AmazeVR Wants You To Attend K-Pop Concerts Virtually

Kristin Snyder

Kristin Snyder is dot.LA's 2022/23 Editorial Fellow. She previously interned with Tiger Oak Media and led the arts section for UCLA's Daily Bruin.

AmazeVR Wants You To Attend K-Pop Concerts Virtually
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Virtual reality startup AmazeVR now has $17 million to further expand its VR concert experience.

The West Hollywood-based company’s latest funding amounts to a bet that virtual shows, a staple of the pandemic, are here to stay. Mirae Asset Capital led the Series B funding round, with Mirae Asset Financial Group subsidiary (Mirae Asset Venture Investment), CJ Investment, Smilegate Investment, GS Futures and LG Technology Ventures investing again. Mobile game maker Krafton joined the group—but South Korean entertainment company CJ ENM’s stake reveals AmazeVR’s plans to expand into K-pop world.


AmazeVR intends to use the cash infusion to hire more engineers and visual effects artists and to fill out its content offerings. The money will also help the company bolster its artist roster—which already includes Megan Thee Stallion—and produce more virtual concerts.

CJ ENM has certainly made a name for itself through a broad range of content. Forming K-pop groups and producing K-dramas, the company also oversees music TV channels, award shows and fan conventions. Previously, CJ ENM launched a company with K-pop phenomenon BTS’ label to foster new music talent.

Even as in-person concerts come back, their virtual counterparts have permeated pop culture. Even award shows have started to recognize the burgeoning performance method. In August, the MTV Video Music Award introduced the Best Metaverse Performance, which K-pop girl group Blackpink won.

Technology has helped many K-pop groups explode in popularity, with bands amassing very passionateinternationalaudiences through social media platforms. SM Entertainment, the media company behind groups like EXO and Red Velvet, launched a streaming platform to host virtual concerts and interviews with its talent roster. BTS’ online show in June brought in 1.3 million viewers—a slight increase from its 2020 virtual production.

This isn’t AmazeVR’s first time exploring the K-pop space. In July, it partnered with SM Entertainment to produce concerts for its talent roster through Seoul-based Studio A.

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Starships Were Meant To Fly: Astrolab's New Jeep-Sized Rover Gets a Lift from SpaceX

Lon Harris
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Starships Were Meant To Fly: Astrolab's New Jeep-Sized Rover Gets a Lift from SpaceX
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Kristin Snyder

Kristin Snyder is dot.LA's 2022/23 Editorial Fellow. She previously interned with Tiger Oak Media and led the arts section for UCLA's Daily Bruin.

Meet the Creator Economy’s Version of LinkedIn
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LinkedIn hasn’t caught on with Gen Z—in fact, 96% rarely use their existing account.

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This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M
This Week in ‘Raises’:

It has been a slow week in funding, but a local decentralized computing network managed to land $9 million to accelerate deployment of its new product called Universal Communication Identifier (UCID™). Another local company that secured capital included Kevin Costner’s location-based audio storytelling platform and the funding will go toward expanding the app’s content library and expanding into additional regions in the United States.

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