Locations
Redwood City, CA, USA · Burlingame, CA, USA · Sacramento, CA, USA · Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA, USA
industry
Animation · Digital Entertainment · Film Production · Gaming · Graphic Design · Software · Virtual Reality
Size
11 - 50 employees
Stage
Other
founded in
2015
Baobab Studios, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is a virtual reality company that creates story and character-driven cinematic experiences. The company was founded by Maureen Fan, who was most recently VP of Games at Zynga, and Eric Darnell, the director of such DreamWorks animated features as the four "Madagascar" franchise films and "Antz." Baobab is funded by Comcast Ventures, HTC, Samsung, Advancit Capital, The Chernin Group, and Freelands Ventures, along with individuals including Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
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