The nearly 84% year-on-year decline underscores a slowdown in cross-border deal activity across media, advertising and entertainment businesses, which had witnessed a flurry of large-ticket investments in 2024.
Among the key transactions recorded during the quarter were a series of greenfield and brownfield deals in the advertising and entertainment segments, primarily involving early-stage digital players.
Inshorts India Advertising and Services, which operates the Inshorts news app and Public social media platform, received two FDI infusions totalling Rs 125.86 crore from its Singapore-based parent, Inshorts Pte Ltd.
Stage Technologies, the operator of over-the-top platform Stage, secured multiple investments from a clutch of global investors, including Goodwater Capital V LP (US), TSM Ventures (Singapore) and UnicornDust LLC (US), amounting to
about Rs 57 crore.
Creatormon, which operates the creator-focused online platform Wishlink, raised Rs 23.24 crore from Elevation Capital VII Ltd (Mauritius), while Wondrlab India attracted a combined Rs 17.26 crore from Tanas Capital Pte Ltd (Singapore) and Jaroslaw Ziebinski (Poland).Sony Pictures Films India received Rs 42.62 crore from SPE India Films Holding LLC (US) for its film production operations. IVY Entertainment Pvt Ltd (Delhi) brought in Rs 84.75 crore from IVY Entertainment Holdings Ltd (UAE) for its motion picture distribution business. Established in 2020, IVY Entertainment has rapidly become a leading film studio in southern India, backing more than 100 productions across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada industries.
as a Reliable and Trusted News SourceReelsaga Innovations Pvt Ltd (Mumbai) secured Rs 7.26 crore in funding from investors in Germany, the US and Singapore. Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings raised Rs 5.58 crore from MPC India Holdings.
