# Emerald Media

> Emerald Media is a VC fund in Mumbai backing TV and Internet. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emerald-media-advisors-limited/
- Website: http://emeraldmedia.asia/

Emerald Media is a pan-Asian platform established by KKR to invest in the fast-growing media and entertainment industries across Asia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Emerald Media. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Emerald Media. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/emerald-media?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TV | 2 | 29% |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| Digital Entertainment | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 29% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| India | 1 | 14% |
| Thailand | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mitesh Patel | Assistant Vice-President of Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitesh-patel-5 |
| Nihir Nemani | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihir-nemani |
| Paul Aiello | Managing Director, CEO & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-aiello |
| Praveen Sridharan | Vice-President | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praveen-sridharan |
| Puruskar Gupta | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puruskar-gupta |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animeta | Animeta is a Singapore-based creator tech company focused on creating and nurturing digital creators by helping them grow their communities and maximize their earnings across multiple social media platforms and customized brand solutions through the proprietary Animeta™ AI-based Self-Service Creator Tech platform. We offer our creator partnersfinancial investment, data analytics, business intelligence, content strategy, creative supervision, and brand, PR, and social media expertise, in addition to data-driven, result-oriented, authentic brand campaigns. To learn more, visit Animeta.ai. |  | Seed | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| aCommerce | aCommerce is an e-Commerce enabler that provides end-to-end technologies and solutions such as performance marketing, channel management, web store design and operations, order fulfillment and warehousing, delivery, and content production for brands, manufacturers, retailers, and startups in Southeast Asia.aCommerce was founded in 2013 and isheadquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. | $10M | Series C | Jul 22, 2019 |  |
| Global Sports Commerce | Global Sports Commerce (GSC) is one of the world’s largest Sports Technology and Management Companies providing dynamic Solutions, Sponsorship & Commercial Management, and Premier Consulting Services to leading global sports stakeholders – including sports bodies, leagues, rights holders, stadiums and brands. GSC, headquartered in Singapore,consists of 13 subsidiary companies with offices in 16 cities, across 10 countries. | $80M |  | Mar 23, 2018 |  |
| Cosmos-Maya | Cosmos-Maya is an animation production studio that produces high-quality 3D as well as 2D animation content. The market leader in original Indian animation content production the company has worked on several IPR and commissioned projects for Television and Digital platforms including Viacom18, Disney Networks, Turner International, Sony PicturesNetwork, Discovery Networks, YouTube, Netflix, ALT Balaji & Amazon Prime Video. The studio produces around 600 minutes (30 half hours) of animation on a monthly basis. Cosmos-Maya has produced over 20000 minutes of original animated content created in the last 5 years, (comprising of over 1000 half hour episodes) ready/currently on air. Launched in 2016, Cosmos-Maya’s YouTube channel WowKidz is one of the fastest growing kids’ platforms with an active subscriber base of over 2 Million and total view count of more than 2 Billion. |  | Series B | Jan 11, 2018 |  |
| aCommerce | aCommerce is an e-Commerce enabler that provides end-to-end technologies and solutions such as performance marketing, channel management, web store design and operations, order fulfillment and warehousing, delivery, and content production for brands, manufacturers, retailers, and startups in Southeast Asia.aCommerce was founded in 2013 and isheadquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. | $65M | Series B | Nov 20, 2017 |  |
| Amagi Media Labs | Amagi Media Labs is a media technology company that offers cloud-based solutions for broadcast and connected TV. The company facilitates the geographic targeting of TV advertisements. It is a unique mix of media and innovation that has made way for a new TV-media advertising platform. Amagi brings services that are cost-effective, powerful,focused, and result-oriented.Headquartered in New York, Amagi was founded in 2008. | $35M | Series D | Dec 15, 2016 |  |
| YUPPTV | YUPPTV is an online platform providing access to Indian TV channels and magazines of various languages. It provides a reliable, resilient, and scalable platform for all broadcasters and content providers to reach their target audience globally over 6 screens of connected TVs, STBs, PC, smartphones, tablets, and social networking sites like Facebook. | $50M | Series B | Oct 10, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [January Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/january-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DKSH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dksh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kkr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MDI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mdi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Premji Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/premjiinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sinarmas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sinarmas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Emerald Media invest in?

Emerald Media invests primarily in TV, Internet and Digital Entertainment startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Emerald Media?

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### Who are the partners at Emerald Media?

The team at Emerald Media includes Mitesh Patel (Assistant Vice-President of Finance), Nihir Nemani (Associate) and Paul Aiello (Managing Director, CEO & Co-Founder), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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