UK company record
MUBI
Curated arthouse/independent film streaming (SVOD), expanding into theatrical distribution and film production/financing
VerifiedCore UK
Snapshot
- UK location
- London · London
- Sector
- Gaming / media / creator
- Latest recorded round
- Series F
- Latest recorded amount
- $100M
- Date
- 2025-06-02
Legal-identity layer
Verified identity.
- Selected legal name
- MUBI GROUP LTD
- Company number
- 12088796
- Companies House status
- dissolved
- Incorporated
- 2019-07-06
Investors
- Eduardo CostantiniLead
- Martín Varsavsky, Alec Oxenford, Aydin Senkut, Georges Harik, Joel Peterson, Bart Decrem, Jose Marin (no institutional investors)Participant
- Floreat, MMC Ventures, White Star Capital (institutional anchor)Lead
- no single lead among ~49 individual investorsLead
- C4 VenturesParticipant
- individuals including Jon Winkelried (ex-Goldman Sachs), Eric Fellner (Working Title Films), Martín Varsavsky, Pascal Cagni (ex-Apple EMEA), Osama Al Ayoub (Kuwait Investment Office), Simon Patterson (Silver Lake Partners), Jörg Mohaupt (Access Industries), Peter Dubens (Oakley Capital), Bertrand Demole (Pictet)Participant
- Huanxi Media (China)Lead
- Times BridgeLead
- Summit PartnersLead
- Sequoia CapitalLead
- Summit Partners (existing, largest institutional shareholder), TCV, Fidelity Investments, and othersParticipant
Current directors and active controllers
- Mr Scott ObermullerActive controller
- OBERMULLER, ScottCurrent director
Funding rows
- Angel round$2.4M · 2011-01-07
- Series D (rolling close)$7.5M initial close reported Mar-2014; same financing reported at $15M cumulative by Jan-2015 (institutional money ~5% of the round) · 2014-03-13
- Strategic investment$2M for a 1.6% stake (valuing MUBI at ~$125M) · 2016-11-01
- Strategic investmentUndisclosed; reported as similar terms to the 2016 Huanxi Media stake purchase · 2018-01-17
- Growth investmentUndisclosed · 2021-01-01
- Series F$100M · 2025-06-02
Sources
- https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/07/film-site-mubi-pulls-in-2-4-million-to-socialise-cinema-buffs/
- https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2014/03/14/198636/mubi-closes-usd75m-series-d-funding
- https://www.finsmes.com/2014/03/mubi-raises-7-5m-in-series-d-funding.html
- https://www.pehub.com/video-on-demand-platform-mubi-closes-series-d/
- https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/borrowing-from-snapchats-playbook-curated-film-platform-mubi-raises-15m/
- https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/nicolas-winding-refn-indias-times-bridge-invest-mubi-streaming-service-2018-01-17
- https://variety.com/2016/biz/asia/mubi-plans-production-move-1201762477/
- https://variety.com/2018/biz/asia/nicolas-winding-refn-india-times-bridge-invest-in-streaming-service-mubi-1202667857/
- https://deadline.com/2018/01/online-movie-service-mubi-receives-backing-from-india-times-bridge-1202245263/
- https://www.summitpartners.com/news/mubi-raises-100-million-in-growth-financing-led-by-sequoia-capital
- https://news.crunchbase.com/media-entertainment/startup-venture-funding-mubi-sequoia/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubi_(streaming_service)
- https://techfundingnews.com/londons-mubi-hits-1b-unicorn-status-with-100m-sequoia-boost-now-ready-to-rival-netflix-amazon-and-disney/
- https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2014/03/14/198636/mubi-closes-usd75m-series-d-funding
- https://www.finsmes.com/2014/03/mubi-raises-7-5m-in-series-d-funding.html
- https://www.pehub.com/video-on-demand-platform-mubi-closes-series-d/
- https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/borrowing-from-snapchats-playbook-curated-film-platform-mubi-raises-15m/
- https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/nicolas-winding-refn-indias-times-bridge-invest-mubi-streaming-service-2018-01-17
- https://variety.com/2016/biz/asia/mubi-plans-production-move-1201762477/
- https://variety.com/2018/biz/asia/nicolas-winding-refn-india-times-bridge-invest-in-streaming-service-mubi-1202667857/
- https://deadline.com/2018/01/online-movie-service-mubi-receives-backing-from-india-times-bridge-1202245263/
- https://www.summitpartners.com/news/mubi-raises-100-million-in-growth-financing-led-by-sequoia-capital
- https://news.crunchbase.com/media-entertainment/startup-venture-funding-mubi-sequoia/
- https://news.crunchbase.com/media-entertainment/startup-venture-funding-mubi-sequoia/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubi_(streaming_service)
- https://techfundingnews.com/londons-mubi-hits-1b-unicorn-status-with-100m-sequoia-boost-now-ready-to-rival-netflix-amazon-and-disney/