Happy birthday to FilmHedge.com the fin-tech company that has risen within the Film/TV finance space, now celebrating its fourth year of business!
Founded in February 2020 by Audigent alum Jon Gosier, FilmHedge is a financial technology company that has spent the first few years of its life providing data analysis, underwriting, and risk-rating services that enable financiers to make better decisions as it relates to Film/TV financing and deal structuring. To date the company has primarily focused on productions in budgets in the USD$5 to $35 million-range, structuring loans up to $20M that could be financed internally or through partners using its data.
In late-2022 the company closed on two credit partnerships totalling $100M. This back-leverage from investment banks and the company's other committed capital has allowed the company to lock in exclusive relationships with select producers working on forthcoming feature films, scripted series, and animated features.
This week at Berlinale, FilmHedge is excited to welcome its newest co-financing partner, Dream Catcher Capital, LLC. This new partnership will allow FilmHedge to expand its financial offerings to filmmakers working on features with budgets below $5 million. Dream Catcher Capital is led by principal Terica Lomnick and business partner Terrence Battle. Dream Catcher, like FilmHedge, is focused on risk mitigation and completion of productions in its area of focus. The two groups recently closed a series of transactions soon to be announced.
FilmHedge is also excited to welcome incoming staff Chandler Heinz Laun and Jonathan Hecht who previously worked with sister-company Southbox Entertainment, consulting for both companies, on new financial products that help filmmakers at the earliest stages of packaging in order to ‘get them ready’ for senior lenders.
“I’ve worked with Jonathan, Chandler and the team at Southbox for well over a year now. I couldn’t be more thrilled to have them join us full-time at FilmHedge where they are shaping a new direction for the company,” said FilmHedge Founder and CEO Jonathan Gosier.
Photo (Left to Right): Erik Gordon, Mickey Vetter, Jon Gosier and Jonathan Hecht of FilmHedge at Winston Baker party at Cannes 2023
FilmHedge is a financial technology company and at its core it provides the insights and analysis that informs better media transaction decisions. In that capacity it has amassed one of the largest proprietary data sets on pre-release Film/TV productions in the industry, recently informing this article by Variety+. The company is committed to helping various groups close deals, mitigate risk, and assess opportunities. The company expects to deploy between $20-50 million of direct lending over the next two quarters of 2024.
Producers working on films with budgets $35 million or below, shooting in any location globally, are welcome to contact us at producer@filmhedge.com for consideration.
19.02.2024 | Berlin's blog
Cat. : FILM