{"id":652820,"date":"2013-04-17T04:51:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/?p=196795"},"modified":"2013-04-17T04:51:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:51:19","slug":"saphir-capital-partners-backs-molinare-tv-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652820","title":{"rendered":"Saphir Capital Partners Backs Molinare TV & Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saphir Capital Partners<\/strong> has backed UK-based Molinare TV & Film Limited<\/strong>. Saphir will invest through the Luxembourg regulated Saphir Capital Private Equity Fund<\/strong> and join existing shareholders Next Wave Partners<\/strong>, Steve Milne<\/strong>, Julie Parmenter<\/strong> and the British Film Company<\/strong> who acquired the company in June 2012.<\/p>\n

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Saphir Capital Partners invests in Molinare, the multi-award winning London-based post production house
\nMolinare TV & Film Limited is very pleased to announce that Saphir Capital Partners (\u201cSaphir\u201d) has completed an investment into the company. Saphir, an international growth capital investor, will invest through the Luxembourg regulated Saphir Capital Private Equity Fund andjoin existing shareholders Next Wave Partners, Steve Milne, Julie Parmenter and the British Film Company who acquired the company in June 2012. Saphir\u2019s investment will provide Molinare with additional firepower at a time when the post production market is presenting a number of opportunities.
\nMolinare, the Carnaby Street-based post production house first established as Molinare Sound Services in 1973 celebrates its 40th anniversary later this year. Now focused on high end Factual and Drama for Broadcast as well as Feature Film, it has worked on a wide range of successful film and television projects including Tom Hoopers \u2018Kings Speech\u2019. More recently work includes smash hit series \u2018The Bible\u2019 for Lightworkers Media, \u2018Call The Midwife\u2019 for Neal Street Productions, \u2018The Hour\u2019 for Kudos and \u2018MasterChef\u2019 for Shine as well as Dustin Hoffman\u2019s \u2018Quartet\u2019 and Working Title\u2019s \u2018I Give It a Year\u2019. Upcoming projects include BBC Comedy\u2019s \u2018The Wrong Mans\u2019 and Hossein Amini\u2019s \u2018The Two Faces of January\u2019. Molinare was named Best Post Production House at the 2012 Broadcast Awards.
\nSteve Milne, Executive Chairman of Molinare, commented: \u201cIn its 40th year Molinare has matured gracefully and is now in great shape. It\u2019s been quite a journey but we love what we do. Older, wiser and with great infrastructure and powerful backers in place, the Company is now working with some of the very best creatives in the UK today and that\u2019s exciting!\u201d.
\nJulie Parmenter, Managing Director of Molinare, commented: \u201cWe are delighted that Saphir has chosen to invest in Molinare. This is an exciting time in the company\u2019s history with significant opportunities across the TV Drama and Film markets, especially with the support of the new TV Tax Credits, timing for this investment could not be better\u201d.
\nJohn Penning, Managing Director of Saphir, commented: \u201cWe are delighted to be investing alongside Next Wave, British Film Company, Steve and Julie, in a business with a strong brand and substantial growth potential. We are particularly pleased to be working with co-investors and entrepreneurs who share our vision on how to build a successful business for the long term.\u201d
\nGeorge Pennock and Marc Smit, Partners at Saphir, commented: \u201cWe are looking forward to working in partnership with the team and Next Wave to take advantage of Molinare\u2019s track record and strategic position in the post production market, and to enable it to realise its considerable potential over the years ahead.\u201d
\nGeorge Pennock will join the board of Molinare as a non-executive Director.
\nJonathan Brod, Managing Partner and Dean MacKenzie, Investment Director of Next Wave Partners, commented:\u201cWe are very pleased to welcome Saphir on board. They have continued to show a strong interest in the company and look forward to further developing<\/p>\n

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Saphir Capital Partners has backed UK-based Molinare TV & Film Limited. Saphir will invest through the Luxembourg regulated Saphir Capital Private Equity Fund and join existing shareholders Next Wave Partners, Steve Milne, Julie Parmenter and the British Film Company who acquired the company in June 2012. PRESS RELEASE Saphir Capital Partners invests in Molinare, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7999,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7999"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}