By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Raindog Films, the UK-based production company co-founded by Colin Firth and music industry veteran Ged Doherty, is moving into TV, hiring writer and producer Trish D Chetty to head up that expansion.
The company has received backing from the UK Creative Content EIS Fund, which launched last summer to raise capital to back UK indie companies.
The company says it is planning to raise a total of £20M, investing around £1M-£3M per company in overhead and development spend in businesses created in the last seven years.
Run by Calculus Capital and Stargrove Pictures, in association with the BFI, the fund has previously committed to funding former Channel 4 CEO David Abraham’s new shingle Wonderhood
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