Next Entertainment raises $25 million for hyperlocal live broadcasting platform
Next Entertainment has raised $25 million to take a business that works well in China and moving it to the rest of the world: hyperlocal live...
Boom.tv raises $3.5 million for esports 3D livestreaming platform
Boom.tv is announcing today that it has raised $3.5 million to build its 3D livestreaming platform for esports. The platform is intended to make...
Osterhout Design Group raises $58 million for augmented reality smartglasses
The Osterhout Design Group has raised $58 million to develop new generations of mobile augmented reality and virtual reality smartglasses. That’s a big round...
Tobii to raise $50 million to bring its eye-tracking smarts to VR and smartphones
Swedish eye-tracking company Tobii has announced plans to invest in “large-scale initiatives” involving smartphones and virtual reality and is seeking to raise SEK 400...
The Future Group raises $20 million to blend real-world video with virtual worlds
The Future Group has raised $20 million for its technology that blends real-world video with virtual worlds to immerse people inside what feels like an...
Oben raises $7.7 million to help you create your virtual self in VR
Oben has raised $7.7 million from Chinese investors so it can put 3D faces in virtual reality. Pasadena, Calif.-based Oben can take a 2D...
Livestreaming app Mobcrush raises $20 million
The mobile-based livestreaming app Mobcrush has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The Los Angeles-based production company Evolution Media led the round. This brings...
Baobab Studios raises $25 million to make VR animated entertainment
Baobab Studios has raised $25 million to create a new kind of animated film entertainment in virtual reality. The company has already launched successful VR...
Razer is investing $30 million into games, tech, and VR
Razer wants to use some of the cash in its bank account to get in early on the next big tech breakthrough. The gaming-equipment...
With $25 billion in exits in 2016, a few VCs remain laser-focused on gaming
Game company acquisitions have seen a boom this year, with $25 billion in mergers and acquisitions so far to date. China’s Giant acquired social...