AR Investment
CREAL Raises $7.2 Million to Bring its Light-field Display to AR Glasses
Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million) in a Series A+ investment round to bring on new...
Crowdfunded AR Startup Tilt Five Secures $7.5M Series A Investment
Tilt Five, the startup behind the eponymous AR headset for tabletop gaming, today announced it has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding.
The funding round was led by SIP Global Partners with participation from BITKRAFT Ventures, Galaxy Interactive, and...
AR Glasses Startup Nreal Secures $40M in Series B Financing
Nreal, the China-based company behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced its secured another $40 million in funding.
As reported by TechCrunch, the latest financing round was led by Chinese video sharing platform Kuaishou, with participation by iQiyi, GP Capital,...
Varjo Raises $54M Financing to Support Its Retina-Quality VR/AR Headsets for Enterprise
Varjo, the Helsinki, Finland-based creators of high pixel density VR/AR headsets for enterprise, today announced it's closed a $54 million Series C funding round. The company says it will use the funds to accelerate the global expansion and development of its...
‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Raises $9 Million to Expand into AR Development
Polyarc, the game studio behind the hit VR title Moss (2018), announced today that is has raised $9 million to grow the studio's expertise in augmented reality development in addition to virtual reality.
As an indie studio, Moss is so far...
Librestream Secures $24M Series D Funding to Expand Its AR-powered Worker Platform
Librestream, an enterprise-focused AR company, today announced it's raised a $24 million Series D financing round. The Winnipeg, Canada-based company says the funds will be used to expand its 'Augmented Worker' services into Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and...
Apple Confirms Acquisition of VR Live Streaming Company NextVR
NextVR, the live event broadcasting platform for VR headsets, has been acquired by Apple in what was reportedly a $100 million purchase.
Update (March 15th, 2020): For the first time since reports broke back in April, Apple has confirmed that...
Mojo Vision Raises an Additional $51M to Fund Smart Contact Lens Development
Mojo Vision announced it has raised more than $51 million in a Series B-1 investment round, something the company says will be used for further development on Mojo Lens, its smart contact lens.
The company's latest funding round was led...
XRHealth Secures $7M Investment to Expand Its AR/VR Telehealth Platform
XRHealth, a Boston-based medical company, today announced that it's raised $7 million in funding to expand its telehealth platform targeted at VR headset users.
The company announced the funding via a press statement today, stating that the new funding round was led by...
Waveguide Maker DigiLens Secures Additional Investment by Samsung Ventures
DigiLens, the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung's venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company.
At the time of this writing, neither firm has detailed the extent of the investment, stating simply that...
Masters of Pie Secures $4.7M to Further Develop AR/VR Tools for Enterprise
Masters of Pie, an enterprise-focused AR/VR studio, announced its secured £3.6 million (~$4.7 million), something the company says will help double its development team and add support for cloud streaming and IoT data to its flagship product, Radical SDK.
The funding...
Social AR/VR Workspace ‘Spatial’ Secures $14M Series A Financing
Spatial, a New York-based startup behind the eponymous real-time AR/VR collaboration platform, has secured $14 million in additional financing, bringing its overall funds to $22 million.
The latest funding round was led by White Star Capital, iNovia and Kakao Ventures, with...
CREAL Picks up $7.4 Million in Funding for Its Light-field Tech
When we caught up with CREAL and its light-field tech at CES 2020 this week, the founders also filled us in on the latest happenings with the company, including the closure of a recent funding round which, between investments...
Backed by $4.4M in Funding, Devs Behind ‘Job Simulator’ & ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Announce New XR Startup
Developers behind critically acclaimed VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Fantastic Contraption (2016) today announced they're founding a new studio dubbed Absurd Joy. To give them a big push along their quest to "invent entirely new ways to interact, play, and experience immersive...
Applications for Vive X, HTC’s AR/VR Startup Accelerator, Close September 30th
The application deadline for HTC's VR startup accelerator program is coming up quickly on September 30th. Now in its fifth batch of investments, the Vive X accelerator aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing tools, expertise,...




















