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VR Social Network vTime Closes £5.4 Million Series A Funding Round Deal Apr 13th, 2018

VR Social Network vTime Closes £5.4 Million Series A Funding Round

UK-based virtual reality sociable network preparing for AR launch this year

Enterprise AR Leader Upskill Secures $17.2M Investment Deal Mar 14th, 2018

Enterprise AR Leader Upskill Secures $17.2M Investment

Customer growth, rapid user adoption and technology advancements fuel new financing round.

Magic Leap Scores Another $461 Million Investment Deal Mar 7th, 2018

Magic Leap Scores Another $461 Million Investment

Florida start-up raises further funding, this time from Saudi Arabia.

Cross-Platform AR Start-up Gets $8M Investment Deal Feb 12th, 2018

Cross-Platform AR Start-up Gets $8M Investment

Californian Augmented Reality tech co, 8th Wall, to further develop platform agnostic AR solutions for ARKit and ARCore.

Niantic Acquires AR Firm, Escher Reality Deal Feb 2nd, 2018

Niantic Acquires AR Firm, Escher Reality

Pokemon Go developer picks up Augmented Reality tech co for an undisclosed fee.

Apple Acquires Shazam Deal Dec 14th, 2017

Apple Acquires Shazam

Alongside its popular music identifying service, Apple has acquired Shazam’s AR platform for branded content.

US Retailer Buys AR Firm For $112m Deal Dec 1st, 2017

US Retailer Buys AR Firm For $112m

Williams-Sonoma acquires 3D imaging and Augmented Reality company, Outward, to make shopping experiences at chains such as Pottery Barn more interactive.

Niantic Raises $200m Investment Deal Nov 27th, 2017

Niantic Raises $200m Investment

Pokemon GO developers announce series B investment ahead of Harry Potter AR game.

Apple Acquires AR Start-Up For $30 Million Deal Nov 23rd, 2017

Apple Acquires AR Start-Up For $30 Million

Apple advances towards ambitious plans to release Augmented Reality headset set by 2020 with hardware company acquisition.

Start-up Raises $2 Million For Cloud-Powered VR / AR Deal Nov 21st, 2017

Start-up Raises $2 Million For Cloud-Powered VR / AR

GridRaster plans to use venture capital investment to optimise its low latency cloud computing solution for XR.

Tencent Acquires 12% Of Snap Inc Deal Nov 8th, 2017

Tencent Acquires 12% Of Snap Inc

China's mobile gaming giant invests further in Los Angeles social company, including its AR Spectacles.

Medical VR Start-Up Gets $8.5m Funding Deal Nov 6th, 2017

Medical VR Start-Up Gets $8.5m Funding

EchoPixel successfully closes Series A financing with investment led by Intel Capital.

Mapbox Announces $164 Million Series C Financing Led By The SoftBank Vision Fund Deal Oct 25th, 2017

Mapbox Announces $164 Million Series C Financing Led By The SoftBank Vision Fund

Investment expands cloud-based map and location company into automotive and AR/VR.

AR Game Raises $3.5m Through Initial Coin Offering Deal Sep 29th, 2017

AR Game Raises $3.5m Through Initial Coin Offering

Multiplayer combat game, Reality Clash, more than doubles its crowdfunding target in one month.

Soluis Secures £1m Grant For XR Construction Deal Aug 16th, 2017

Soluis Secures £1m Grant For XR Construction

British consortium finds funding from Innovate UK for VR and AR in the construction industry.

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