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<h2 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Number</th><th scope="col">Company</th><th scope="col">Location</th><th scope="col">Acquired on</th><th scope="col">Acquired for (<a href="/facts/United_States_dollar/naEEDUhC">USD</a>)</th><th scope="col">Talent acquired</th><th scope="col">Related to</th><th scope="col">Used as / integrated with</th><th scope="col">References</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>facebook.com domain name</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a></td><td><p>August 23, 2005</p></td><td>200,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>name change from Thefacebook.com</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Parakey/5sUA88A0">Parakey</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a></td><td><p>July 19, 2007</p></td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Blake_Ross/7uhnfJBa">Blake Ross</a>, <a href="/facts/Joe_Hewitt_(programmer)/GVIquWrs">Joe Hewitt</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Y_Combinator_(company)/LR8YYHFs">Y Combinator</a>, <a href="/facts/Sequoia_Capital/PY46UgYf">Sequoia Capital</a></td><td>Facebook Mobile</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/ConnectU/QUzaRsNJ">ConnectU</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Cambridge,_Massachusetts/k9UMIJ7U">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a></td><td><p>June 23, 2008</p></td><td>31,000,000</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/I2hub/TS6RsREX">i2Hub</a></td><td>(Court settlement)</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/FriendFeed/UI56Vgoq">FriendFeed</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a></td><td><p>August 10, 2009</p></td><td>47,500,000</td><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Buchheit/FfrWcjDe">Paul Buchheit</a>, <a href="/facts/Bret_Taylor/Kt1BhAPV">Bret Taylor</a>, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, 8 others</td><td><a href="/facts/Benchmark_Capital/u5nMEPIh">Benchmark Capital</a>, ex-Google</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Octazen</td><td> <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/facts/Taman_Melawati/d2qH0esf">Taman Melawati</a>, <a href="/facts/Kuala_Lumpur/2dCzRWjL">Kuala Lumpur</a></td><td><p>February 19, 2010</p></td><td>—</td><td>2 engineers (remote workers)</td><td>—</td><td>Websluths</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Divvyshot/Wg9jI5e7">Divvyshot</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>March 2, 2010</p></td><td>—</td><td>Sam Odio, Paul Carduner</td><td><a href="/facts/Y_Combinator_(company)/LR8YYHFs">Y Combinator</a>, <a href="/facts/AngelList/o6rh8Gcx">AngelList</a></td><td>Facebook Photos</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Friendster_patents/5B7REbl2">Friendster patents</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a> / <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/facts/Kuala_Lumpur/2dCzRWjL">Kuala Lumpur</a></td><td><p>May 13, 2010</p></td><td>40,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>ShareGrove</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Mateo,_CA/JpnCprVs">San Mateo</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>May 26, 2010</p></td><td>—</td><td>Kent Libbey, Adam Wolff</td><td>Elm Street Ventures</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_groups/gDYn8Gll">Facebook Groups</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Zenbe</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York,_NY/YlyvFmVC">New York, NY</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td><p>July 6, 2010</p></td><td>—</td><td>Tom Alison, Will Bailey, Robert Kiefer</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_Messenger/NUz3VX8d">Facebook Messenger</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Nextstop</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>July 8, 2010</p></td><td>2,500,000</td><td>Charles Lin, Carl Sjogreen, Adrian Graham</td><td>ex-Google</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Chai Labs</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a></td><td><p>August 15, 2010</p></td><td>10,000,000</td><td>Gokul Rajaram, Giri Rajaram, others</td><td>Merus Capital, ex-Google</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Hot Potato</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Brooklyn/UnUzxCFe">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td><p>August 20, 2010</p></td><td>~10,000,000</td><td>Saadiq Rodgers-King, Justin Shaffer, 6 others</td><td><a href="/facts/RRE_Ventures/hu7GVHgd">RRE Ventures</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_Places/gDYn8Gll">Facebook Places</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a href="/facts/Drop.io/xPRPHqXz">Drop.io</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Dumbo,_Brooklyn/brztN0mv">Dumbo, Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td><p>October 29, 2010</p></td><td>~10,000,000</td><td>Sam Lessin</td><td>RRE Ventures</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/FB.Com/0IhXFR6u">FB.com</a> <a href="/facts/Domain_name/FDLD2m5G">domain name</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a></td><td><p>November 15, 2010</p></td><td>8,500,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Rel8tion</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Seattle/7lYIrCa6">Seattle</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington_(state)/7tCrTFnN">Washington</a></td><td><p>January 25, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Peter Wilson</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Beluga</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, California</a></td><td><p>March 2, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Jonathan Perlow, Lucy Zhang, Ben Davenport</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_Messenger/NUz3VX8d">Facebook Messenger</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td><a href="/facts/Snaptu/sDn9VQUD">Snaptu</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></td><td><p>March 20, 2011</p></td><td>70,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>RecRec</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>March 24, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>Dogpatch Labs</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>DayTum</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/SoHo/P8rGsbUU">SoHo</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a></td><td><p>April 27, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Felton_(graphic_designer)/mqAGdRK2">Nicholas Felton</a>, Ryan