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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – VR GAMING
- Archiact Interactive a VR casual game developer raised $3.2M funding from Chinese game developer 37Games. Link
- FOVE a VR HMD developer raised $11M in Series A funding from Colopl VR Fund, 2020 Ventures, Foxconn & Samsung Venture Investment. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Bolverk Games (2015, Copenhagen) is a VR game developer developing “Kittypocalypse” a tower defense VR game. Has raised undisclosed funding from Danish VC firm Capnova.
Vrwerx (2015, Los Angeles) is a VR games developer, has developed “Paranormal Avtivity VR”, a horror VR game.
Cyberith (2014, Herzogenburg) is a developer of moving platform for VR games. Users can control in-game character by moving on the platform.
LEADER BOARD – VR GAMING
Resolution Games (2015, Stockholm, $6M) Game development studio focusing on creating fun casual games. Backed by Google Ventures,Creandum, Initial Capital, Bonnier Growth Media and Partech Ventures.Developers – Core Games
CCP Games (1997, Reykjavik, $66M) Developer of “Eve Valkyrie” a multiplayer space combat shooter for virtual reality. Also popular for MMORPG games such as “Eve Online”. Backed by New Enterprise Associates and Novator.
nDreams (2006, Farnborough, $6M) Developer of “The Assembly”, a story led adventure game designed for Playstation VR, Oculus Rift & HTC Vive. Backed by Mercia Technlogies.Device Manufacturers – HMDs
Oculus (2012, Irvine, $91M, Acq.) Developer of VR Head Mounted Devices. Acquired by Facebook for $2B in March 2014.
AntVR (2014, Beijing, $56M) Developer of VR Head Mounted Devices for both PC & Smartphones. Backed by Gosun Telecom and Sequoia Capital.
Baofeng Mojing (2015, Shenzen, $45M) Developer of VR Head Mounted Devices for Smartphones. Backed by CITIC Capital Holdings,Huayi Brothers,Green Pine Capital Partners,Tian Yin Music & Aisidi.Device Manufacturers – Peripherals
LeapMotion (2010, SF, $44M) Developer of 3D motion control hardware and software using motion-sensing technology. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, SOSventures and Highland Capital Partners.
Noitom (2012, Beijing, $25M) Developer of motion capture technology for VR. Backed by Legend Capital, Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture.
Nod Labs (2013, Mountain View, $16M) Gesture recognition and motion tracking hardware. Backed by Atlantic Bridge and Menlo VC.
Enablers
Eyefluence (2013, Milpitas, $22M) Provides eye tracking technology for HMDs. Backed by Intel Capital, Motorola Solutions, Dolby Family Ventures, NHN Investment and JAZZ Venture Partners.
Unity Technologies (2004,
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