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Niantic

Real-world AR games and spatial computing — explore the world together
Niantic — founded by John Hanke as a Google-internal AR project before spinning out in 2015 — is the AR pioneer behind Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Pikmin Bloom. In March 2025 Niantic sold its gaming business to Scopely for $3.5B and refocused as Niantic Spatial, a visual-positioning-system platform for real-world AR.
Gaming 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2010
Current Valuation
$9.0B
as of 2021-Q4
UNICORN

QL Price

$9.0B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Niantic, published 2026-10-08 — in line with the last disclosed round of $9.0B (2021-Q4).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $9.0B 2021-Q4 weight 0.04
Secondary market print $9.0B 2026-06-27 weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Niantic since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-08 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
How to actually get exposure to Niantic →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate

Is Niantic going public?
No. Niantic has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Niantic's valuation in 2026?
Niantic is valued at $9.0B as of 2021-Q4, set by its Series D ($300M, Dec 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Niantic filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Niantic.
Who are Niantic's investors?
Niantic's investors include Coatue, Google, Spark Capital, Founders Fund, NetEase.
How much has Niantic raised?
Niantic has raised $770M in total, most recently a Series D of $300M in Dec 2021.
Is Niantic publicly traded — can you buy Niantic stock?
No. Niantic is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Niantic on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Niantic →
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.

Company Profile

CEO
John Hanke
Founded
2010
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~700
Total Raised
$770M
Growth
The company behind the $9B 2021 mark no longer exists in that form: Niantic sold its games division — Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now — to Scopely for $3.5B in 2025, and the remaining business, Niantic Spatial, is a geospatial-AI company capitalised with roughly $250M. Treat the $9B as a historical mark on a different company.
Last Round
Series D — $300M (Dec 2021) · Lead: Coatue
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series D · $300M · 4y 10mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $770M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$12
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month0.0%6-month+21.1%1-year+20.0%All-time-52.0%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D$300MDec 2021Coatue—

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-96% vs 2026-08
Open roles
7
via careers page
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (3 of 7 open roles are marketing).
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month156Aug '267Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionMarketing3Finance & Strategy2Support1Legal & Policy1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Skip to main contentCustomer supportCommunity GuidelinesUK Tax Strategy[Terms of Service](https://www.scopely.com/en/legal?id=tos&langSection=en)[Community Guidelines](https://www.scopely.com/en/legal?id=community-guidelines)
Counted from Niantic's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

John Hanke

Investors

Coatue · Google · Spark Capital · Founders Fund · NetEase

Products

  • Niantic Spatial (AR mapping/VPS)
  • Pokémon GO (sold to Scopely 2025)
  • Lightship AR platform

Competitors

Apple Vision Pro · Snap AR · Meta Reality Labs · Google AR
GamingARSpatial Computing
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.