Niantic

About

Niantic builds augmented reality platforms with mapping and security for current and future generations of AR hardware.

San Francisco,California,United States
501 - 1000
http://www.nianticlabs.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series B
Last Funding Money Raised: $200M
Industries: Augmented Reality,Software,Video Games,Virtual Reality
Founded date: Jan 1, 2010
Number Of Employee: 501 - 1000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Niantic Inc
Also Known As: Niantic Labs

Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. We seek to build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction. Originally formed at Google in 2010, we are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. We’re focused on building games that get people outside and exploring by enabling our players to have fun while visiting new places, learning about the world around them, and meeting new friends. We’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. We'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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

$770M

Niantic has raised a total of $770M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 22, 2021 from a Series D round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 22, 2021	Series D	$300M	1	Coatue	—	Detail
Jan 16, 2019	Series C	$245M	8	IVP	—	Detail
Nov 24, 2017	Series B	$200M	6	Spark Capital	—	Detail
Feb 25, 2016	Series A	$5M	5	Alsop Louie Partners	—	Detail
Oct 15, 2015	Series A	$20M	3	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

4

0

Niantic has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 1, 2022, when TRIPP raised $11.20M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jun 1, 2022 TRIPP	Series A	$11.20M	Gaming	—
Sep 1, 2021 MR Augmented	Pre-seed	—	Augmented Reality	—
Jan 28, 2021 Gowalla	Seed	$4M	Mapping Services	—
May 14, 2019 DigiLens	Series C	$50M	Augmented Reality	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

22

Niantic is funded by 22 investors. Coatue and IVP are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Coatue	Yes	Series D
IVP	Yes	Series C
Spark Capital	Yes	Series B
Alsop Louie Partners	Yes	Series A
AXiomatic	—	Series C
Battery Ventures	—	Series C
Causeway Media Partners	—	Series C
CRV	—	Series C
Nico Wittenborn	—	Series C
Samsung Ventures	—	Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

47

Niantic has 47 current employee profiles, including Executive Paul Franceus

Executive

Executive

Executive

Employee

Executive

Acquisition

Niantic has acquired 12 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Evertoon on Nov 3, 2017. They acquired Evertoon for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Nov 3, 2017 Evertoon	Apps	acquihire	—	Detail
Feb 1, 2018 Escher Reality	Augmented Reality	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 28, 2018 Matrix Mill	3D Technology	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 17, 2018 Seismic Games	Augmented Reality	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 18, 2019 Sensible Object	Gaming	acquisition	—	Detail