CGHero secures £0.9m seed investment led by Fuel Ventures to expand its platform and operations.
The seed round was led by Fuel Ventures with backing from Epiphany Capital and angel investors to support international expansion and product development.
CGHero provides a collaborative marketplace connecting businesses with specialist CGI, 3D, VFX, and AR/VR talent. The platform facilitates content production across multiple industries, supporting major clients like Netflix and Disney.
Manchester-based CGHero has secured £0.9m in seed funding led by Fuel Ventures. The round included participation from Epiphany Capital through Tim Dempsey, Cumron Ashtiani, and private angel investors.
The capital will be directed towards accelerating product development, growing sales and marketing operations, and driving international expansion. Founded in 2016, the platform connects businesses with remote digital artists to produce visual content for various industries including gaming and retail.
Fuel Ventures led the investment as part of its focus on distributed work models and professional marketplaces. The funding aims to expand platform capabilities and team size to support a growing base of clients and creators.
From the founder
"The demand for increasingly more realistic and content-rich productions, especially in games and film projects, has put a huge strain on resourcing. Vast armies of skilled talent are required to produce worlds of immersive content. Finding and retaining that talent has become a huge challenge."
Jonathan Lloyd
CEO at CGHero
Investor perspective
"We’re incredibly excited about our investment into CGHero, which is our first investment into the Manchester tech ecosystem. Fuel is very bullish about the future of distributed work, and we think that specialist platforms like CGHero will lead the charge into the next generation of professional marketplaces and workspaces, allowing talented individuals from all over the globe to work with some of the worlds largest companies. COVID 19 has taught us that working as distributed teams is achievable, platforms like CGHero will now make sure that companies have access to the world’s best talent."
Oliver Hammond
Partner, Fuel Ventures
Use of funds
- 01Invest in sales and marketing
- 02Continue product development
- 03Expand into international markets
- 04Grow the team
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About the company
CGHero
CGHero operates a collaborative platform connecting companies with global CGI and 3D creative talent.