The Keyhole Connection: John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, previously co-founded a 3D mapping company called Keyhole in 2001.
In-Q-Tel Investment: Keyhole received early venture capital funding from In-Q-Tel, which is the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Google Acquisition: Google later acquired Keyhole in 2004, turning its technology into Google Earth, and Hanke eventually went on to found Niantic.
Investors: Pokémon Go was developed by Niantic, which at the time was incubated inside Google. It was funded by commercial investments from Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company.
