Don't Just Watch Your Favorite Shows. Invest in the Company Behind Them.
We’re a proven, $100M+ entertainment company with a legacy of turning original ideas into multi-billion-dollar franchises. From number one hits The Walking Dead to Invincible, we work with creators and their fans to build lasting cultural phenomena that shape the $300B global entertainment industry¹.
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3 Reasons to Invest in Skybound
Our Team Delivers Shareholder Value
Our leadership team comes from Warner Bros., Disney Animation, CBS, and more. We've increased our valuation by 25% since 2022.
We're a Proven Hitmaker
The Walking Dead has helped drive $10B+ in revenue and market cap gains. Invincible Season 2 became the #1 revenue-generating title on Prime Video globally and launched at #1 in 104 countries.
The Best Is Yet to Come
With a $300B entertainment market, 250+ potential franchises to develop, and a new in-house game studio, you’re participating in our global expansion.
Why Investors Backed Skybound
Our “Wheel of Awesome” in Action
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The Walking Dead
#1 most watched cable show of all time
The Walking Dead has helped drive over $10B in revenue and market cap gains, including $1B+ for comics, games and novels at its peak in 20152.
The most successful original entertainment franchise created this century: #1 serialized show on Netflix, #3 most watched overall (source: Owl & Co.).
330 episodes made across 7 live action series broke multiple audience records.
10M+ viewers per episode for 75 straight weeks.
80M episodes of Telltale’s: The Walking Dead video game series.
Invincible
#1 revenue generating title on Prime Video globally (Q2 2024)
Debuted at #1 on Prime Video all three seasons; S2 was #1 in 104 countries
#7 in global viewership out of 36,000 series across streaming and linear TV (season 2)
Three seasons now available on Prime Video, with Season 4 announced
100% Certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes (Seasons 2 & 3)
Season 3 cast includes star studded newcomers Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Kate Mara (House of Cards) to name a few, joining lead Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Gillian Jacobs, and Seth Rogen
Video game collaborations with Ubisoft, Fortnite, and more in development
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Comics
Doubled our comics business between 2023–2024
In 2024, sold over 4.5M books generating over $23M in retail revenue.
$4M+ raised in GI JOE: A Real American Hero Kickstarter, the most funded comics Kickstarter ever.
Launched the Energon Universe, a reimagined TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE shared universe, resulting in the two most successful Hasbro comic book launches to date.
Comics sold in over 30 territories and in 22 languages, generating $3M in recurring revenue.
Proven licensing and publishing success model with Hasbro, Universal, and LEGO.
Video Games
In house development, international publishing, and ARR from physical releases
In house games studio being built by industry veterans from Activision Bilzzard, Electronic Arts, Amazon Games, and more.
$333M from Telltale’s The Walking Dead game; 80M units sold.
Goodnight Universe 2024 Tribeca Game Award Winner; Before Your Eyes BAFTA 2022 Game Beyond Entertainment Winner.
2M units sold of VR Game The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners.
Building a proprietary in-house game based on Invincible, with two additional games in development.
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Online Entertainment Market Size
2023 to 2024 (USD Billion)
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We Bring Stories to Life Across Every Platform
As a creator-led entertainment company, we specialize in developing original stories that we own into hit franchises. Whether it’s producing a movie or developing a video game, we have the expertise to bring creators’ vision to life.
Own a Piece of the $300B Entertainment Market
The global entertainment market is projected to surpass $300 billion by 2025¹. From comic books to VR, we have all the cards to dominate this space.
Our 3 Step Formula for Success: The “Wheel of Awesome”
We’ve redefined how Hollywood operates—achieving what media giants do with a fraction of the overhead.
Beyond our flagship franchises, we control a vast and growing library of hundreds of IP, fueling a scalable model for building the next generation of hits. That’s why top creators bring their biggest ideas to us first.
Launch intellectual properties in low-cost but high-quality formats like comics, podcasts, and tabletop games.
Popularize through mass media like TV and film.
Monetize in video games, merchandising, live events and emerging media.
Aiming beyond the Stratosphere
Even after creating some of the top-ranked, top-selling franchises in the world, our journey has only begun. We’re tapping into several multi-billion-dollar industries across continents, and this is your chance to get a piece of that potential.
Going Global
Investors have already helped us expand The Walking Dead and Invincible into global hits. Now, with your investment, we’re fueling the next phase of growth:
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Build new franchises in animation, live-action, and gaming.
Launch a video game studio in-house to bring fan-favorite IPs to consoles and mobile.
Scale our global footprint through international co-productions and distribution.
Produce Season 4 of Invincible and expand our original content slate.
A Deep and Experienced Management Team
Our heroes don’t wear capes. Meet the creative minds driving our legendary business and franchises.
DA oversees operations, creative development, and strategic initiatives for the company. A prolific producer of The Walking Dead, Invincible, and other hit franchises, he developed Skybound’s “Wheel of Awesome” model to transform IP into multi-platform successes. David is a Harvard graduate, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2021), and member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.
