# Saban Capital Group

> Saban Capital Group is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Video and Content. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saban-capital-group/
- Website: http://www.saban.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sabancapitalgroup/

Saban Capital Group ("SCG") is a leading private investment firm based in Los Angeles specializing in the media, entertainment, and communication industries. SCG was established by Haim Saban, co-founder of Fox Family Worldwide, a global television broadcasting, production, distribution and merchandising company owned in partnership withRupert Murdoch and The News Corporation, following its sale to The Walt Disney Company in October 2001. The firm currently makes both controlling and minority investments in public and private companies and takes an active role in its portfolio companies. SCG's current private equity investments include: Univision (the premier Spanish-language media company in the US); Celestial Tiger Entertainment (a venture with Lionsgate and Astro, Malaysia’s largest pay TV platform, to launch and operate new branded pay television channels across Asia); MNC (Indonesia's largest and only vertically-integrated media company); and Partner Communications (a leading telecommunications company in Israel). Saban Brands LLC, an affiliate of SCG, was formed in 2010 to acquire, manage and license entertainment properties and consumer brands across media and consumer platforms globally, and currently holds the rights to Power Rangers and Paul Frank Industries in its portfolio, among many others. Additionally, SCG founded Saban Films in 2014 to acquire and distribute independent feature films in North America. With offices in Los Angeles and Singapore, SCG actively manages a globally diversified portfolio of investments across public equities, credit, alternative investments, and real property assets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$9.5M |
| Series A | $82M–$82M |
| Series B | $12M–$58M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 14% |
| Content | 2 | 14% |
| Internet | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 36% |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 50% |
| Israel | 2 | 14% |
| Estonia | 1 | 7% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haim Saban | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haim-saban |
| Joel Andryc | Executive Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-andryc |
| Philip Han | Executive Vice President and CIO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-han |
| Sumeet Jaisinghani | Managing Director & Head of Asia Private Equity; Managing Director & Head of Public Equity | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumeet-jaisinghani |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bonfy.AI | Bonfy.AI is a software company that allows users to secure from cybersecurity threats, privacy violations, and regulatory compliance issues. | $9.5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2025 |  |
| Ahoy Insurance | Ahoy Insurance operates as a boating insurance company with a focus on the recreational boating domain. It offers insurance solutions for recreational boating, turning boating insurance from a financial hedge into a proactive asset. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in the world with over 75M happy customers in 45+ countries, from Europe to Latam to Africa. It is building the future of logistics – one platform that connects with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, orfood delivery from restaurants.It believes in a future with less car ownership and flexible urban mobility. By bringing reliable on-demand transport to the masses, it helps cities evolve towards decreased traffic congestion and pollution.Bolt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. | $713.8M | Series F | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| floLIVE | floLIVE provides global, secure, cloud-native connectivity solutions to enterprises, mobile operators and cloud providers. Its platform comprises local core networks that provide local connectivity while being centrally managed and controlled over the cloud.This unique approach enables enterprises to benefit from high performance, secure andregulatory-compliant local connectivity with the flexibility and elasticity of a cloud-native platform. floLIVE offers a complete, cloud-based IoT eco-system that includes a core network with integrated device management, Inventory, and Billing services – all provided as-a-service and support a pay-as-you-grow business model. | $15.5M | Series B | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Snappy | Snappy is the all-in-one gifting platform that helps businesses celebrate people in a way that is thoughtful, personal, and strategically impactful. Whether you’re recognizing top performers, thanking loyal customers, reigniting sales conversations, or celebrating everyday wins, Snappy turns appreciation into a powerful lever for engagement,loyalty, and growth. With over 250,000 