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Sandbox VR raises $11 million thanks to celebrity contributions

The VR startup Sandbox VR has raised an additional $11 million to fund its location-based VR experiences, an investment that includes contributions for a number of notable musicians and actors.

Alissa McAloon, Publisher

October 22, 2019

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The VR startup Sandbox VR has raised an additional $11 million to fund its location-based VR experiences, an investment that includes contributions for a number of notable musicians and actors.

As a provider of location-based VR experiences, Sandbox VR aims to offer a dedicated space for specially developed VR games.

That $11 million raised in this strategic round builds on the $68 million raised during a Series A round earlier this year and will help the company set up pay-per-session VR experiences in a planned 16 locations by the end of 2020.

TechCrunch reports that the round saw contributions from the likes of Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, and Will Smith to name a few. Those celebrity investments, Sandbox VR’s Siqi Chen tells TechCrunch, have the additional benefit of improving VR’s image and enticing would-be customers.

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Alissa McAloon

Publisher, GameDeveloper.com

As the Publisher of Game Developer, Alissa McAloon brings a decade of experience in the video game industry and media. When not working in the world of B2B game journalism, Alissa enjoys spending her time in the worlds of immersive sandbox games or dabbling in the occasional TTRPG.

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