ReadyUp raises $2 million to manage esports teams and help players improve Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 20, 2018 3 min ReadyUp, a platform for player connection and team management for gaming and esports, has raised $2 million in funding from game-savvy investors. Continue Reading 3 min
Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory Posted byby GamesBeat June 5, 2018 9 min After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “VR winter.” This... Continue Reading 9 min
How the game investors at Signia Venture Partners have steered into VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2016 26 min Rick Thompson has made a lot of good investments over time which have generated around $6 billion in returns, roughly speaking. He is knowledgeable... Continue Reading 26 min
VR: Bigger than reality, eventually (part 2) Posted byby Jason Wilson August 21, 2016 3 min When you look at the historic rates of adoption of communications technologies that broaden our connections and how they keep moving us closer to... Continue Reading 3 min
VR: Bigger than reality, eventually (part 1) Posted byby GamesBeat August 20, 2016 3 min The day their son took his first steps, Mark Zuckerberg’s parents did what most anyone would do in 1985: they wrote it down. Fast... Continue Reading 3 min
Where the early stage AR/VR VCs are putting their money Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 19, 2016 13 min It seems that we can’t get enough intel on the venture capitalists who are investing in augmented reality and virtual reality. And there are... Continue Reading 13 min