AR startup Mirage secures $1.4M in pre-Seed funding - Auganix

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November 30, 2022 – Mirage, a commencement up that develops augmented world (AR) creation, storage, and NFT marketable content, has announced that it has closed a USD $1.4 cardinal pre-Seed backing circular co-led by Aglaé Ventures and Delphi Digital.

Mirage stated that it volition usage the concern to prosecute method talent, further make its platform, and motorboat a mostly disposable merchandise successful the caller year. Other notable investors included Palm Tree Crew, Cozomo de Medici, G Money, Will Price, Rahilla Zafar, Cooper Turley, Jon Itzler, Chase Chapman and more.

October 25th marked the beta merchandise of the Mirage App to friends and family. Since then, archetypal AR artworks by integer artists including Jack Warne, Feltzine, Chloe Karyannis, Fiigmnt (CTO & Co-founder Mirage) and Shl0ms person been dropped into Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

Mirage present plans to instrumentality portion successful its archetypal nationalist augmented world lawsuit during NEAR’s ‘Art without Limits’ showcase (Dec 1-2) during the Art Basel Miami festival. Art Basel Miami brings starring galleries from 5 continents to showcase works by modern and modern arsenic good arsenic emerging and caller media artists. At caller editions of Art Basel Miami, artists moving with NFTs and different Web3 technologies person been a caller and captious portion of the creation fair.

Mirage volition show its 3D point-cloud coating exertion to make an immersive, interactive on-site acquisition astatine the Wynwood District successful Miami Beach.

3D constituent unreality for AR overlay utilizing Mirage

“Mirage is 1 of our astir breathtaking investments,” said Vanessa Grellet, Managing Partner, Aglaé Ventures. “We judge that allowing artists, contented creators and brands to span their work, IRL and URL, volition unlock unsocial experiences anyplace successful the satellite and adhd important worth for them and collectors.”

“From the precise opening we had heavy condemnation successful what Mirage was building, erstwhile they told america they were gathering Pokemon Go for NFT’s – we instantly understood the imaginable for this investment” said Avi Zurlo, associate, Delphi Digital. “AR is simply a mean ripe for integer ownership protocols and we’re assured this is the squad to present robust everlasting standards for the industry.”

“I’m a integer creator first,” said Fiig, CTO & Co-founder Mirage, “In my work, I was uncovering nary innovative solution to make existent AR ownership with NFTs. Mirage evolved from a dedicated exertion that allows my collectors to acquisition the AR pieces they purchased. Together with Keiran and the team, we are gathering a instrumentality for immoderate creator oregon creator to easy deploy persistent and geolocated AR works for immoderate audience.”

To acquisition the archetypal nationalist AR viewing experience, click present to RSVP to the event. For much accusation connected Mirage and its augmented world infrastructure for integer creators, delight sojourn the company’s website.

Image credit: Mirage