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PrivateFor profitEntertainmentLondon, United Kingdom

Cinesite

Cinesite is one of the largest and most creative visual effects companies in the world.

Founded
1991
35 years ago
Staff
501-1000
667 on LinkedIn
Followers
82k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$418M
as listed, USD

Superheroes, fantastic beasts, dinosaurs of the 21st century, and galaxies undiscovered. Cinesite is an award-winning digital entertainment studio with 30 years of experience and work on hundreds of film, TV and streaming productions. Our visual effects and animation teams breathe life into filmmakers’ visions. Alongside our skilled artists and engineers, we work closely with filmmakers and studios to achieve the impossible, whether through complex visual effects or conceiving and realising entire animated… Read all

Superheroes, fantastic beasts, dinosaurs of the 21st century, and galaxies undiscovered. Cinesite is an award-winning digital entertainment studio with 30 years of experience and work on hundreds of film, TV and streaming productions. Our visual effects and animation teams breathe life into filmmakers’ visions. Alongside our skilled artists and engineers, we work closely with filmmakers and studios to achieve the impossible, whether through complex visual effects or conceiving and realising entire animated films. We tinker, mold, and craft to blow things out of the water - sometimes literally. We make this magic happen from our studios in London, Montreal and Vancouver. -- Super-héros, bêtes fantastiques, dinosaures du XXIe siècle et galaxies méconnues. Cinesite est un studio de contenu numérique de divertissement récompensé avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience et ayant travaillé sur des centaines de films, des productions télévisuelles et issues de plateformes de partage. Nos équipes d’effets visuels et d’animation donnent vie aux visions des réalisateurs. Nos talentueux artistes travaillent en étroite collaboration avec les réalisateurs et les studios afin de créer l’impossible grâce à de complexes effets visuels ou en concevant et réalisant des films d’animation. Nous bricolons, formons et façonnons afin de faire surgir des éléments hors de l’eau – parfois de façon littérale. Nous faisons opérer la magie depuis nos studios de Londres, Montréal et Vancouver.

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Size

1-1011-5051-100101-250251-500501-10001k-5k5k-10k10k+

501-1000 people: larger than 95% of companies with a size listed. 667 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

199119002026

35 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #2,312,693 in the world for traffic, about 8k visits a month. 81,754 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

FilmMedia and EntertainmentMotion CaptureSocial MediaVisual EffectsStereoscopic EffectsAnimationFeature AnimationConcept Art

What it is known for

visual effectsanimationfeature animationconcept artimmersive entertainmentmovies & sound recordinganimation & post-productionfilm visual effectsentertainment servicesfilm and tv effectsvideo productionfilm industry servicesfilm effects technologyfilm effects solutionsfilm storytellingfilm effects tools

What its website runs on

Google Search ConsoleGoogle CloudGoogle WorkspaceOpenAIGoogle Cloud DNSMailChimpGmailGoogle MeetMicrosoft 365AdobeAutodeskGoogle Cloud HostingAnthropic ClaudeHoudiniBoomi AtomSphereMayaOracle SolarisNuke

Funding, as listed

$418M raised in total

  • Rounds3
  • LatestDebt financing, Dec 2022
  • Latest amountUSD 235,966,628
  • Investors5, 3 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

Annual revenue$29M
FoundersEd Jones
Acquisitions made6
NAICS512110, 512191

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Cinesite, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Cinesite
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
1991
Founders
Ed Jones
Industry
Entertainment
Categories
Film, Media and Entertainment, Motion Capture, Social Media
Specialities
Visual Effects, Stereoscopic Effects, Animation, Feature Animation, Concept Art

Where

City
London
Region
London
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
501-1000
People on LinkedIn
667
LinkedIn followers
81,754
Web traffic rank
#2,312,693
Monthly web visits
8,482
Annual revenue
$29M

Funding, as listed

Total
$417,966,628 USD
Rounds
3
Latest round
Debt financing
Latest round date
Dec 2022
Latest amount
235,966,628 USD
Investors
5
Lead investors
3
Listing status
private

Corporate family

Sub-organisations
7
Acquisitions made
6

Classification

NAICS
512110, 512191
SIC
7812, 7819
Keywords
16 listed, shown above
Technologies
18 detected, shown above

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn, Apollo
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

Cinesite may be growing as it has been involved in creating significant digital art for Frameless London, indicating an expansion of its creative outputs and possibly its client base. Additionally, the company is addressing scaling challenges related to media rendering file storage, which suggests that it is working on solutions to manage increased data demands, typically associated with growth in operations and project size. Furthermore, the discussion of its menopause policy reflects an investment in employee welfare, which could be indicative of a growing workforce and a focus on maintaining a supportive work environment.

Summaries written by the source dataset, not by us, and not checked.

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