{"id":46478,"date":"2019-03-27T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=46478"},"modified":"2019-03-27T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:21:20","slug":"vrdirect-financing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/46478\/vrdirect-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"Million-dollar financing for VRdirect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>VRdirect secures a single-digit million-dollar capital. Investors include Flixbus founders Daniel Krauss, Jochen Engert, and Andr\u00e9 Schw\u00e4mmlein.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good news from VRdirect, a spin-off of the Munich-based augmented reality provider <a href=\"\/en\/38004\/basf-invests-reflect\/\">Re&#039;flect<\/a>: Several business angels \u2014 led by Rocket Internet Supervisory Board Chairman Marcus Englert \u2014 are investing in the Munich startup. Among the investors are <a href=\"\/en\/success\/flixbus\/\">Flixbus<\/a>-Founders Daniel Krauss, Jochen Engert and Andr\u00e9 Schw\u00e4mmlein.<\/p>\n<p>Flixbus-CIO <strong>Daniel Krauss<\/strong> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;Virtual Reality is a very relevant technology. It offers multiple promising use cases \u2014 not only for the tourism and travel industry. We are convinced that VR is one of the most relevant technologies for the near-term future and VRdirect is in a great position to tap this market opportunity.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Fresh capital &amp; new industries<\/h3>\n<p>In total, VRdirect \u2014 formerly Viond \u2014 has raised a single-digit million-dollar sum. Since 2018, the Munich-based startup has been working on a 360-degree virtual reality platform with its own VR player. With the fresh capital, the team led by Rolf Illenberger aims to expand its application area to include the real estate industry and acquire new target groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VRdirect secures a single-digit million euro amount. Investors include Flixbus founders Daniel Krauss, Jochen Engert, and Andr\u00e9 Schw\u00e4mmlein. Good news from VRdirect, a spin-off of the Munich-based augmented reality provider Re&#039;flekt: several business angels\u2014led by Rocket Internet Supervisory Board Chairman Marcus Englert\u2014are investing in the Munich-based startup. \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5633,1],"tags":[52,376,301,3552,3551],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Millionenfinanzierung f\u00fcr VRdirect - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VRdirect kann sich einen einstelligen Millionenbetrag sichern. 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