Having already collected $68m in a series A round backed by Stanford University earlier this year, Sandbox VR has added $11m to its coffers thanks to a long list of celebrities.
Sandbox VR, a US-based virtual reality technology developer backed by Stanford University, has raised $11m in funding co-led by Andreesen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund and David Sacks, according to TechCrunch.
The round also included a series of celebrities, including Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and Will Smith, as well as angel investors Michael Ovitz, Honda Keisuke and Kevin Durant.
Sandbox VR provides virtual reality games in physical spaces, such as shopping centres, to allow users to freely…
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