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Ziva Dynamics is a manufacturer of software for creating virtual characters from movies for use in computer games. In particular, according to the company's technologies, 3D versions of heroes from the films Game of Thrones, Captain Marvel and Meg were created.
History
2022: Unity bought Ziva Dynamics
The Grishin Robotics Foundation was the lead investor during the $7 million Ziva Dynamics sowing round, which took place in 2020.
The deal between Unity and Ziva Dynamics is the first exit for Dmitry Grishin's Grishin Robotics Fund II, which was announced in June 2020. Then the fund raised $100 million from institutional investors and was focused on investing in firms in the sowing and A rounds.
Unity plans to make Ziva tools available to all game developers and artists, regardless of skill level. According to the company, it will also "accelerate the process of translating Weta tools into 3D in real time through the cloud using machine learning capabilities." The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Ziva Dynamics software development studio creates software for simulating game and film characters. Ziva technologies allow users to create characters, animals or similar objects, such as tissue, and make them move realistically. CEO James Jacobs is the winner of the American Film Academy Award for Technical Success in Film. Jacobs participated in the development of technologies that were used in the creation of games such as Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, as well as motion pictures as "The Hobbit," "Game of Thrones," "Godzilla against Kong" and others.
James Jacobs said in an interview:
 | When Ziva was founded, we had a vision to make realistic character creation accessible to all creators. We think this will be an important part of the future. When it was possible to join forces with Unity, it was like a dream come true. They shared our values and our view of peace and the future. |  |
Natasha Tatarchuk, Unity Technical Officer and Vice President of Graphics Innovation, described Ziva technology:
| | One of the most fundamentally revolutionary changes that Ziva brings is that it allows creators to create believable, realistic characters. The technology is available to anyone who can manage various hardware while maintaining high-quality character animation. You get all the benefits of best performance and motion capture, and you can interact with it. | |
Ziva is not the first digital tools purchased by Unity. Last year, Unity paid $1.6 billion to acquire Weta Digital instruments. The company also acquired tools such as SyncSketch to simplify collaboration.[1]
2020: Raising $7 million, including from the Dmitry Grishin Fund
On May 12, 2020, Ziva Dynamics announced the attraction of $7 million in investments. The funding round was headed by the co-founder's fund. Mail.ru Group Dmitry Grishin Grishin Robotics Other investors included Toyota AI Ventures and Millennium Technology Value Partners New Horizons. The volume of investments of each of the funds is not specified.
Ziva Dynamics plans to direct the funds received to the hiring of new employees, marketing promotion of products and the development of the digital character system. By the end of the year, the company intends to release an open Ziva architecture and a real-time platform. These technologies will allow characters in real time to fight rivals in a film or computer game.[2]
| | With our new partners and funding, we will be able to double our R&D costs, accelerate production and play a decisive role in the most advanced graphics experiments, "said Ziva co-founders James Jacobs and Jernay Babrick. | |
Grishin Robotics "believes in the convergence of cinema, animation and online game content," said Dmitry Grishin. According to him, Jacobs and Jernay Babrick greatly influence the film industry through their technologies for creating three-dimensional copies of characters from films. Grishin Robotics is pleased to collaborate "in developing standard character creation software for the fast-growing digital entertainment universe," added Grishin, whose words are quoted in a Ziva Dynamics press release.
According to Ziva Dynamics, the global video game market for game consoles in 2019 reached $47.9 billion.
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