Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment landed a multi-million dollar injection from venture capital firm Calculus Capital, giving the production company a financial boost to hire additional executives and acquire new projects.Together with its newly inked first look deal with New Republic Pictures, the investment provides Riff Raff with significant firepower to bid on buzzy material and court writers across both sides of the Atlantic.Already, Riff Raff has appointed media executive Stephen Fuss as CEO to support the growth of the company across film and television production.
Under Fuss’ new guidance, the company plans to imminently bring new staffers on board.Fuss, a former media attorney, previously oversaw the worldwide film and television division at a U.K.
media investment house. At the company, he invested more than $750 million into film and tv projects, including “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “The Descendants” and “The Fault in Our Stars.” In 2018, he set up Stargrove Pictures, which was selected by the British Film Institute to help spearhead a new venture capital fund for the U.K.
creative industries. “I am so excited to be CEO of Riff Raff Entertainment and join the magnetic, incredibly talented team with Jude and Ben at the helm,” Fuss said in a statement.
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