gets $400m Investment

Unity Technologies will receive $400m investment from private equity firm, Silver Lake, Unity CEO John Riccitiello revealed to Bloomberg. This latest investment puts the San Francisco company’s value at an estimated $2.6 billion, with half of the funding to purchase shares from employees and shareholders.

Riccitiello said that regulators still need to approve the deal, but that didn’t stop Tony Parisi sharing the news on Facebook, saying ‘F yeah can I brag for a minute?' and  'Best is yet to come...’

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