Tech Company M&A Transactions

Blue Vision Labs Acquisition

Headquartered in London, Blue Vision Labs was bought by Lyft. The acquisition price was $72 million.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Acquired By
Announced On
10/24/2018
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
$72,000,000
M&A Terms
Blue Vision Labs is joining forces with Lyft in their mission to revolutionise transportation, via a full technology, team, and product acquisition of Blue Vision Labs. Blue Vision Labs will be the first Lyft office in London, and will become part of Lyft's Level 5 division to build technology for Lyft's self-driving efforts.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
London, W2
UK
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
We are a collaborative Augmented Reality (AR) company that is enabling the next-generation of AR and robotics. The co-founders met seven years ago as a group of entrepreneurial friends and have grown into a team of engineers and researchers from Oxford, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
Profile
Blue Vision Labs LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Blue Vision Labs Company Twitter Account
Company News
Blue Vision Labs News
Facebook
Blue Vision Labs on Facebook
YouTube
Blue Vision Labs on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Ondruska
  Peter Ondruska LinkedIn Profile  Peter Ondruska Twitter Account  Peter Ondruska News  Peter Ondruska on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Hugo Grimmett
  Hugo Grimmett LinkedIn Profile  Hugo Grimmett Twitter Account  Hugo Grimmett News  Hugo Grimmett on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Lukas Platinsky
  Lukas Platinsky LinkedIn Profile  Lukas Platinsky Twitter Account  Lukas Platinsky News  Lukas Platinsky on Facebook
Co-Founder
Bryan Baum
  Bryan Baum LinkedIn Profile  Bryan Baum Twitter Account  Bryan Baum News  Bryan Baum on Facebook
Co-Founder
Andrej Pancik
  Andrej Pancik LinkedIn Profile  Andrej Pancik Twitter Account  Andrej Pancik News  Andrej Pancik on Facebook


 

 

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