Emerald Media

Emerald Media Advisors Pte. Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm that specializes in buyouts and growth capital investments, focusing on the media, entertainment, and digital media sectors. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, with additional offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, the firm targets investment opportunities across Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Emerald Media typically invests between $15 million and $75 million, seeking both control and significant minority stakes in public and private media companies. Led by industry veterans with over 30 years of combined experience, the firm leverages its deep knowledge of the media and technology landscape to identify high-growth subsectors and assist portfolio companies in scaling operations, enhancing strategy, finance, and marketing efforts post-investment.

Rajesh Kamat

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Nihir Nemani

Associate

Praveen Sridharan

Vice President

Past deals in Media

Animeta

Seed Round in 2023
Animeta is a Singapore-based company empowering digital creators. It offers an AI-driven platform for creators to grow communities and maximize earnings across multiple platforms. The company provides financial investment, data analytics, content strategy, and brand expertise to support creator partners.

Cosmos-Maya

Acquisition in 2018
Cosmos-Maya is an animation production studio that specializes in high-quality 3D and 2D animated content, primarily focusing on the children's entertainment sector. As a market leader in original Indian animation, the company has collaborated with major networks and platforms such as Disney, Viacom18, and Netflix, producing approximately 600 minutes of animation each month. Over the past five years, Cosmos-Maya has created more than 20,000 minutes of original animated content, including over 1,000 half-hour episodes. The studio also operates the WowKidz YouTube channel, which has rapidly grown to over 2 million subscribers and amassed more than 2 billion views. This extensive portfolio and strong digital presence position Cosmos-Maya as a significant player in the media and entertainment industry.

Cosmos-Maya

Series B in 2018
Cosmos-Maya is an animation production studio that specializes in high-quality 3D and 2D animated content, primarily focusing on the children's entertainment sector. As a market leader in original Indian animation, the company has collaborated with major networks and platforms such as Disney, Viacom18, and Netflix, producing approximately 600 minutes of animation each month. Over the past five years, Cosmos-Maya has created more than 20,000 minutes of original animated content, including over 1,000 half-hour episodes. The studio also operates the WowKidz YouTube channel, which has rapidly grown to over 2 million subscribers and amassed more than 2 billion views. This extensive portfolio and strong digital presence position Cosmos-Maya as a significant player in the media and entertainment industry.

Endemol Shine India

Seed Round in 2017
Endemol Shine India is a prominent content creator, producer, and distributor based in Mumbai, formed in 2015 as a joint venture between Endemol Shine Group and CA Media. The company specializes in developing and producing a wide range of entertainment content across both scripted and non-scripted genres. With a diverse portfolio that includes over 600 revenue-generating formats, Endemol Shine India has established itself as a leader in the television and digital production space. The organization is known for producing popular television shows such as MasterChef, Bigg Boss, and Khatron Ke Khiladi, among others, and continues to work on numerous projects in development. Led by CEO Abhishek Rege, the team at Endemol Shine India consists of experienced professionals who have contributed to the creation of successful programming that resonates with audiences.

YUPPTV

Series B in 2016
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 Face book.
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