Big Couch

About

Big Couch is the ‘crewfunding’ platform that empowers filmmakers, connecting them with crews that invest in projects they believe in.

London,England,United Kingdom
1 - 10
https://www.bigcouch.co/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Non-Equity Assistant
Industries: Blockchain,Ethereum,Film,Film Distribution,FinTech,Recruiting,Software
Founded date: Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee: 1 - 10
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Big Couch Ltd

Big Couch was co-founded by Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita in 2014, they have established a reputation as a fintech startup in the film industry, working on an innovative co-finance model which has been helping film producers fund their films in the UK, Europe and NY since 2015. In 2017 Big Couch partnered with leading computer scientists at Imperial College London to develop a new, decentralised and transparent product for revenue allocation and distribution. This product is called FilmChain. FilmChain is being built on the Ethereum platform and will provide real-time information, lower friction and increase revenues for the films stakeholders. The prototype will be running film projects by August 2018.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

£94.98K

Big Couch has raised a total of £94.98K in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 4, 2020 from a Seed round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Apr 4, 2020	Seed	£94.98K	1	SFC Capital	—	Detail
Jun 25, 2019	Non-Equity Assistant	—	1	—	—	Detail
Dec 15, 2016	Seed	—	1	—	—	Detail
Jan 3, 2016	Seed	—	6	—	—	Detail
Jan 1, 2016	Non-Equity Assistant	—	1	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

1

8

Big Couch is funded by 8 investors. SFC Capital and Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
SFC Capital	Yes	Seed
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)	—	Non-Equity Assistant
David Craig	—	Seed
Mizan Rahman	—	Seed
Rezwan Shafique	—	Seed
Stephen Lucas	—	Seed
Tashfin Shafique	—	Seed
MassChallenge	—	Non-Equity Assistant