curated gift options, from premium swag to global experiences, Snappy ensures every recipient receives something they’ll truly value. Built for scale, the platform supports automated workflows, real-time tracking, robust APIs, and native integrations with tools like Salesforce, Workday, and HubSpot - enabling organizations to embed gifting into existing programs without extra operational lift. Snappy serves HR, marketing, and sales and dev teams across the full lifecycle, from onboarding and birthdays to milestones, client renewals, prospect outreach, and more. Trusted by thousands of companies, including over 50% of the Fortune 100, Snappy has delivered over 7 million gifts across 176+ countries. With Snappy, appreciation becomes more than a gesture. It becomes a tool to build stronger relationships, foster culture, and drive measurable results, including retention, engagement, and motivation, without losing the human connection that makes gifting meaningful. | $25M | Series B | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Bustle Digital Group | Bustle is a news, entertainment, lifestyle, and fashion site driven by a diverse and energetic collection of contributors. We're looking to redefine what "women's interest" looks like.And to us, it should look like anything that we as women find interesting. Whether you're seeking up-to-date coverage of the latest news,or wondering which new TV show will help you escape it, Bustle offers smart, readable content for every mood. | $12M | Series D | Mar 10, 2017 |  |
| Bustle Digital Group | Bustle is a news, entertainment, lifestyle, and fashion site driven by a diverse and energetic collection of contributors. We're looking to redefine what "women's interest" looks like.And to us, it should look like anything that we as women find interesting. Whether you're seeking up-to-date coverage of the latest news,or wondering which new TV show will help you escape it, Bustle offers smart, readable content for every mood. | $11.5M | Series C | Mar 10, 2016 |  |
| Beach Bum | Beach Bum develops interactive games that strive to provide players with challenges, excitement, and fun in a head-to-head online environment. Beach Bum is rolling out multiple freemium titles, beginning with Lord of the Board Backgammon. | $3M | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| Giosis | Giosis, the company behind Qoo10, operates an e-marketplace offering sellers customisable sales strategies and buyers an extensive product portfolio. It is a joint venture established between eBay Inc. and Gmarket Inc. founder, Mr Ku Young Bae, in April 2010. Today, Giosis provides seven localised marketplaces, Qoo10, in five countries – China,Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It partners esteemed enterprises such as Mecox Lane and Yahoo to enable e-commerce of the best deals in almost every country. Qoo10’s five markets transacted SGD278 million in 2012, almost doubling 2011's SGD150 million. In Singapore, its daily transactions are about 30,000, translating into monthly sales volume of SDG15 million and annual sales volume of SGD90 million in 2012. As of January 2013, 960,000 Qoo10 mobile apps have been downloaded across the five Qoo10 e-marketplaces. Singapore contributed some 580,000 downloads. About 20 per cent of the overall sales come from mobile sales, and this number is expected to rise to 30 per cent within 2013.As of March 2013, there are about 50,000 registered sellers on Qoo10 Singapore. About 150 sellers transact at least SGD10,000 every month. There are about 900,000 registered users on Qoo10 Singapore. More than 1,000 new users are registered on Qoo10 Singapore every day since January 2012. | $82.1M | Series A | Jul 23, 2015 |  |
| Qoo10-Indonesia | PT.Giosis(Qoo10) is founded as a joint venture with eBay; the world’s largest ecommerce service provider, to build a dynamic Pan Asia emarketplace.Giosis Gmarket offers an innovative ecommerce platform providing the customers fun, convenient, price competitive and secure shopping experiences for reliable goods and services from all over theworld.Kalau ada pertanyaan, kamu bisa menghubugi customer service kami di 021-2934-3525 (senin s/d jumat 08.00 s/d 17.00) atau kirim e-mail ke help@qoo10.co.id | $82M | Series A | Jul 20, 2015 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Saban Capital Group invest in?

Saban Capital Group invests primarily in Video, Content and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Saban Capital Group's check size?

Saban Capital Group typically joins rounds of $3M–$9.5M at Seed, $82M–$82M at Series A and $12M–$58M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Saban Capital Group participates in.

### How do I contact Saban Capital Group?

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### Who are the partners at Saban Capital Group?

The team at Saban Capital Group includes Haim Saban (Founder), Joel Andryc (Executive Consultant) and Philip Han (Executive Vice President and CIO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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