/’pāth,bender/
noun
noun: pathbender; plural noun: pathbenders

Proactive person who follows proven paths but yet is adaptable to change to go ahead and discover or show others a path or way.

“Pathbender utilizes a ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ that provides a unique market opportunity and improved efficiency for creative media. Our experience and relationships drive success.”

The Genesis

The University of California at Berkeley-Haas (School of Business) has applied ‘Pathbending leadership’ as a principle description for emerging leadership in today’s fluid business and technology environment…‘Pathbending’ leaders recognize that faster innovation is a constant. In response, they create cultures that can accommodate and thrive in constantly changing environments and various sets of circumstances.

The Company

Pathbender is a media holding company based at Sunset Gower Studios with principals who share over 30 years of experience in media, management, finance, technology, and marketing. The production utilizes an ACE model of Access, Control, and Experience (ACE) in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) business sector. The management team provides Access to industry leaders, Control of internal IP, co-finance, and distribution network along with the Experience of a global team of executors (experienced producers and international productions) with a successful track record in the entertainment industry.

Profile Highlights

  • The general partners include a longstanding member of the Producers Guild of America, with 18+ years in media industry production and distribution. 15 years of banking-wholesale lending, and secondary markets with 10 years of marketing and media agency engagement. This vast level of experience provides the partners with countless relations in a diversified network on an international scale from North America to Europe, South East Asia, China, and Latin America.

  • The core emphasis of business and management is positioning the packaging and producing of all areas of Media and extensions (Film, TV, Animation, Immersive, Technology, Gaming, and Music). Pathbender utilizes its network of global strategic relation partners for co-financing, development, production, distribution, marketing, and branding services.

  • Pathbender GP’s helped establish and served as board advisory member for Entertainment Media and Sports (EMS) bank division in Beverly Hills CA.

  • The producer network has a strong ROI track record of international motion picture – streaming portfolio.

  • Pathbender is platform and genre agnostic this allows the story (IP) to have commercial viability in a changing or evolving market.

  • Proprietary Portfolio includes: Animation, docu-series, romantic comedy, feature film (original – adaptation), three Global Series with track record international production partners in 5 countries (action thriller, YA – supernatural, suspense drama anthology), “United Dream,” a multi-part international series and immersive experience for global sports cycles.Strategic Portfolio – Deal Flow includes: Access to a rich supply of top-tier content from creators around the globe with seasoned producers, management, industry-leading creatives. Through our strategic alignment and fund model, these studio level projects ensure regular deal flow, and provide the required co-finance and structure.

  • Pathbender has entered into alignments with international production, vfx, and immersion networks, while completing a diversified portfolio (advisory) on next generation technology and emerging growth companies in expansion phase. This includes EMS opportunities, defined as unique assets with high scarcity value and long term recurring revenue that presents opportunity to compound capital over long period.

  • Pathbender Media Holdings LLC has architected MINT Fund ® a Diversified Investment Fund focused on established Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sector.

  • Example of access and deal flow via established relations and network partners: