{"id":9973,"date":"2016-04-25T09:46:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/u-s-investment-firm-buys-majority-stake-in-silvergate\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T09:46:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:46:28","slug":"u-s-investment-firm-buys-majority-stake-in-silvergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/u-s-investment-firm-buys-majority-stake-in-silvergate\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake in Silvergate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/NEW YORK\/LOS ANGELES: <em>Octonauts<\/em> producer Silvergate Media has received an investment from Shamrock Capital Advisors that will allow the company to accelerate its global growth.<\/p>\n<p>Shamrock, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in Silvergate to support the growth of the business. The focus is to expand Silvergate&#8217;s IP, library rights and digital capabilities as well as its presence in China.<\/p>\n<p>Silvergate founders Waheed Alli, CEO, and William Astor, chairman, will continue in their roles, and will be aiming to drive further expansion of the business globally.<\/p>\n<p>Alli said: &#8220;Having just completed another year of strong growth and portfolio development, we are excited to be partnering with Shamrock. They have a tremendous track record of investing in media and entertainment businesses and truly understand the value of generating great content, given their extensive experience in the sector and unique heritage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have made excellent progress this year globally with <em>Octonauts<\/em> and more recently <em>Sunny Day<\/em>. We are also accelerating the growth of our portfolio with the development of brand new children&#8217;s programs for partners including Disney, Nickelodeon and Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The support of Shamrock will enable us to expand the business faster through further organic growth as well as by acquisitions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wynperle, partner at Shamrock Capital Advisors, said: &#8220;Silvergate has developed a unique set of kids&#8217; properties with significant upside potential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to working with Waheed, William and their team to build on Silvergate&#8217;s track record of creating the highest quality content for the children&#8217;s market. With significant global demand for content, a tremendous team, and several quality brands, the company is well positioned for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/NEW YORK\/LOS ANGELES: Octonauts producer Silvergate Media has received an investment from Shamrock Capital Advisors that will allow the company to accelerate its global growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[614],"class_list":["post-9973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-silvergate-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake in Silvergate - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/u-s-investment-firm-buys-majority-stake-in-silvergate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake in Silvergate - 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