A celebrated comic creator, Kirkman is best known for The Walking Dead, an Eisner Award-winning series that became a global phenomenon as AMC's highest-rated drama and the foundation for a massive franchise spanning TV, games, and merchandising. Kirkman’s work has inspired adaptations such as the Outcast series on Cinemax and the Invincible film and animated series with Amazon. His diverse comic portfolio includes Fire Power, Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, and Negan Lives, highlighting his continued impact on storytelling across media.
Jon brings over two decades of experience in video game venture capital and corporate development. He has led major investments, co-founded Foundation 9 Entertainment (one of the largest independent game developers), and currently runs two gaming-focused funds. Jon is a Harvard graduate and a leader in scaling creative ventures across media platforms.
Gregg oversees financial and accounting activities, including operations for its subsidiary, 5th Planet Games. With over 20 years of digital media experience at companies like Wondery, Machinima, and Warner Bros., he brings deep financial expertise to the team. Sulak holds a BA from UCLA and an MBA from Wharton.
Ned holds strategic oversight across all legal and business affairs and works closely with creators and their intellectual properties to extend creator story IP to platforms including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. Recognized as an industry trailblazer, Sherman is a sought-after expert in the digital and entertainment industries with 25 years of experience focused on dealmaking, legal issues, venture capital, growth strategies and M&A.
Jeff comes to Skybound with over three decades of experience in M&A, partnerships, and strategy within the media & entertainment and technology sectors, and most recently held the position of Head of Corporate Development and Strategy at Electronic Arts (EA) where he successfully completed transactions expanding EA’s global studio footprint, enhancing EA’s Mobile, Sports, and Entertainment portfolios, and bringing new talent, IP, and technology to the company. Notable transactions include the acquisitions of Respawn Entertainment, the creators of Titanfall, Apex Legends, and Star Wars: Jedi & Fallen Order; Codemasters’ racing portfolio, including the highly acclaimed F1 Racing; and the addition of many other fan favorite games such as Golf Clash, Design Home, Covet Fashion, and Super Mega Baseball.
Lizzie is an expert on performance-focused business ecosystems. She founded Collective Gain, an executive coaching and leadership company that partnered with some of the nation's top brands to activate their talent and optimize team outcomes. In her role as the Head of People & Performance at Skybound she, is brings a people and profit-centered approach to HR that combines a deep understanding of business strategy with what ignites people to actualize their full potential.
Rick has been instrumental in developing some of Skybound’s most recognized IP in exclusive partnerships with Sony Pictures Television (Classified), Universal Pictures, and Audible (Impact Winter). He is well known for his award-winning production and development projects like Netflix’s hit series Locke & Key, SyFy’s Wynonna Earp (which won the People’s Choice award for Best Syfy/Fantasy series of 2018 and 2020), Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, Scare PewDiePie for YouTube Red, and feature films Mr. Right and Spare Parts.
Sean manages Skybound’s publishing business, including a comic book catalog of over 60 original titles, including bestsellers The Walking Dead and Invincible. He’s also created licensing partnerships with LEGO, Universal, and Hasbro, including the smash-hit Energon Universe, the Robert Kirkman-led shared universe combining Transformers and G.I. Joe. Sean is also the co-creator/writer of the Eisner-nominated comic Gasolina, with artist Niko Walter.
Prior to joining Skybound, Chris spent 10 years at Activision Blizzard in Commercial and Product Management roles for the Warcraft and Diablo franchises. Paulson’s decade long career in games publishing at Activision Blizard spanned more than a dozen launches including record-breaking game launches for Diablo IV, which delivered $666 million in the games’ first five days; Diablo Immortal, the biggest launch in the franchise’s history with 10 million installs in the first week; and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the fastest selling PC game of all time (3.7 million launch day copies).
Two-time Emmy-winning producer Marge Dean leads Skybound’s animation studio, overseeing original content development, including Invincible for Amazon Prime. Known for building animation pipelines, she has redesigned studios for Warner Bros. and Mattel and previously led Crunchyroll Studios. Marge is a recognized leader in the global animation industry.
Glenn oversees several lines of the TV business, including live action, unscripted, international, and anime. Prior to joining Skybound, Geller was president of Gansa|Gordon Productions (known for multi-award-winning show Homeland) and was responsible for the development of projects targeted for streaming, cable and broadcast. He also held key positions at CBS, overseeing and developing a number of highly acclaimed, award-winning primetime shows for the studio likeYoung Sheldon and SWAT, and Emmy-nominated late night series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Late Late Show with James Corden. In other roles at CBS, Geller oversaw combined network/studio current department for more than 30 primetime series on CBS, The CW, and cable, including critically-acclaimed Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, multiple Emmy-winning series Mom and The Good Wife, How I Met Your Mother, and television’s #1 franchise NCIS
Dan oversees the company’s robust gaming business. He works closely with the industry’s leading publishers, developers and investors to extend Skybound’s IP into mobile and console games. Prior to joining Skybound, Dan ran worldwide business development for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent videogame developer in the world creating franchise- based video games on every major platform. During this tenure he helped close over 60 major video game deals including Killer Instinct and Strider.