Candy Ventures acquires AR startup Blippar, which went into administration last month after raising $130M+, and will reform it as a new business with same CEO
- British property tycoon Nick Candy has bought Blippar, the augmented reality startup which collapsed late last year.
AR startup Blippar enters administration after an alleged dispute over funding, months after raising $37M
We are disappointed to announce that Blippar … Engadget : AR pioneer Blippar is going out of business James Vincent / The Verge : Hyped AR startup Blippar crashes into financial reality Financial Time...
AR startup Blippar announces the close of a $37M financing round, bringing total raised to $137M; the company says it hopes to reach profitability in 12 months
Blippar, the AR startup that launched in 2011, has today announced the close of a $37 million financing led by Candy Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
Sources: Snap held talks to buy AR startup Blippar before Blippar closed its California office; SAP also considered acquiring Blippar's computer vision team
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AR startup Blippar unveils its “visual browser” app for recognizing real-world objects using machine learning
Ambarish Mitra, CEO of London startup Blippar, came out with the bold statement last year that what he was working on could be “bigger than the internet itself”.
Blippar raises $55M Series D led by Malaysian government to build out its AR tech that uses a phone's camera to identify objects
Blippar raises $54 million to continue its mission to ‘build something bigger than the internet itself’ — Blippar, the company best known for its augmented reality app …