A test scene for Century Goddess, an upcoming film from Spire Animation Studios. In this test sequence, characters Tara and Durga trek toward the temple of the goddesses.
A test scene for Century Goddess, an upcoming film from Spire Animation Studios. In this test sequence, characters Tara and Durga trek toward the temple of the goddesses.
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Spire Animation Studios raises round from Temasek for animated films

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Spire Animation Studios announced it raised a round of funding from Singapore-based global investment company Temasek and investment firm Ericsenz.

Spire said the round would help it grow its efforts to make new kinds of films with game engine tools — and create metaverse experiences. The amount of the round wasn’t disclosed, but Spire has now raised more than $40 million to date.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.