Niantic

Niantic

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Overview

Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich their experiences as human beings in the physical world. They seek to build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction. Originally formed at Google in 2010, they are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. They’re focused on building games that get people outside and exploring by enabling their players to have fun while visiting new places, learning about the world around them, and meeting new friends. They’ve launched Ingress, an immersive real-world mobile game played by millions of people; it's been downloaded more than 20 million times and is played in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. They've also developed Pokémon GO, which has broken records around the world and has been downloaded more than 750 million times in its first year.

Highlights

Founded

2010

Industry

Software

Employees

501-1000

Investment

5

Lead Investment

0

Exits

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Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Niantic, established in 2010 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Augmented Reality, Web3, Gaming, Mobile Apps, Blockchain, Geospatial, Social Network, Mapping Services, Financial Services, Venture Capital. Their recent investments include Urban Electronics, Inc., Gowalla, Spark Capital, Capital Factory, Google Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $5.4B. Among their most notable exits are Urban Electronics, Inc. and Gowalla. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Susan Kare

Design Architect

imagePlace Mike Quiqley

Mike Quiqley

CMO

imagePlace John Hanke

John Hanke

CEO

imagePlace Anhang Zhu

Anhang Zhu

Director of Engineering

imagePlace Christopher Tanner

Christopher Tanner

Senior Director, Software Engineering

imagePlace Mike Stein

Mike Stein

Senior Tech Artist

Investment portfolio

Niantic has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 28, 2021, when Gowalla raised $4.0M.

investments

5

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

0

Number of exits

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Investments

5

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 28, 2021
Gowalla Gowalla
Social Network4.0M
Sep 01, 2021
MR Augmented MR Augmented
Softwarenull
Jun 01, 2022--11.2M
Jan 01, 2023
Urban Electronics, Inc. Urban Electronics, Inc.
Augmented Realitynull

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

5

Investors

25

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

5

Niantic has raised 5 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 01, 2023 from a Non Equity Assistance - Urban Electronics, Inc. round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 28, 2021
Seed Round - Gowalla Seed Round - Gowalla
-4.0M-
Sep 01, 2021
Pre Seed Round - MR Augmented Pre Seed Round - MR Augmented
-0-
Jun 01, 2022
Series A - TRIPP Series A - TRIPP
-11.2M-
Jan 01, 2023
Non Equity Assistance - Urban Electronics, Inc. Non Equity Assistance - Urban Electronics, Inc.
-0-

Investors

22

Niantic is funded by 22 investor(s). Coatue and Pure Imagination Brands Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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