Case</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Sofa</td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a></td><td><p>June 9, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Koen Bok, Dirk Stoop, Jasper Hauser, Hugo van Heuven, Jorn van Dijk</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>MailRank</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td><p>June 9, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Bryan O'Sullivan and Bethanye McKinney Blount</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Push Pop Press</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>August 2, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Co-founders <a href="/facts/Mike_Matas/goR3IR1n">Mike Matas</a> and Kimon Tsinteris</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Friend.ly</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a></td><td><p>October 10, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Co-founder/CEO Ed Baker</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Strobe</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>November 8, 2011</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Founder and <a href="/facts/CEO/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a> Charles Jolley, other Strobe employees</td><td>—</td><td>Mobile engineering team</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td><a href="/facts/Gowalla/ww3ucNAj">Gowalla</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Austin,_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin, Texas</a></td><td><p>December 2, 2011</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Caffeinatedmind</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>February 20, 2012</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td><a href="/facts/Instagram/33s91jnV">Instagram</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>April 9, 2012</p></td><td>1,000,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td><a href="/facts/Tagtile/EDRE0Y2c">Tagtile</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>April 13, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Tagtile's founders</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Glancee</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>May 5, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Andrea Vaccari, Alberto Tretti, Gabriel Grisé</td><td>—</td><td>Facebook Nearby Friends</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td><a href="/facts/Lightbox.com/7u5V0n6a">Lightbox.com</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, England</td><td><p>May 15, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Thai Tran, Nilesh Patel, Five employees</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Karma</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>May 21, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Lee Linden, Ben Lewis</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_gifts/gDYn8Gll">Facebook Gifts</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td><a href="/facts/Face.com/Al2gWNqu">Face.com</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></td><td><p>June 18, 2012</p></td><td>100,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td><a href="/facts/Spool_(software_company)/8n010FUD">Spool</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>July 14, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Avichal Garg, Curtis Spencer, Six employees</td><td>—</td><td>Mobile engineering team</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Acrylic Software</td><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>, <a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td><td><p>July 20, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Two employees</td><td>—</td><td>Facebook's design team</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Threadsy</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>August 24, 2012</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_Solutions/n475hFuA">Atlas Solutions</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Seattle/7lYIrCa6">Seattle</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington_(state)/7tCrTFnN">Washington</a></td><td><p>February 28, 2013</p></td><td><100,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>osmeta</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, CA</a></td><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>17 engineers</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Storylane (Mixtent)</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, CA</a></td><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>Jonathan Gheller, 5 engineers</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Hot Studio</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>March 14, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Spaceport</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Burlingame,_CA/5TpCVeAc">Burlingame</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>April 23, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td><a href="/facts/Parse_(company)/TrNhE7B9">Parse</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco,_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a></td><td><p>April 25, 2013</p></td><td>85,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Monoidics</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, England</td><td><p>July 18, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td><a href="/facts/Jibbigo/pMDrMQej">Jibbigo</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a></td><td><p>August 12, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td><a href="/facts/Onavo/bwhS9Ubh">Onavo</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></td><td><p>October 13, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>Guy Rosen, CEO</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>SportStream</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco,_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a></td><td><p>December 17, 2013</p></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>Little Eye Labs</td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, <a href="/facts/Bengaluru/LoufLHv4">Bengaluru</a>, <a href="/facts/Karnataka/NhJAc4t9">Karnataka</a></td><td><p>January 8, 2014</p></td><td>15,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Branch</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td><p>January 13, 2014</p></td><td>15,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td><a href="/facts/WhatsApp/VMlSeFb6">WhatsApp</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_CA/dm29hKlV">Mountain View</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>February 19, 2014</p></td><td>19,000,000,000</td><td>Co-founder