Investment
Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund
Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31...
AmazeVR Secures $15M to Bring Immersive Concerts to VR
AmazeVR, a Los Angeles-based company creating on-demand VR video, has raised $15 million in funding to refocus its efforts to create VR concerts. The company says its first major immersive concert will feature artist Megan Thee Stallion and debut this...
Avatar Creation Tool ‘Ready Player Me’ Raises $13M to Provide Metaverse-wide Avatars
Wolf3D, the Estonian startup behind web-based avatar creator Ready Player Me, has closed a $13 million funding round. The company says it will use the funds to further build out its avatar creation tools and eventually allow developers to earn...
Dent Reality Raises $3.4M to Bring AR Turn-by-turn Directions into Retail
Dent Reality, the UK-based augmented reality startup, announced it's secured £2.5m (~$3.4m) in funding, something the company plans to use to further its efforts to bring phone-based AR navigation into the retail sector.
The funding round was led by Pi...
Resolution Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘Carly and the Reaperman’ Quest Port
Resolution Games, a leading developer of XR content, has acquired Zero Index, the studio which helped bring Odd Raven Studios' VR co-op game Carly and the Reaperman (2018) to the Quest platform earlier this year.
Zero Index is a game studio...
Niantic Raises $300M Investment at $9 Billion Valuation to build “real-world metaverse”
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, today announced it has raised a $300 million Series D investment which values the company at $9 billion. Beyond its geo-location games, the company has been building out a world-scale framework which it believes...
Leading Hand-tracking Company Ultraleap Raises $82 Million Investment
Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond.
Formerly known...
Social VR Startup Raises $57 Million Investment Led by Major Japanese Mobile Network
Japanese social VR startup HIKKY announced today that it has raised ¥6.5 billion (~$57 million), led by Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo. The startup says it will use the funds to expand its web-based metaverse platform.
Founded in 2018,...
Sandbox VR Announces $37M Series B Funding to Expand Out-of-home VR Locations
Out-of-home VR destination Sandbox VR today announced an additional $37 million funding round that the company is using to support its continued expansion. In addition to its dozen worldwide locations, Sandbox VR says it's working to nearly doubling that.
The Series...
CEO Shares First Details on Magic Leap 2, Announces $500 Million in New Funding
Magic Leap today announced that it has raised $500 million in new capital at a $2 billion valuation. This comes ahead of the launch of its upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap 2, which it promises will be smaller, lighter,...
Promising VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ Just Got a Huge Boost With $10 Million in...
Ramen VR, the studio behind the upcoming VR MMO Zenith: The Last City announced today that it has raised $10 million in venture capital. The game is set to launch later this year on all major headsets.
Zenith: The Last City got...
AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally
Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it's raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion.
As first reported by CNBC, the latest round reportedly brings...
XR Training & Gaming Startup Touts $5.2M Investment and Lamar Jackson Partnership
XR startup StatusPRO has announced it has raised a $5.2 million seed investment. While the company hasn't fully revealed its product, it says it's using AR and VR to create immersive sports training and gaming experiences. Teasing a partnership...
VR Studio Behind Movie Tie-in Games Aims to Kick-start Original IP with $2M Investment
UK-based VR studio XR Games, known for its recently released Zombieland VR game, announced this week that it has raised an additional £1.5 million (~$2 million) investment to expand its studio with 20 new jobs and a focus on...
A VR Newcomer Just Raised $7 Million to Build Social VR Games
VR developer ForeVR Games today announced it has raised an additional $7 million in seed capital, bringing its total capital raise to $8.5 million. The studio is focused on bringing classic real world games—like bowling—into VR with an emphasis...



















