VR Investment
WEVR Unveils ‘Transport’ VR Content Network, Announces Over $25M Investment
Wevr today unveiled Transport, a new VR content distribution platform that they hope will allow developers easier access to a broader market. To that, Wevr announced the results of an investment made by some big names in VR, amounting to the tune of $25M.
Wevr is a virtual...
Nearly $700 Million Invested in AR/VR in 2015
According to a recent report by Digi-Capital, investors have injected some pretty big bucks into companies focusing on augmented and virtual reality lately. A total of $686 million in 2015 alone. The most interesting bit: they aren't counting Magic Leap.
Digi-Capital,...
How to Bet on VR in 2016
When it comes to the virtual reality industry today, the way people are looking at VR is very natural, but also very wrong. While we all incessantly talk and freak out about experiences like flying over the grand canyon...
Envelop VR Closes Series A Funding With Google Ventures to Deploy VR Productivity Environment
Envelop VR, a company working on a productivity focused virtual reality environment, today announced they'd closed their Series A funding at $5.5 million with additional investment from Google Ventures.
While VR is great for entertainment, it's also has potential to revolutionize...
Virtuix Exploring Crowdfunded Equity Investment Under US ‘JOBS Act’
In accordance with newly eased investment regulations brought forth by the United States' JOBS Act, Virtuix is "testing the waters" for crowdfunded equity investment.
The Virtuix Omni VR treadmill began as a Kickstarter success after raising more than $1 million...
$50M VR Venture Fund Announced by Japanese Mobile Game Giant COLOPL
COLOPL, mobile game giant in Japan, announced that they've opened a $50 million fund to invest in VR companies worldwide.
Guest Article By Shun Kubota
Shun is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of Mogura VR, the largest VR publication in Japan, aiming to...
Developer nDreams Raises $3 Million More for VR Development and Publishing
UK based developer nDreams today announced the closure of a new $3 million (£2 million) investment, the second this year for the studio.
Bringing the studio's total fundraising in 2015 to $5.75 million, nDreams has raised an additional $3 million....
Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders
Presence Capital today announced they've raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC's Phil Chen, the purported "founder" of the HTC Vive project at HTC.
Presence...
Presence Capital’s Amitt Mahajan Brings Lessons from Casual Mobile Games to VR
Presence Capital is a new early-stage venture capital firm that's focused on funding virtual reality and augmented reality startups. I had the chance to interview one of the co-founders Amitt Mahajan at the VRX Conference about this new fund...
What $136 Million Invested in November Alone Says About the VR Industry
Still think virtual reality is a fad? The latest data suggests over $136M was raised by VR startups in the month of November 2015 alone. It appears that VR is quickly leaving the realm of odd curiosity and is...
Here We Go (Again): The VR Industry Is Spinning up Just like Online Video 10 Years...
Here we go again. A decade ago, it was online video that changed everything. Now virtual reality is set to change the world once more. As we approach the Q1 2016 Oculus Rift release date, you can literally see and...
Fundraising Lessons No VR Startup Should Miss Shared by Altspace CEO Eric Romo
Eric Romo has been around the venture fundraising block over the last 10 years, not only as the founder of AltspaceVR, where he's raised some $16 million in venture capital, but also at former startup GreenVolts where he helped raise $120...
NVIDIA to Show New VR-ready Laptop at VR Launchpad
VR Startup showcase VR Launchpad is now less than a day away and, in addition to a lively collection of hand-picked virtual reality pioneers and entrepreneurs in attendance, Nvidia will be showing off its latest, cutting-edge VR-ready laptop at the...
24 VR Startup Pitches, Launch Partner Presentations, Vive Demos and More, Tomorrow at VR Launchpad
VR Launchpad, the VR startup showcase, is upon us. Tomorrow the halls of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA will be filled with a diverse group of hand-picked VR startups alongside investors, media, and VR influencers. And it's...
Greenlight VR to Give ‘State of the VR Industry’ Presentation at VR Launchpad
Virtual reality market research firm Greenlight VR will share their latest data-driven insights into the consumer VR industry in a special presentation at VR Launchpad on October 20th.
Howie Leibach, Sr. Research Analyst at Greenlight VR, will take to the...




















