Niantic was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US
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Key People/Management at Niantic
John Hanke
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Quigley
Chief Marketing Officer
Kei Kawai
Head of Product
Dennis Hwang
Director, Visual and Interaction Design
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Niantic Office Locations
Niantic has offices in Sunnyvale, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo and in 3 other locations
San Francisco, US (HQ)
2 Bryant St
Sunnyvale, US
1230 Midas Way #200
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Niantic Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2015 |
Total Funding | $225 m |
Latest funding size | $200 m |
Time since last funding | 5 months ago |
Investors | You & Mr Jones Brandtech Ventures, Scott Banister, NetEase Capital, Javelin Ventures, Founders Fund, Alsop Louie Partners, Google, Pokemon Company Group, Spark Capital, Cyan Banister, Meritech Capital Partners, Lucas Nealan, Nintendo |
Niantic's latest funding round in November 2017 was reported to be $200 m. In total, Niantic has raised $225 m. Niantic's latest valuation is reported to be $3.7 b.
Niantic Financials
Niantic's revenue was reported to be $950 m in Y, 2016
| USD | Y, 2016 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 14.1 m |
Niantic Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Escher Reality | February 01, 2018 | |
| Evertoon | November 03, 2017 |
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Niantic News and Updates
April 11, 2018
Niantic CEO John Hanke: Games are the primordial soup for tech evolution
Niantic CEO John Hanke summoned up the ghost of Arthur C. Clarke when discussing augmented reality with the famous quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But to get technology to that point, experimentation is necessary — and games are the perfect proving grou…
April 05, 2018
'Pokémon Go' is asking players to pick up trash for Earth Day
Pokémon Go is asking players to do more than catch Pokémon on Earth Day this year.
On April 22, Pokémon Go developer Niantic is partnering up with a handful of local nonprofit organizations to clean and pick up trash in natural areas worldwide. If enough people participate, players will be rewarde…
April 02, 2018
'Pokémon Go' Fest attendees get $1.6 million settlement after disastrous event
You may remember that the Pokémon Go Fest that happened last summer did not go so well. Well, on top of giving attendees refunds and bonus in-game currency to make up for the terrible event, developer Niantic is paying out over $1 million to disappointed visitors.
After getting hit with a class ac…
March 30, 2018
Niantic to settle Pokémon GO Fest lawsuit for over $1.5M
Back in July of last year, Niantic organized an outdoor festival focusing on its augmented reality game, Pokémon GO. In theory, players would come from all around for a day of wandering Chicago’s Grant Park, meeting other players and catching new/rare Pokémon. It… did not go as planned. Widespread c…
March 26, 2018
There's a great new reason to return to 'Pokémon Go' (NTDOY)
Later this week, Pokémon Go will get a big update adding a storyline and daily quests to complete.
Completing this quests will give players the chance to catch Mew, the long-lost 151st Pokémon, missing in action since the game launched in July 2016.
Pokémon Go might no longer be a fad, but it stil…
February 14, 2018
Niantic plans 48 real-world events for Ingress across the globe
Niantic revealed today plans for 48 real-world events that will take place in 2018 and 2019 for its augmented reality mobile game Ingress. Before Pokémon Go launched in 2016, Niantic’s big game was Ingress. It has players travel the real world in order to play and progress, ideas that carried over t…
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