Corus Entertainment
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
Corus Entertainment is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Art and Apps. Corus Entertainment is one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies. Founded by JR Shaw, the company was built from the media assets originally owned by Shaw Communications, and spun off as a separate, publicly-traded company in 1999. Since then, the Company’s asset base has grown substantially through strategic acquisitions and a strong operating discipline. Corus Entertainment's stock is found on the TSX under the symbol CJR.B.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Corus Entertainment invests in
Stages Corus Entertainment invests in
Countries Corus Entertainment invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $5.3M–$7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Art 2 (25%)
- Apps 1 (13%)
- Gaming 1 (13%)
- Mobile 1 (13%)
- Content 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (25%)
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Series B 1 (13%)
- Series C 1 (13%)
Country
- Canada 3 (38%)
- United States 3 (38%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barbara Williams
Chief Operating Officer
|
Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Carly Schwartz
Partner Strategy Manager
|
Partner Strategy Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Doug Murphy
President, Chief Executive Officer
|
President, Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
JR Shaw
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Tom Peddie
Executive Vice President and CFO
|
Executive Vice President and CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Struum is a groundbreaking platform that lets viewers access 1000s of shows and movies from over 60+ services with 1 monthly subscription. Struum simplifies streaming by providing viewers access to many of their favorite brands where they can search, seamlessly discover, and redeem new content across services using credits. Struum offers a widevariety of programming including renowned documentaries, indie films, lifestyle series, classic films, true crime, LGBTQ+, and multicultural programming, as well as other beloved TV shows and movies. For more information, visit www.struum.com | $7M / Series A / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| Kin is a lifestyle entertainment company that develops, creates and distributes lifestyle entertainment in all forms and across all platforms for women in the “Builder” stage of their lives. | $13.5M / Series D / Jun 30, 2016 | ||
| Execution Labs was founded in 2012 with the goal of providing hands-on support to talented game developers in order to help them become better entrepreneurs and business leaders. Not long after, the founders brought on a full-time staff of experts to supplement the wisdom of our volunteer mentors, who often flew from all corners of the world tooffer their own guidance and direction to our studios. Over the years we evolved from a hybrid incubator/accelerator based in one physical space to a global investor, offering our support remotely to studios across North America and Europe. In our current form we are not investing in new studios, but instead focus on supporting our network of some of the best independent games studios in the business. | $5.3M / Series A / Nov 10, 2014 | ||
| Kin is a lifestyle entertainment company that develops, creates and distributes lifestyle entertainment in all forms and across all platforms for women in the “Builder” stage of their lives. | $12M / Series C / Sep 18, 2014 | ||
| Fingerprint is a mobile technology company that develops, operates, and licenses subscription content services for children in Education and Entertainment on an enterprise and direct to consumer basis. The company's content library includes over 4000 premium Apps, Games, Books, and Videos licensed from over 350 developer partners in 60countries. Fingerprint's platform solution has been deployed across a range of customers including Samsung US, Samsung SE Asia, Verizon, Astro Malaysia, Sylvan Learning Center, Excelligence Learning, Highlights for Children and more. | $10.9M / Series B / Jun 25, 2014 | ||
| Part interactive discovery tool, part knowledge network for the performing arts, BeMused Network offers you quick and easy access to live performances in Toronto, and a way to connect with the performing arts community—whether as an audience member, artist, producer or venue owner. Start discovering local events right away, or register through their one-step process and take advantage of the user-friendly features available to all BeMused members. Pin a Bravi! on profiles of artists you want to show some love to or buy tickets to events you can't wait to see! If you are an artist and want access to services and tools designed to make it easier for you to be discovered by local audiences or promoters, learn how on their for artists page. If you are a venue owner looking for artists to showcase, or an effective outlet to promote your events, check their for venues page or contact us to learn how BeMused Network’s advanced business solutions can help you grow. How you use BeMused—from buying tickets to seeing amazing new talents to streamlining your marketing efforts for your upcoming performances—is up to you! | Seed / May 21, 2013 | ||
| Wondereur is a digital art platform that gives the market for art assets real-time intelligence. This platform examines factors that affect an artist's market value over the long term, such as endorsements from galleries and museums, publications, art movements, and ideas. It then produces intelligent indices that include a suggested pricerange and the projected growth rate for any work of contemporary art. | $15K / Seed / May 16, 2013 | ||
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FAQ
What does Corus Entertainment invest in?
Corus Entertainment invests primarily in Art, Apps and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Corus Entertainment invest in?
Corus Entertainment typically joins rounds of $5.3M–$7M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Corus Entertainment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Corus Entertainment took part in.
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Who are the partners at Corus Entertainment?
The team at Corus Entertainment includes Barbara Williams (Chief Operating Officer), Carly Schwartz (Partner Strategy Manager) and Doug Murphy (President, Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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