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Kartoon Studios: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Kartoon Studios is a publicly traded company focused on brand management, creating and licensing multimedia content for young children and teenagers. Their content is distributed globally in various formats, along with consumer products featuring their characters. GBI's lineup includes popular brands like Baby Genius and Thomas Edison's Secret Lab, as well as collaborations with icons like Stan Lee and Warren Buffett. They are also developing new projects such as an animated series based on Llama Llama and a music-based adventure series called SpacePOP.

www.gnusbrands.com LinkedIn Beverly Hills, United States 51-100 employees
Broadcasting Media and Entertainment Video Streaming B2C
Total raised
$7.3M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Oct 2025

Kartoon Studios has raised $7.3M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $7.3M announced in Oct 2025.

That round is above the $2.8M median round size for Content and Publishing companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Kartoon Studios Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$7.3M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$7.3M in Oct 2025
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2025.

Kartoon Studios Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$7.3M

Kartoon Studios Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Andy Heyward
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Kartoon Studios team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Kartoon Studios Funding Compared to Other Content and Publishing Startups

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Kartoon Studios' latest round of $7.3M is above the median round in Content and Publishing. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Kartoon Studios Funding FAQs

What does Kartoon Studios do?

Kartoon Studios is a publicly traded company focused on brand management, creating and licensing multimedia content for young children and teenagers. Their content is distributed globally in various formats, along with consumer products featuring their characters. GBI's lineup includes popular brands like Baby Genius and Thomas Edison's Secret Lab, as well as collaborations with icons like Stan Lee and Warren Buffett. They are also developing new projects such as an animated series based on Llama Llama and a music-based adventure series called SpacePOP.

How much funding has Kartoon Studios raised?

Kartoon Studios has raised $7.3M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $7.3M announced in Oct 2025.

When did Kartoon Studios last raise funding?

Kartoon Studios' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $7.3M, announced in Oct 2025.

Who founded Kartoon Studios?

FundedIQ lists Andy Heyward (Founder) at Kartoon Studios.

Where is Kartoon Studios headquartered?

Kartoon Studios is based in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

How many employees does Kartoon Studios have?

Kartoon Studios is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does Kartoon Studios' funding compare to other Content and Publishing startups?

Kartoon Studios' latest round of $7.3M is above the $2.8M median round size for Content and Publishing companies on FundedIQ across 366 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Kartoon Studios Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Kartoon Studios is left off this page rather than filled in.

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