Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible. The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services, healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

Sequoia Capital

LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision. They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how. They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.

WestSummit Capital is a premier global technology growth capital investment firm. The firm invests in the Internet/Digital Media, Mobile/Connected Hardware, Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing sectors. WestSummit operates from offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Hong Kong. www.westsummitcap.com

WestSummit Capital

iGlobe invests in entrepreneurs and companies poised to become category owners in large addressable markets, either present or created. It adds value to its invested firms by building ecosystems of partners, markets and talents.

iGlobe Partners

DFJ Growth invests in growth stage technology companies that are scaling rapidly and poised for market leadership.  Based in Silicon Valley, DFJ Growth is the later stage investing practice of [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/draper-fisher-jurvetson), a global venture capital firm. DFJ Growth partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who set out to change the world by creating a new generation of iconic technology-driven businesses.

DFJ Growth

Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in Internet, software, and technology-enabled companies.

Thrive Capital

China Investment Corporation (CIC) is a sovereign wealth fund established in 2007 with approximately US$200 billion of assets under management. As of August 2013, the CIC has US$575.2 billion in assets under management.

China Investment Corporation

By adopting revolutionary mechanisms, FREES FUND is devoted to change the long-established rules in the venture capital. By leveraging the cutting-edge technologies and resources, FREES FUND aims at investing in great startups and helping them grow into great enterprises that are valuable to our society.   We mainly invest in early-stage startups, and hope to become their first-round institutional investor. Our primary interested areas are broad-sense TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom), B2B and deep technology.

Frees Fund

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in leading technology companies. They are partners to world-class management teams that seek to use their capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. seeks to formulate its investments to enable growth and frequently employs conservative capital structures designed to drive aggressive investment in new initiatives, innovation, and business expansion. Their core investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private investments. The firm also seeks to cultivate proprietary or specialized investment opportunities not typically available to generalist investors. It devotes its full scope of talent and intellectual capital to the singular mission of investing in the world’s technology, technology-enabled businesses, and related growth businesses. Silver Lake was established in 1999 by David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, Jim Davidson, and Roger McNamee and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Silver Lake

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's mandate is to invest in the best interests of Canada Pension Plan contributors and beneficiaries and to maximize investment returns without undue risk of loss. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is a professional investment management organization that invests the assets of the Canada Pension Plan, not currently needed to pay pension, disability, and survivor benefits.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Bienville is an investment advisory and asset management business managing capital on behalf of family offices and top performing institutional investors. We invest across public and private markets, crypto and venture capital, and through our partnership with Fractal we launch around 25 SaaS companies per year.

Bienville Capital

Unity

Clockwork Labs is a new game studio focused on building massively-multiplayer “societal games” that are less focused on pure combat and instead encourage social interaction and cooperation between players.

The Code Coven team is dedicated to providing an inclusive and friendly learning environment to students, to support their curiosity and personal growth. The team is composed of experts across multiple fields including game development, curriculum design, legal, and business.

Unity Technologies provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content. It is the creator of the real-time 3D development platform, giving users powerful and accessible tools to create, operate, and monetize experiences for the real-time world. Unity empowers anyone, regardless of skill level and industry, to create 3D visual content using technology, operate using resources that maximize ease-of-use, and monetize, so that they can find success with their creations. In 2004, David Helgason, Joachim Ante, and Nicholas Francis launched Unity Technologies in San Francisco, California.

<div>  <p>    Unity Technologies provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content. It is the creator of the real-time 3D development platform, giving users powerful and accessible tools to create, operate, and monetize experiences for the real-time world. Unity empowers anyone, regardless of skill level and industry, to create 3D visual content using technology, operate using resources that maximize ease-of-use, and monetize, so that they can find success with their creations. In 2004, David Helgason, Joachim Ante, and Nicholas Francis launched Unity Technologies in San Francisco, California.  </p></div>

At a 52-Week Low, Is Unity Stock a Buy?

The tools that power remote work are define the next generation of enterprise software.

Remote Work Tools

Platforms that provide virtual workspaces using spatial technology to combine a variety of productivity and collaboration tools in a single space.

Platforms that provide standalone presentation software, prototyping and web development software, templates, and design workspaces.

Platforms that facilitate task delegation and tracking with board, timeline, and kanban style views.

Platforms that provide standalone video communication tools and complementary products such as interactive interfaces, presentation features, and transcription software.

Platforms that offer chat and email-based collaborative tools.

Technologies bringing about a new reality

Extended Reality

Companies developing XR headsets and relevant sub-components (displays, sensors, and processors). Also includes complementary XR hardware (tracking devices, haptic vests, and gloves)

Companies offering engines that enable the development of AR/VR content, also includes companies offering capabilities to capture and create 3D images for immersive environments

Companies offering AR/VR solutions or toolkits for specific industry applications, including VR game developers

Companies offering location-based AR/VR experiences

The toolkit to build machine learning applications at scale

Machine Learning Infrastructure

Platforms and frameworks that help developers build and train ML models.

Platforms that deploy and host the trained and tested models in production and integrate them into applications through APIs.

