‘Quant’ Producer Goldfinch Expands to Asia with Singapore Office

U.K.-based entertainment financier Goldfinch is set to open a Singapore office by the end of 2024, marking its expansion into the Asian market. The move comes as the company celebrates its 10th anniversary and aims to provide credit-based financing facilities for film and television projects in the region.

Goldfinch has closed $250 million in deals across 300 projects over the past decade and has produced BFI London Film Festival title “Quant” and Raindance selection “A Bird Flew In.” It is establishing new operating brand and holding company Goldfinch Asia. As part of this expansion, the operations of Singapore-based entertainment financing firm Aurora Global Media Capital, founded in 2017, will merge into the new entity.

Leading the merged entity together with U.K.-based senior Goldfinch leadership team, CEO Kirsty Bell and COO Phil McKenzie, will be Aurora founder Justin Deimen, who joins as managing partner. Deimen brings over a decade of creative entrepreneurship and independent cross-border producing expertise to the role, including a stint with 108 Media, which he exited in 2023. He currently also serves as the executive director of the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association, an ASEAN-focused creative producing trade organization.

The new entity will operate across various APAC markets, including South Korea, India, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. David Webster, CEO of The Carrot Collective and co-founder of AI Create, will join as a director. Webster, who previously served as chief growth officer and managing director of BBH Asia, brings two decades of experience in venture building and creative leadership to the role.

Goldfinch Asia plans to implement credit-driven funding models that have been successful in Europe and North America. These include cashflowing of tax incentives and soft monies, financing pre-sales and post-sale contracts, media inventory financing with agencies, and gap…