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Unity Technologies company history timeline

2006

One year later in 2006, the gaming development application was nominated for the Apple design awards of that year in the category “Best OS X Graphics”.

2007

In 2007, Over the Edge changed its name to Unity Technologies.

2010

The Unity Asset Store launched in November 2010 as an online marketplace for Unity users to sell project assets (artwork, code systems, audio, etc.) to each other.

2012

In April 2012, Unity reportedly had 1 million registered developers, 300,000 of whom used Unity on a monthly basis.

The latest update to the game engine has been in Unity 4.0, which was released in November, 2012.

2015

Unity's business is split into Operate Solutions (consisting of Unity Ads, Unity In-App Purchases, and other tools, which was newly established in 2015), Create Solutions (consisting of Unity Engine subscriptions and other professional services) and Strategic Partnerships.

2016

By 2016, the company reported more than 5.5 million registered users.

2017

Unity Technologies named its first independent directors in 2017.

In 2017, Unity Technologies acquired Multiplay, a business that offers multiplayer server game hosting, from retailer Game for £19 million.

Unity Technologies released the Unity 2017 version of its platform in 2017.

2018

In October 2018, Unity Technologies acquired Digital Monarch Media, a Canadian virtual cinematography company.

As of 2018 , it supports more than 25 platforms.

As of 2018 , the company employed more than 2,000 people in offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

2019

In May 2019, the company confirmed a $150 million Series E funding round that increased its valuation to $6 billion.

2020

Unity announced its plans to offer an initial public offering (IPO) in August 2020.

In December 2020, Unity announced the acquisition of the multiplayer networking framework, MLAPI, and RestAR, a computer vision and deep learning company.

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