and CEO <a href="/facts/Jan_Koum/oX9N8lHr">Jan Koum</a></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td><a href="/facts/Oculus_VR/QPkord57">Oculus VR</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Irvine,_CA/Sa2RCCIU">Irvine</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>March 25, 2014</p></td><td>2,000,000,000</td><td>Co-founders <a href="/facts/Palmer_Luckey/RMJ8mcuW">Palmer Luckey</a> and <a href="/facts/Brendan_Iribe/ybVMf7Cn">Brendan Iribe</a>, Engineer Chris Dycus, and CTO <a href="/facts/John_D._Carmack/PKRfqBQn">John D. Carmack</a></td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Reality_Labs/jNdVugzg">Reality Labs</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Ascenta</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/Somerset,_England/gjVyBFVX">Somerset, England</a></td><td><p>March 27, 2014</p></td><td>20,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td>Salorix</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, CA</a></td><td>April 14, 2014</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Santanu_Bhattacharya_(data_scientist)/q3YxG6dn">Santanu Bhattacharya</a></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>ProtoGeo Oy</td><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a>, <a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a></td><td><p>April 24, 2014</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Moves mobile app; discontinued in July 2018</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td><a href="/facts/PrivateCore/gFw04tV7">PrivateCore</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_CA/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>August 7, 2014</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>LiveRail</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco,_CA/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>August 14, 2014</p></td><td>400,000,000 - 500,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td><a href="/facts/WaveGroup_Sound/0L0Kf1LV">WaveGroup Sound</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Burlingame,_CA/5TpCVeAc">Burlingame</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>August 26, 2014</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td>Wit.ai</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, California</a></td><td><p>January 6, 2015</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td>Quickfire Networks</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Diego/YFUP7gB9">San Diego</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>January 8, 2015</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td><a href="/facts/TheFind.com/y1Mguj5g">TheFind, Inc.</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Mountain_View,_CA/dm29hKlV">Mountain View</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>March 14, 2015</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td>Surreal Vision</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, England</td><td><p>May 26, 2015</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td>Endaga</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">US</a>, <a href="/facts/Oakland/84tfrNlx">Oakland</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td><p>October 3, 2015</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td>Pebbles</td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Kfar_Saba/vmwxSBBM">Kfar Saba</a></td><td><p>July 16, 2015</p></td><td>60,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td>MSQRD (Masquerade)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a>, <a href="/facts/Minsk/CwJXyVHH">Minsk</a></td><td><p>March 9, 2016</p></td><td>undisclosed</td><td>CEO, Eugene Nevgen, Sergey Gonchar, Eugene Zatepyakin (co-founders)</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td>Two Big Ears</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a></td><td>May 23, 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td>Nascent Objects</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">US</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td>Sep 19, 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td>Infiniled</td><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a>, <a href="/facts/Cork_(city)/MQKCwx4l">Cork</a></td><td>October 10, 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td>CrowdTangle</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a></td><td>November 11, 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td>Faciometrics</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td><td>November 16, 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Fernando De la Torre</td><td><a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a></td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td>Zurich Eye</td><td> <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></td><td>November 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus VR</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>Ozlo</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, Palo Alto, California</td><td>July 31, 2017</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_Messenger/NUz3VX8d">Facebook Messenger</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>Fayteq AG</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>August 2017</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Facebook Live</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td><a href="/facts/Tbh_(app)/pGUB3TqV">tbh</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, Oakland, California</td><td>October 16, 2017</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>CEO Nikita Bier, CTO Erik Hazzard, Kyle Zaragoza, Nicolas Ducdodon</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td>Confirm</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, Boston, Massachusetts</td><td>January 23, 2018</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Bob Geiman, Ralph Rodriguez, Walt Doyle</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td>Bloomsbury AI</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>，London</td><td>July 2018</td><td>30,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td>Redkix</td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></td><td>July 26, 2018</td><td>100,000,000</td><td>Oudi Antebi, Roy Antebi</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Workplace_by_Facebook/v7D1fjVJ">Workplace by Facebook</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td>Vidpresso</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, Ogden, Utah</td><td>August 13, 2018</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Randall Bennett, Justin Carter, Pauli Ojala, Hassan Salahuddin</td><td><a