Three AR investors are holding a contest to identify augmented reality startups.
Three AR investors are holding a contest to identify augmented reality startups.
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8 startups named finalists in Global AR app contest

Eight finalists have been named in the Global AR Online Pitch Event, a contest aimed at identifying stellar augmented reality startups. The winning contestant will likely receive an investment from a group of 30 venture capitalists and investors sponsoring the contest.

A total of 241 companies entered the contest. Game and media conglomerate Gree‘s investment project, dubbed the GFR Fund, organized the event with Super Ventures and the Venture Reality Fund. The online event takes place May 22.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.