VUZ, the leading immersive social app, that allows users to stream and experience a new level of immersive realism in XR and metaverse digital experiences, won the Tech Company of the Year Award during the Tech Entrepreneur Awards that took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Khaled Zaatarah, VUZ Founder and Chief Executive Officer, said: “Being selected as the Tech Company of the Year is a big honor for us all and is the perfect way to end 2022, which we got awarded and secured $20 million in a Series B round in October. I would like to thank our team, all our partners, and everyone who believed in VUZ to stand where we are today.”

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The app has raised over $30 million since inception backed by investors such as e& Capital, Caruso Ventures, Dubai Future District Fund, SRMG, and many others. The immersive media platform will leverage its partners infrastructure to expand into countries globally.

VUZ, which was known previously as 360VUZ, bridges the gap between the physical and virtual worlds to offer the biggest premium immersive content library in the world with more than 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators and sports segments, and XR, VR, and AR experiences from virtually anywhere in the world.

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