Skydance Media, founded by David Ellison in 2010, operates studios in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Spain and Canada and produces feature films, television, animation, interactive games, new media and sports content. The company has created major franchises and commercially successful releases, including the box-office record-setting Top Gun: Maverick, and its films have earned more than $7 billion worldwide. Skydance's content has also overperformed on streaming platforms with chart-topping results on Amazon, Apple and Netflix, and it publishes interactive video games such as The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. The company emphasizes cross-platform IP creation, ownership and distribution and works closely with content, talent and technology partners to scale its divisions. Skydance is expanding its focus on sports and interactive entertainment while continuing to scale its animation business. The recent strategic investment will support those growth initiatives and further international expansion. Skydance Media was founded in 2010 to create high-quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences across feature film, television, interactive and animation divisions. The company’s output includes major action-adventure films and a television slate spanning streamers and networks, and its Interactive division has released The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. Skydance formed an animation division in 2017 and recently launched a New Media division to reach gamers and non-gamers with story-focused experiences on emerging platforms. This year the studio had five feature films slated to premiere, including Top Gun: Maverick and The Tomorrow War, and began production on the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible installments. Skydance reports more than $5.8 billion in worldwide box office to date across its film slate. Its operations emphasize original content generation across multiple platforms and continued expansion of global reach. Skydance Media produces and finances feature films, television series, animation and interactive entertainment, and has developed franchises including Star Trek, G.I. Joe, World War Z and Top Gun. The company has produced and financed 15 feature films that have cumulatively grossed nearly $5 billion worldwide and its TV arm has created eight premium series to date. Skydance Interactive has released multiple AAA virtual reality games, including Archangel VR and an upcoming Walking Dead VR title. Current production slate mentioned includes new Mission: Impossible, Gemini Man, the next Terminator film and two animated features, Luck and Split. The company has expanded from 15 employees to over 150 with facilities in Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, Hollywood and Vancouver. Skydance said the Tencent partnership will help build its presence in Asia and gaming and support expansion across media, television and interactive formats. Skydance Productions is a film production company that develops both big‑budget and smaller‑budget films. The company is led by David Ellison, who is the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. It raised $350 million in financing to back production. The funding will be used to produce several big‑ticket features with partner Paramount Pictures, including Mission: Impossible 4, the Coen Brothers' True Grit remake, and the next Jack Ryan installment. Funds will also support smaller projects such as an untitled Charlize Theron comedy and the comic book film Hyde. Skydance is based in Santa Monica and was founded four years ago.

Total raised

$1.0B

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2022