Portco highlight: Skybound Entertainment

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In portfolio since | Q2 2024 |
raised amount | $688,103 |
Note eligibility | 100% of net cash proceeds if Sold |
Ever heard of The Walking Dead?
Skybound is the company behind that IP, and many more incredible productions. What started as a comic book publisher has exploded into a full-blown entertainment powerhouse spanning comics, television, film, and video games. Their global reach now extends to 90 million fans across multiple platforms, they’ve reported $64M revenue in 2021 and growing over 50% year-over-year since 2020.
Skybound’s The Walking Dead franchise is “the most serialized show on Netflix globally, driving 1.3 billion viewing hours in 2023 with The Walking Dead video games generating more than $1 billion in consumer revenue to date.
Skybound has now expanded its strategy with the recent acquisition of Maple Media. A leader in mobile app publishing that offers a diverse portfolio of trending apps across productivity, entertainment, and lifestyle categories, generating 600 million+ lifetime downloads.
Their portfolio includes popular apps like Player FM (Podcast App), WeekCal, SwiftScan and Sudoku. The Maple Media acquisition brings new revenue streams to Skybound, and positions them to scale their mobile presence and create additional content capabilities for franchise fans.
As a Note holder, you participate in the upside from successful Republic Portal raises like Skybound. This is just one example of how the Note connects you to promising ventures in our ecosystem.
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