US-based online game developer Owlchemy Labs closed $5m in series A funding on Tuesday from smartphone and virtual reality technology provider HTC; Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of mobile chipmaker Qualcomm; Colopl VR Fund, which is run by game publisher Colopl; The VR Fund, Capital Factory and undisclosed entrepreneurs from its home city of Austin. The funding will support the development of a pipeline of virtual reality games.

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