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Skydance Media: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

skydancemedia.com LinkedIn Santa Monica, United States 1001-5000 employees
Film Production Motion Capture B2B
Total raised
$400M
Rounds
1
Latest
Private Equity
Oct 2022

Skydance Media has raised $400M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Private Equity of $400M announced in Oct 2022.

That round is above the $2.6M median round size for Media and Entertainment companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Skydance Media Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$400M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Private Equity
$400M in Oct 2022
Employees
1001-5000
reported band
Headquarters
Santa Monica, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2022.

Skydance Media Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Private Equity
$400M

Skydance Media Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
David Ellison
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Skydance Media Funding Compared to Other Media and Entertainment Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round

Skydance Media's latest round of $400M is above the median round in Media and Entertainment. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Skydance Media Funding FAQs

How much funding has Skydance Media raised?

Skydance Media has raised $400M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Private Equity of $400M announced in Oct 2022.

When did Skydance Media last raise funding?

Skydance Media's most recent funding round on record is a Private Equity of $400M, announced in Oct 2022.

Who is the CEO of Skydance Media?

David Ellison is listed as CEO at Skydance Media.

Where is Skydance Media headquartered?

Skydance Media is based in Santa Monica, California, United States.

How many employees does Skydance Media have?

Skydance Media is in the 1001-5000 employee band.

How does Skydance Media's funding compare to other Media and Entertainment startups?

Skydance Media's latest round of $400M is above the $2.6M median round size for Media and Entertainment companies on FundedIQ across 382 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Skydance Media 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 Skydance Media is left off this page rather than filled in.

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