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Niantic raises USD 300 mln from Coatue to grow AR gaming

Tuesday 23 November 2021 | 09:31 CET | News
AR games developer Niantic announced that tech investor Coatue has made a USD 300 million investment in the company, valuing Niantic at USD 9 billion in total. Niantic will use the funds to invest in current games and new apps, expand its Lightship developer platform, and "build out its vision for the Real-World Metaverse".

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