Alexandra Vidger
SAN FRANCISCO (March 13, 2018) — Greenlight Insights, the global leader in market intelligence for the virtual and augmented reality industry, released a new report today detailing the state of venture funding for woman-led XR companies. The report was co-authored with the WXR Venture Fund, a venture capital fund that promotes equal gender representation among VR/AR/XR startups. 2017 was another … Read More
Planar Systems Completes NaturalPoint Acquisition for $125 Million
Clifton Dawson, Principal Analyst Devices & Technology, Insight Articles, Interfaces, Location-Based Entertainment, Location-Based xR Intelligence Service, Shared Environments, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and M&A, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Intelligence Service
Planar Systems announced the transaction to acquire NaturalPoint has now been finalized for $125 million.
Vrideo Shuts Down, Signaling Troubles Ahead for 360 Video
Clifton Dawson, Principal Analyst Imaging & Video, Insight Articles, Media & Entertainment, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and M&A, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Intelligence Service
Vrideo announced November 21 that it is shuttering its 360 video aggregation website and app, which had more than 700,000 installs. The ambitious site raised an initial funding round of $2 million in early 2015 from investors including Machinima co-founder Allen DeBevoise, Betaworks and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. Vrideo was apparently unable to raise any additional funding since, and simply ran out of … Read More