# Spire Animation Studios

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/spire-animation-studios

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: Sherman Oaks, US
- Website: www.spirestudios.com
- Total disclosed funding: $4.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Mar 16, 2020)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2020 by Brad Lewis, and P.J. Gunsagar, Spire Animation Studios is a media production studio that makes animated feature films with multiverse experiences. In August 2022, Spire Animation Studios raised venture funding from Temasek Holdings and Ericsenz Capital. The firm, as of August 2022 is being led by P.J. Gunsagar as its CEO and has over 90 employees.  Some of the firm’s partners include Connect Ventures, Creative Artists Agency, and Ziffren Brittenham.

The studio creates animated films with metaverse possibilities. The platform creates interactive virtual worlds through mediums such as games, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Among the animated films produced by the company include How to Train Your Dragon, The Lego Batman Movie, Storks, Cars 2, and others.The company intends to use the August 2022 funds to continue building the team, tools, real-time pipeline, and cloud-first infrastructure required to produce high-quality animated films with greater efficiency.

The company intends to use the August 2022 funds to continue building the team, tools, real-time pipeline, and cloud-first infrastructure required to produce high-quality animated films with greater efficiency.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Mar 16, 2020, $4.5M — Connect Ventures, Epic Games, Inc.

## Investors

- Connect Ventures — Seed
- Epic Games, Inc. — Seed