Film Financing - Hubs a Go-Go

Film Financing - IndieGoGo

The web is a natural place for symbiotic relationships.
Writers and readers, Filmmakers and Financiers.
Predators and prey.

There's certainly overlap in those categories, so who's
who isn't clearly defined, but there's definitely stalking
and bounding, trailing and fleeing, even a spring prom
and courtship quadrille, thrown in for good measure.

The most recent Filmmaker / Financier symbiotic
environ is IndieGoGo.com, running berserkeley in
Berkeley, California. Their slogan is:
"Where Independent Happens."

Hmm. Given the state of the indy film world, and
what else "happens," I hope it gets a better slogan
eventually. The project itself is encouraging though,
and that's because of the people.

Danae Ringelmann co-founded and CFOs this film
funding dating service, hooking up filmmakers to
financiers and cineastes, to support all the filmmaking.
IndieGoGo works fundraising magic for indy filmmakers,
connecting new project money channels.

Danae was a Cowen & Co. securities analyst, focused on
entertainment and video game companies like Disney,
Pixar, Electronic Arts, and Lions Gate. She also worked at
J.P. Morgan's Investment Bank.

She is an MBA candidate at UC Berkeley's Haas School of
Business, and co-chaired the 2007 Global Social Venture
Competition, and still guides the Haas Digital Media &
Entertainment Club there at Cal.

Danae completed the CFA curriculum and graduated the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as a Morehead Scholar.

That's a lot of scholastic activity. I hope school's out, and
Dana can now guide her film financing ship successfully.

IndieGoGo looks good, actually.
Filmmakers can learn about it here.


Film Financing