Company overview

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 10 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), Maggie Malone (Former head of Creative Affairs Disney Feature Animation, Illuminations, Netflix), Jasmine Madatian (EVP Comms, Amblin, Disney, Oscars), Mireille Soria (President, Paramount Animation, Former President Dreamworks Anim) and more. Their work stars Oprah, John Legend, Ali Wong, Kate Winslet, Daisy Ridley, Glenn Close, Lupita Nyong'o, Jennifer Hudson, Diego Luna, and more.
Founded in 2015
Redwood City, California, USA
39 employees (10 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend
52% positive business outlook

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Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +11.4% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$56M

Last raise

Convertible Note, 4 years ago

Funding history

Oct 2021

Convertible Note Baobab Studios

Feb 2019

Venture Round Baobab Studios

Oct 2016

Series B Baobab Studios · $25M

Jul 2016

Series B Baobab Studios · $25M

Dec 2015

Series A Baobab Studios · $6M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
6K
Month over month+19.1%
Quarter over quarter-42.7%
Top sourceDirect (50.5%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank36.9
Traffic source mix
Direct
50.5%
Search
31.7%
Social
10%
Referral
7.2%
Paid referral
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

11.5K

12-mo growth

+16.2%

Monthly growth

+4.9%

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