Investors in Entertainment

dmg ventures is the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT). As part of a leading media company, dmg ventures focuses on investing in early-stage and growth-stage companies across various sectors, including technology, media, and healthcare. They leverage their industry expertise and network to support innovative startups, aiming to drive growth and create value through strategic investments. dmg ventures plays a key role in expanding DMGT's portfolio and contributing to the evolution of digital media and related industries.

Elbow Beach Capital is a private investment company dedicated to advancing decarbonisation, sustainable energy, and social impact initiatives. Focused on making meaningful contributions to environmental sustainability and social responsibility, Elbow Beach Capital invests in businesses and projects that promote cleaner energy solutions and reduce carbon footprints. By supporting innovation and fostering partnerships within these sectors, Elbow Beach Capital aims to drive positive change and create long-term value for both investors and society.

Dating Group is the world’s largest global dating company, with more than 140 million users, 45 dating apps in it's portfolio and 100 countries covered by its products. It's diverse portfolio of popular relationship-based services includes Dating.com, Cupid Media, Once, XOXO, Tubit, DilMil, etc. They also have a venture fund. Dating Group is a global social discovery company. Its services enable people around the world to connect and date safely.

Venturefest North East is part of the Venturefest Network, a national programme of Venturefests supported.We focus on fostering innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship across the North East region. At Venturefest North East, we provide platforms for networking, idea exchange, and growth opportunities for businesses and startups.

VRTech Group unites development of VR solutions across entertainment, industrial sector, education, medicine, marketing and art industry.We drive innovation through research, development, and strategic partnerships, aiming to revolutionize experiences and outcomes across these industries. At VRTech Group, we are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of virtual reality technology for impactful applications.

Marathon LABs is a global accelerator programme for innovative companies within the digital music ecosystem. Marathon Music Group partners with artists across diverse music cultures. We amplify their creative vision, help find their audiences and build sustainable careers with a leading edge approach to marketing, smart long term investment and flexible artist friendly partnership deals.

Seedstars World is an exclusive worldwide competition to discover the best startups in emerging markets. After 8 years of impacting people's lives in emerging markets through the Seedstars World Competition, we decided to bring it back with a new exciting format. Seedstars together with Financial Times are launching the FTxSDG Challenge in our mission to find the best impact-driven entrepreneurs from emerging markets.

Curious Capital is the corporate venture subsidiary of Heinen-Verlag, and was just established in 2017. Heinen-Verlag, founded in 1946, is a Cologne-based publishing house with activities and history in regional print media. Curious Capital is now looking for seed and early stage investments in business models, products and/or markets, whichanyhow fit to activities of a modern media company.

Orange Corp is one among world's leading venture capital companies in LP (Limited Partner) category. We’re a cloud technology company that provides organizations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate, unlock efficiencies and become more effective. Global VC company creating an impact through acceleration, incubation and funding of ventures for a sustainable future.

Pophouse Ventures is the venture capital arm of Pophouse Entertainment.Pophouse Entertainment is a pioneering company that invests in intellectual property and develops entertainment brands in music, live entertainment, podcast, gaming, and hospitality.

Ringier Digital Ventures AG is a venture capital firm and focuses on investments in innovative digital start-ups. Ringier is a Swiss-based diversified media company focused on media, sports media and marketplaces. The Group comprises around 140 companies in 20 countries, which operate a range of leading media & sports media brands as well as digital marketplaces. 83 percent of the operating profit comes from the digital business.

With presence in 32 countries, investments are made in startups, early stage businesses and in business having significant growth prospect. The Company's physical presence across geographies provides the advantage of understanding the opportunities and threats which help in the proper allocation of resources. Investments are in assets which includes Equity, Growth Equity, Debt, Film Library & IPR and Real Estate. The Company invests in startups & brands having innovative ideas and has the ability to generate employment.