【】

Niantic Labs, the maker of augmented reality (AR) megahit Pokémon Go, has raised $245 million in a new funding round.
The Series C round, led by IVP with additional investors including Samsung Ventures and aXiomatic, brings Niantic's valuation to nearly $4 billion, the company said in a press release Wednesday.
SEE ALSO:'Pokémon Go' reveals trainer battles coming later this monthThe company will use the funds to invest in further development of AR tech, machine learning, its Niantic Real World Platform. Niantic will also continue to invest in its gaming titles, which -- besides Pokémon Go -- include the AR game Ingress Prime and the upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, which is being co-developed and co-published with WB Games.
“IVP is excited to support Niantic in building the future of AR -- initially as it delivers the magic of AR through highly popular games, but ultimately by delivering an operating system for applications that unite the digital world with the physical world,” IVP’s Sandy Miller said in a statement.

Niantic started as a Google-incubated project and spun out in 2015, raising $35 million from Google, Nintendo and others. The company raised and additional $200 million in VC funding in 2017.
The upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game will once again let users interact with the real world via an AR experience on their phones. The game is scheduled to launch on iOS and Android in 2019.
Featured Video For You
The latest Pokémon release recaptures the magic — Games to Play Before You Die
TopicsPokemonVirtual Reality
相关文章
Richard Branson 'thought he was going to die' in bike accident
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson was recently injured in a serious bike accident while cycling o2025-04-26March Madness: How to watch the Sweet 16 NCAA Men's Basketball livestreams
Wow, has March Madness been fun so far, or what?(Unless, of course, you had one of the following as2025-04-26Google will let advertisers use AI to create ad campaigns
Google has no intention of jumping off the AI train now.The Financial Times reported on Thursday tha2025-04-26The ending of 'You' Season 4 explained
We can all agree that the fourth season of Youwas by far the most chaotic in the twisted cinematic u2025-04-26Uber's $100M settlement over drivers as contractors may not be enough
UPDATE: Sept. 7, 2016, 4:41 p.m. EDT 。 A ruling in a different case on Wednesday, Sept. 7 may have ch2025-04-26Popular subreddits end their Reddit protest with *only* pictures of John Oliver
A number of popular subreddits have cheekily relaunched amid the widespread protest against Reddit f2025-04-26
最新评论