href="/facts/Y_Combinator/LR8YYHFs">Y Combinator</a></td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td>Dreambit</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, Seattle, Washington</td><td>September 2016</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman, Eli Shlizerman</td><td>University of Washington</td><td>Reality Labs</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>Chainspace</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, London</td><td>February 2019</td><td>—</td><td>George Danezis, Shehar Bano, Alberto Sonnino</td><td><a href="/facts/University_College_London/7dmHhCf5">University College London</a></td><td>Facebook Blockchain</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td>GrokStyle</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td>February 8, 2019</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Kavita Bala, Sean Bell</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td>Servicefriend</td><td> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></td><td>September 2019</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Ido Arad, Shahar Ben Ami</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Diem_(digital_currency)/6wFfoXUa">Novi</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>CTRL-labs</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td>September 2019</td><td>undisclosed, but reportedly between $500 million and $1 billion</td><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_Reardon/IrDl5j42">Thomas Reardon</a>, Patrick Kaifosh</td><td>—</td><td>Reality Labs</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td>Packagd</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td>September 2019</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Facebook_Marketplace/gDYn8Gll">Facebook Marketplace</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td><a href="/facts/Beat_Saber/arXCs6CE">Beat Games</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="/facts/Prague/txpRNTUE">Prague</a></td><td>November 2019</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td>Atlas ML</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a></td><td>December 2019</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>84</td><td>PlayGiga</td><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>, <a href="/facts/Madrid/B63nL2DB">Madrid</a></td><td>December 2019</td><td>70,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>85</td><td><a href="/facts/Sanzaru_Games/DqFNBo0u">Sanzaru Games</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">Foster City</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td>February 2020</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>86</td><td>Scape Technologies</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, London</td><td>February 2020</td><td>~40,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Reality Labs</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>87</td><td><a href="/facts/Giphy/uJ4sh4wB">Giphy</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a></td><td>May 15, 2020</td><td>400,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Instagram/33s91jnV">Instagram</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td><a href="/facts/Mapillary/X02ng2F8">Mapillary</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, <a href="/facts/Malm%C3%B6/Ax5CCPu0">Malmö</a></td><td>June 18, 2020</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td><a href="/facts/Ready_at_Dawn/jMoVp656">Ready at Dawn</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Irvine,_California/Sa2RCCIU">Irvine, California</a></td><td>June 22, 2020</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td>Lemnis Technologies</td><td> <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a></td><td>September 18, 2020</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>Pierre-Yves Laffont</td><td>—</td><td>Reality Labs</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>91</td><td>Kustomer</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td>November 30, 2020</td><td>1,000,000,000</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>92</td><td>Downpour Interactive</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></td><td>April 30, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>93</td><td>Unit 2 Games</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/Leamington_Spa/nXcamlpE">Leamington Spa</a></td><td>June 4, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Facebook Gaming</td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>94</td><td>BigBox VR</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Seattle/7lYIrCa6">Seattle</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington_(state)/7tCrTFnN">Washington</a></td><td>June 11, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td>AI.Reverie</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York,_NY/YlyvFmVC">New York, NY</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a></td><td>October 11, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td><a href="/facts/Within_(company)/69wAlprq">Within</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a>, <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles,_California/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles, California</a></td><td>October 29, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>97</td><td><a href="/facts/Twisted_Pixel_Games/Lj0Feopb">Twisted Pixel Games</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a></td><td>November 1, 2021</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>98</td><td>Presize</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>, <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a></td><td>April 8, 2022</td><td>~100,000,000</td><td>Leon Szeli, Tomislav Tomov</td><td><a href="/facts/Technical_University_of_Munich/14UXILEo">Technical University Munich</a></td><td>Facebook Shops, Instagram Shopping</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td>Lofelt</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>, <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a></td><td>September 2022</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:119" href="#fn:119"><sup>119</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td><a href="/facts/Armature_Studio/5jQFL0Cy">Armature Studio</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">USA</a></td><td>October 11, 2022</td><td>undisclosed</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Oculus Studio</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:120" href="#fn:120"><sup>120</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>101</td><td><a 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