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Pillar 04

Sports, Media &
Entertainment

We operate and invest across the full ecosystem of the global media and entertainment industry. Sports is the anchor. Our platform spans sports IP, franchise capital, emerging leagues and media rights alongside a diversified content and technology business: global production and distribution, streaming platforms across video and music, animation and VFX, anime, gaming, brand IP and licensing, digital media marketing and live events.

Platform
Operate & Invest
We both operate businesses and invest in ventures across the ecosystem
Verticals
8
Sports, streaming, content, animation, anime, gaming, brand IP and events
Structure
Equity
Growth equity, venture investment and continuation vehicle capability
Our Thesis

A Media, Content and Technology
Platform at Global Scale

We are a media, content and technology platform that operates and invests across the global entertainment ecosystem. Sports is the anchor. Eight verticals: content production, streaming, animation and VFX, anime, gaming, brand IP, events and digital marketing. Each vertical reinforces the others through shared audience and shared IP.

We operate and invest in ventures across the full ecosystem of the global media and entertainment industry. Our businesses and venture investments span Global Content Production and Distribution, Streaming Platforms across video and music, Animation and VFX, Gaming, Digital Media Marketing and Events, brand IP and licensing and anime.

Sports IP, franchise capital, media rights and the rights to commercialise them sit at the centre of the platform. Content fuels streaming. Streaming builds audience. Audience scales brand IP across formats, geographies and licensing categories.

The Platform

Eight Verticals.
One Ecosystem.

Sports IP and Emerging Leagues
We invest in the creation and ownership of new sporting formats and league structures, backing the development of properties that build global audiences through media rights, live events and digital engagement.
Franchises and Teams
We acquire and develop stakes in sports franchises and teams across established and emerging leagues, with a focus on assets with strong market positions and growing media value.
Global Content Production and Distribution
We invest in and operate content businesses spanning global production and distribution, backing studios and production companies with proven IP pipelines.
Streaming Platforms
We invest in streaming platforms across video and music, with a focus on properties targeting underserved audiences where subscriber acquisition economics are strong and content moats are defensible.
Animation, VFX and Anime
Anime is a specific and growing focus: the global anime market has reached institutional scale with structural audience growth across streaming, gaming and merchandising. We invest in anime IP creation, studio infrastructure and international licensing.
Gaming
We invest in games studios with owned IP, gaming platforms and the esports properties that convert audience engagement into recurring revenue.
Brand IP and Licensing
We invest in and develop brand IP with the potential to scale across product categories, territories and media formats. Music IP sits within this vertical.
Digital Media Marketing and Events
We invest in digital media marketing businesses and live events platforms that connect audiences to the properties in our portfolio and across the broader ecosystem.
Why Red Pin Capital

Our Competitive Edge

Platform Diversification
We are not a single vertical investor. Our eight vertical platform means revenue diversification across content production, streaming, gaming, brand IP and events.
IP Ownership at the Core
We focus on owning the underlying IP rather than distributing it. Rights ownership compounds in value as audiences grow.
Global Distribution Network
Our network spans the UK, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. We commercialise content and sporting formats in markets where they have not yet been deployed.
Operate and Invest Model
We both operate businesses and invest in ventures. This gives us the operator's view of every investment decision and the investor's discipline in every operating decision.
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