INVESTMENTS & ACQUSITIONS: January 10, 2020
TOTAL INVESTMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 10, 2020:
For the week of Jan 10, 2020 the total investments and acquisitions reached $365.3 million.
Total investments reached $97.4 million, while all acquisitions for the week were at $267.9 million.
FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS:
INVESTMENTS BY MARKET SEGMENT
- Gaming investments reached $137.7M.
- 3D Graphics investments reached $143.3M
- Artificial Intelligence had investments of $206M
- Augmented Reality investments reached $7.3M.
ACQUISITION HIGHLIGHTS:
ACQUISITIONS BY MARKET SEGMENT
TOTAL ACQUISITIONS:
- Artificial Intelligence acquisitions $166M
- Gaming acquisitions reached $102M
ALL INVESTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 10, 2020
| CATEGORY | FOCUS | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS IN THE ROUND | AMOUNT ($M) |
| Games | Mobile | Acquisition | Gloops | GDRIVE (Nexon) | $0.0 |
| Games | Mobile | Acquisition | Yippee Entertainment | Team 17 | $1.9 |
| Games | Mobile | Acquisition | Ilyon Games | Tencent-Miniclip | $100.0 |
| Games | Console/PC | Investment | Platinum Games | Tencent-Miniclip | – |
| Games | Esports | Investment | Rheo | Lightspeed, Sequoia Surge | $2.0 |
| Games | Mobile | Investment | Fund | Hamburg | $2.0 |
| Games | Esports | Investment | Midnite | Makers Fund | $2.5 |
| Games | Mobile MMO | Investment | Npixel | Saehan Startup Investment, Altos Ventures, Bluehole, Roblox | $25.9 |
| Games | Social | Investment | HaikuJAM | Lightbox | $3.4 |
| CATEGORY | FOCUS | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS IN THE ROUND | AMOUNT ($M) |
| AR/VR/XR | AR Hardware | Investment | CReal | investiere, DAA Capital, SICTIC, grants from European Innovation Council, Foundation pour l’Innovation Technologique | $7.3 |
| CATEGORY | FOCUS | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS IN THE ROUND | AMOUNT ($M) |
| CATEGORY | FOCUS | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS IN THE ROUND | AMOUNT ($M) |
| 3D | AI, Holographics | Investment | Jimuyida | East China Sea Investment, Lian Jin Shu, Ruiding Capital, others | $14.3 |
| CATEGORY | FOCUS | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS IN THE ROUND | AMOUNT ($M) |
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