KCP invests in Jellyfish Pictures
March 1, 2022
Private Equity house, Key Capital Partners (KCP), has completed a minority investment into Jellyfish Pictures.
Jellyfish provides animation, visual effects (VFX) and art department services to media corporations around the world. Clients include Disney+, Netflix, DreamWorks, Apple TV, HBO, Sky, BBC and Amazon. Jellyfish Pictures has worked on a slate of well-known productions such as three Star Wars movies, numerous drama series (Black Mirror, The Book of Boba Fett), and recently completing animated feature film Spirit: Untamed and special How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming for DreamWorks Animation.
The investment was led for KCP by Philip Duquenoy, James Hall and Matt Tice.
Founder and CEO Phil Dobree commented: “We are delighted to have KCP on board for the next stage of Jellyfish’s ambitious journey. We have seen an unprecedented demand for our services over the last year and this investment allows us to accelerate the company’s growth, providing our clients and partners with the technical and creative resources to continue to bring compelling, award-winning work to the screen.”
Partner, Philip Duquenoy added: “This is an exciting time for the creative TV and film industry in the UK and we are thrilled to be working with such an innovative business to enable even greater growth.”