Co-led by SEEK Investments and Allomer Capital, the funding round also saw the participation of Accenture Ventures, Pearson Ventures, and others
Talespin has developed an immersive learning platform. (Credit: Talespin Reality Labs, Inc.)
Talespin, a California-based spatial computing company, has raised $20m in a Series C funding round for its no-code immersive learning platform.
The financing round was co-led by SEEK Investments and Allomer Capital.
The company’s Series C funding round also saw the participation of Accenture Ventures, Pearson Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Go1.
Founded in 2015, Talespin focuses on the development of workforce talent and skills mobility.
The start-up’s platform is said to provide extended reality (XR) based learning and training applications, mixed reality job aides to support job performances of employees, and a new skills-based approach towards work and productivity.
SEEK Investments managing director Damien Wodak said: “Talespin is differentiated from others who hypothesized about the superior learning outcomes of immersive technology, in that they built a platform designed to empower people, and scale adoption from the start.
“We see tremendous opportunity in the learning, productivity, and skills development space for Talespin, as workforce and technology trends continue to validate its innovative no-code learning platform that enables organisations to build, tailor and consume immersive learning content.”
Talespin’s platform includes an authoring tool called CoPilot Designer that gives learning and instructional designers the capability of creating immersive content.
The platform is used by the start-up to support an ecosystem of learning content creators, XR hardware partners, learning platforms, and enterprise customers.
By using 3D virtual humans and environments, Talespin’s technology helps people in practising conversational skills and simulating jobs with real-time feedback and skills analytics.
Talespin co-founder and CEO Kyle Jackson said: “The first step to creating an immersive learning ecosystem was to change the skills profile and resources required to create content.
“Before CoPilot Designer, this took hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a team of developers – Immersive learning simulations can now be created in a matter of days by learning designers and other professionals in the business.
“Our new funding and investor relationships will help us further scale this platform, and realize our broader company vision for learning in the metaverse.”
In March 2020, the spatial computing company had raised $15m in a Series B round that was led by Cornerstone OnDemand.