Investments
5Portfolio Exits
3About Overbrook Entertainment
Overbrook Entertainment is an entertainment production company founded in 1998, which is run by Hollywood producer James Lassiter, Academy Award nominated actor Will Smith, triple threat (Actress, musician, director) Jada Pinkett Smith and former CAA agent Ken Stovitz. Overbrook Entertainment, committed to offering quality entertainment focused in film and television, has produced a diverse slate of both critically acclaimed and blockbuster feature films, which have generated more than $2.5 billion dollars in worldwide box office receipts and even more in home video sales.
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Latest Overbrook Entertainment News
Dec 20, 2021
Hulu has hired a new VP of comedy originals and VP of drama originals – both of which are new roles for the streamer. Kelci Parker, formerly executive director of comedy, has been promoted to VP of comedy, while Hulu has named Dougie Cash — formerly of Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment – as VP of drama, Variety reports . Parker will report to head of comedy for Hulu Originals Billy Rosenberg, which Cash will report to Sasha Silver, who serves in the same capacity on the drama side of the aisle. Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top Stories Subscribe Parker, a Comedy Central alum, has worked on the likes of Only Murders in the Building, Life & Beth with Amy Schumer, and How I Met Your Father starring Hilary Duff. At Overbrook, Cash served as a producer on Netflix‘s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and Cobra Kai. Prior to Overbrook, he worked in production at Sony Pictures Entertainment and MTV. Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top Stories Stay up-to-date with the latest and breaking creator and online video news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe
Overbrook Entertainment Investments
5 Investments
Overbrook Entertainment has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was in Loom as part of their Seed VC on October 10, 2013.
Overbrook Entertainment Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/4/2013 | Seed VC | Loom | $1.4M | Yes | Damon Way, Google Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Overbrook Entertainment, Tencent, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 9 |
10/4/2013 | Seed VC | |||||
10/26/2012 | Seed VC | |||||
2/7/2012 | Series A | |||||
1/23/2009 | Series C |
Date | 10/4/2013 | 10/4/2013 | 10/26/2012 | 2/7/2012 | 1/23/2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Series C |
Company | Loom | ||||
Amount | $1.4M | ||||
New? | Yes | ||||
Co-Investors | Damon Way, Google Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Overbrook Entertainment, Tencent, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||||
Sources | 9 |
Overbrook Entertainment Portfolio Exits
3 Portfolio Exits
Overbrook Entertainment has 3 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was JibJab Bros. Studios on February 13, 2019.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/13/2019 | Acq - Fin | 2 | |||
Date | 2/13/2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acq - Fin | ||
Companies | |||
Valuation | |||
Acquirer | |||
Sources | 2 |
Overbrook Entertainment Team
1 Team Member
Overbrook Entertainment has 1 team member, including former Chief Operating Officer, Guy Primus.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Guy Primus | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
Name | Guy Primus |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | Chief Operating Officer |
Status | Former |
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