Studio71 is ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s global premium multi-channel network and a leading producer and distributor of short-form digital video for creators and brands. Its roster includes top creators such as Lilly Singh, Rhett & Link, Logan Paul and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and it has distribution deals with platforms like Facebook, YouTube Red and others. The company operates roughly 1,200 channels and generates more than six billion monthly YouTube views, representing about 19% of Google Preferred inventory and ranking as the fourth-largest MCN globally. Studio71 develops, produces and distributes original programming across social media, television and film and offers branded-content and media-sales services. It is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Berlin, New York, Toronto and London. The company plans to use new funding to finance additional premium content and IP and to expand into new territories, notably France and Italy. Collective Digital Studio (CDS) operates one of the leading YouTube multichannel networks with over 600 channels delivering nearly a billion views a month. The company produces and distributes digital-first programming (notably Video Game High School) and television shows for franchises including The Annoying Orange, Epic Meal Time and FЯED. CDS also runs branded content initiatives for Fortune 200 clients such as Verizon, Dodge, Estée Lauder, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Toyota and Sony PlayStation. It pioneered the distribution of premium online content to television and maintains offices in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and San Francisco. CDS is a subsidiary of Collective Management Group, which is owned by the founders and GF Capital Private Equity Fund, LP. Following a strategic minority investment by ProSiebenSat.1/Red Arrow, CDS plans to monetize global reach, tap Red Arrow’s distribution, cooperate on technology and business intelligence, and expand content verticals and talent opportunities.

Total raised

$57M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2017