EXCLUSIVE: Snipple, the Philippines-based animation studio that has worked on series including Where’s Waldo?
and Dora And Friends: Into the City!, is launching an originals unit in the UK with £6M ($8M) of backing from investment firm BGF.London-based CEO Kaine Patel quietly hatched Snipple Originals last year, hiring veteran Karina Stanford-Smith as animation development director.
Vincent James was brought on as creative director. The unit is now ready to announce itself to the world, with BGF taking a minority stake.Patel founded Snipple more than a decade ago and the move into originals represents the realization of a plan that he first mapped out in 2012.
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