Comcast Leads $3 Million Round in VR Startup ‘Spaces’

Variety: Spaces, a Los Angeles startup developing virtual-reality and mixed-reality experiences, announced $3 million in initial funding led by Comcast Ventures. The company’s two co-founders, CEO Shiraz Akmal and CTO Brad Herman, both hail from DreamWorks Animation, where they worked on the studio’s VR content experiences. Spaces, officially formed in January 2016, says it’s already working on VR and mixed-reality projects with companies including NBCUniversal and Microsoft.