VR workforce learning startup Gemba said today that it has closed an $18 million early-stage funding round that brings its value to $60 million.

The UK-based startup, officially known as TLN Training Ltd., said today’s Series A round was led exclusively by New York-based investor Parkway Venture Capital, with the funding to help accelerate its growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and also helping expand to the North American market for the first time.

Gemba calls itself a leader in the new virtual reality as a service corporate training business. It has created a unique offering that combines its VR headsets with software and content to help companies train distributed workforces across multiple sites. It does so through a series of immersive…