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Baobab Studios — Defining Success in Animated Virtual Reality

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Baobab Studios — Defining Success in Animated Virtual Reality By Managing Director, Michael Yang Last year, we invested in a handful of entrepreneurs who would subsequently announce themselves to the world as Baobab Studios, a VR animation startup with big ideas and a talented team of storytelling and tech veterans. A lot has happened to them in the interim — probably Baobab Studios — Defining Success in Animated Virtual Reality

AltspaceVR Partners with NBC News to Create the Virtual Democracy Plaza

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By Associate Cong Ding & Senior Manager, Marketing Communications, Angela Pontarolo Over the last year, our team at Comcast Ventures has invested in six virtual reality (VR) companies. The entrepreneurs in this new space dreamed big and created live-streaming technology ideal for front row sports events to original IP with charming characters and creative plotlines — all AltspaceVR Partners with NBC News to Create the Virtual Democracy Plaza

Comcast Ventures’ Catalyst Fund invests in Camino Financial

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Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund is proud to announce a seed investment round in Camino Financial, an online credit marketplace focused on lending to underserved minority-owned businesses. Founded in 2011, CV’s Catalyst Fund invests in technology companies founded by underrepresented ethnic minority entrepreneurs with recent enterprise investments in Partpic, LiveNinja and Partnered. Here’s a little background Comcast Ventures’ Catalyst Fund invests in Camino Financial

Backing a Cinematic Virtual Reality Trailblazer, Felix & Paul Studios

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By Michael Yang, Managing Director Over the last year, the cries of “there’s not enough good content in VR” have reached epic proportions. At Comcast Ventures, we’ve been addressing this pain point through our investments in NextVR, the leader in live VR broadcasting and Baobab Studios, the leader in VR animation. We have always wanted to Backing a Cinematic Virtual Reality Trailblazer, Felix & Paul Studios