Platforms that generate artificial data that mimics the characteristics of real data, which is then used to train ML models at scale.

Platforms that help monitor and manage ML models in training and deployment to track performance, conduct variance analysis, and optimize performance.

Makers of hardware such as CPUs, GPUs, and other application-specific hardware required to train and run ML workloads.

Integrated solutions that handle the end-to-end processes of developing, training, deploying, and monitoring ML models.

Data exchange providers and platforms that offer data labeling services via manual and/or software methods, which are used as input to train ML models.

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 <p>Unity has introduced an upgraded game engine, named "6 Preview" that provides new features designed to simplify the creation of XR experiences.</p>
 <p>Key features encompass a built-in foveated rendering API that optimises the performance by lowering the resolution of the peripheral vision, and keeping a high-definition image quality at the user's gaze. Additionally, it brings Composition Layers, a method for displaying textures in XR applications in an optimal quality.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> Improving the foveated rendering API will allow headsets to support higher fidelity experiences, improving user immersion. In <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/26205"> February 2024 </a> , it made its platform available to create XR experiences for the Apple Vision Pro, seeking to expand its customer base.</p>

Unity launches 6 Preview with improved XR development features

XR and MEP (Q1 2024): An Apple-backed XR spatial computing surge; Disney’s USD 1.5 billion fuels Fortnite expansion

XR and MEP (Q3 2023): Product improvements continue despite stagnant funding

XR and MEP (Q2 2023): Apple's Vision Pro fuels XR's cautious comeback as metaverse plummets

XR and MEP (Q1 2023): From virtual promise to metaverse hesitation

A web-based collaborative review platform that enables users to review, collaborate, and give feedback on video and image content in real time

Collaborative design

SyncSketch

Unity is a platform for VR and other 3D content creation, enabling developers to build and deploy interactive experiences across a wide range of devices

Content

Unity Computer Vision: A synthetic image data generation platform for training computer vision models

Synthetic Data Providers

Unity Computer Vision

Unity launches developer tool for Apple's Vision Pro

Unity launches Version 2.4 of XR Interaction Toolkit for improved eye- and hand-tracking

Unity launches beta program for visionOS to enable app development for Apple Vision Pro

Unity launches new preview of mixed reality dev tools for Quest devices

Unity announces updates, including eye and hand tracking, to its XR Interaction Toolkit

Valeo

To develop an extended reality in-car gaming experience that integrates the vehicle's real surroundings, offering unique experiences and challenges for passengers during their journeys.

Walmart

Walmart announced plans to give Unity developers the ability to integrate Walmart’s commerce APIs directly into their games and apps.

Giving creators the power of content monetization and audience engagement.

Creator Economy

Platforms that allow creators to share several types of content. Some platforms also offer fan engagement/ interactions with the creative artist via videos/ live streams.

Apple

Unity launched a beta program for Apple's visionOS, allowing developers to create apps for Apple's Vision Pro.

Autodesk

Unity and Autodesk announced their new partnership, the two companies have revealed a new collaborative project: Unity Reflect, which shows users a 3D model that has a live connection back to the initial BIM file.

To utilized Unity's gaming software in apple mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro.

To utilized Unity's gaming software  in apple mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro.

Google Cloud

Unity and Google are making it easier for all developers to create multiplayer experiences by offering two solutions from Unity Gaming Services (UGS), Game Server Hosting (Multiplay) and Voice and Text Chat (Vivox), on Google Cloud Marketplace.

Using AI to automate, enhance and optimize marketing activities

Marketing Automation

Startups offering tools for finding and attracting potential customers with targeted ads.

LG Electronics

The two companies have partnered for the development of meta-home and digital humans.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Formed a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz (then known as Daimler AG) where the Unity engine will power the infotainment domain of the MB.OS operating system and be rollewd out to the first vehicles in 2024.

Autonomous and connected technologies shaping the future of the auto industry

Auto Tech

Companies providing in-vehicle infotainment products such as audio equipment and other electronic systems

Azure

Collaborated to empower digital creators, 3D artists and game developers through Azure. This is reported to make it easier for game creators to publish to Xbox consoles and PC so they can reach their communities.

Clockwork Labs

Andreessen Horowitz

a16z crypto

CCP Games

Roblox

Supercell

Code Coven

Metaverse Experience Platforms

Platforms that offer collaborative 2D and 3D environments for enterprise and education-related use cases

Snap

To extend the reach of Unity's advertising capabilities and Snap's technology to game developers, enabling enhanced social sharing and game discovery.

NVIDIA

Unity and Nvidia partnered to launch real-time raytracing tech through Nvidia’s RTX platform.

Alphabet

Unity Technologies, the creator of the world’s most popular creation engine that powers 2/3rds of all Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, announced today that its worldwide community of developers can now download the preview of Google’s ARCore SDK for Unity. The SDK, which leverages native integration with Unity 2017.2 Beta 9 and higher, allows Unity developers to easily create AR experiences for Android devices, as well as add AR to existing Android apps to help drive user engagement and revenue growth.

To integrate the Vuforia AR platform with Unity in order to deliver development experiences through Unity’s global ecosystem.

Unity

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