Locations
Redwood City, CA, USA · Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA, USA
industry
Animation · Media
Size
11-50 employees
Stage
Seed
founded in
2015
10x Emmy-award winning and leading independent interactive animation studio Baobab Studios has a mission to "bring out your sense of wonder. Inspire you to dream. Make you matter.” Baobab has released 7 animations to commercial and critical acclaim. They’ve won 9 Emmys, including 4 Best Interactive Emmys and 2 Annie Awards. Their IP is being adapted into books (Macmillan, Penguin Random House), film (Roth/Kirsch, Disney), original series with the premium streamers, and games. Their investors include Peter Chernin, Shari Redstone (Chairwoman Viacom), Disney, Comcast, Liz Murdoch, Samsung, Shanghai Media Group, Youku/Alibaba, and their advisors include Glen Keane (legendary Disney animator of Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast), Alvy Ray Smith (Pixar co-founder), Glen Entis (PDI/DreamWorks Animation co-founder), Jane Rosenthal (cofounder Tribeca Film Festival, The Irishman), and Maggie Malone (former head of Creative Affairs Disney Feature Animation, Illuminations, Netflix).
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