M&A Deal Summary

Rainmaker Studios Acquires Shaftesbury Films

On October 15, 2015, Rainmaker Studios acquired media company Shaftesbury Films

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rainmaker Studios’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Rainmaker Studios’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Rainmaker Studios’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-10-15
Target Shaftesbury Films
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Rainmaker Studios
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Shaftesbury Films

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shaftesbury Films, Inc. is a producer and distributor of an original content for television, digital, and multiple platforms with programming available worldwide.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rainmaker Studios

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Digital Media
Employees69
DESCRIPTION

Rainmaker Studios is an award-winning visual effects, 3D animation and post production company with a 27 year history of technical excellence and outstanding service in feature films, television, games and commercials. Rainmaker LP is one of North America's pre-eminent post-production service providers. Rainmaker LP recently opened a new facility in London -- Rainmaker Animation and Visual Effects UK Ltd. ("Rainmaker UK") -- which offers cutting edge visual effects and 3D animation in that market. Rainmaker's Vancouver facility continues to provide a wide array of post production services ranging from traditional film developing to the very latest in digital image processing, visual effects and computer generated animation

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
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