A24 Scores $225 Million Equity Investment, $2.5 Billion Valuation
09.03.2022 - 20:31
/ variety.com
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA24, the indie studio behind “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems,” announced an equity investment of $225 million, which it says it will use to invest in and expand its production and distribution operations. Stripes serves as the lead investor for the round and Stripes’ Founder, Ken Fox, will join A24’s board as part of the investment. Neuberger Berman, on behalf of client funds, co-led a group of investors in the round.
Collectively, this investment group will hold less than 10% of the company. That values the company at $2.5 billion. This is the first equity raise for A24 since an initial seed funding by Eldridge, which remains a minority stakeholder in the company.
There had been rumors that A24 was being shopped around as part of red-hot interest in content companies, one that’s seen the likes of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook, and children’s TV company Moonbug Entertainment land massive sales or investments. Though A24 has produced a number of Oscar winners and nominees such as “Moonlight,” “Lady Bird” and “Room,” as well as commercial hits like “Ex Machina” and “The Witch,” the studio is facing a dramatically altered landscape for indie films. Movies aimed at adults have struggled at the theatrical box office since COVID hit and A24 has struggled to field films that appeal to audiences still skittish about the virus.
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