Creating the Future of VR Multiplayer BigBox VR BigBox VR’s mission is to combine platform-defining games, social communities, and competitive play to create a VR esport ecosystem. It was founded in Seattle by game industry entrepreneurs who led successful exits and launched top-grossing live service products at Valve, Disney, Sony, and Microsoft. Read More Games Climb, […]
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $5M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Graph Vent... | graph.vc |
| - | Shasta Ven... | shastavent... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.11.2018 | Seed | $5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| 11.06.2021 | Facebook buys game studio BigBox VR | Facebook has bought several virtual reality game studios over the past couple of years, and they added one more to their portfolio Friday with the acquisition of Seattle-based BigBox VR. The studio’s major title, “Population: One,” was one ... |
| 11.06.2021 | Facebook acquires Seattle virtual reality gaming company BigBox VR, makers of Population: One | Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Seattle startup BigBox VR, the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE, has been acquired by Facebook. Facebook was drawn to... |
| 06.10.2020 | How BigBox VR designed its Population: One vertical combat for virtual reality | BigBox VR’s Population: One is attempting to break new ground as a battle royale shooter game you can play in virtual reality. It debuts this month on the major VR headsets and represents an attempt to bring the joy people find playing batt... |
| 06.10.2020 | Population: One hands-on — Vertical combat in VR results in tough tradeoffs | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. BigBox VR’s Populatio... |
| 06.10.2020 | Population: One hands-on — Vertical combat in VR results in tough tradeoffs | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. BigBox VR’s Population: One is a virtual reality game that breaks new ground as a battle royale first-person shooter. I played the game... |
| 06.10.2020 | How BigBox VR designed its Population: One vertical combat for virtual reality | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. BigBox VR’s Population: One is attempting to break new ground as a battle royale shooter game you can play in virtual reality. It debut... |
| 16.09.2020 | The Oculus Quest is getting its own Fortnite ripoff | Fortnite may not be available in VR (or on iOS), but Oculus Quest users will soon be getting their own Fortnite clone for virtual reality. Nearly two years after its funding and initial launch announcement, BigBox VR is finally ready to rol... |
| 09.11.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, November 9 | THREE THINGS Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content A.I. is the answer to protecting your enterprise in the cloud From ExtraHop — NEW FUND: Steve Case’s investment firm Revolution will raise a new early-stage venture fund with a $20... |
| 09.11.2018 | Can the startup building a Fortnite for VR become the Fortnite of VR? | Virtual reality hasn’t proven itself to be the lucrative escape of the every-man, but the medium has done a fairly good job enticing the gaming community and keeping that niche (mostly) happy. While a couple of big titles have gotten some h... |
| 08.11.2018 | BigBox VR Raises $5M in Seed Funding | BigBox VR, a Seattle, WA-based maker of online VR multiplayer games, secured $5m in seed funding. The round was led by Shasta Ventures with participation from GSR Ventures and Pioneer Square Labs Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, J... |
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