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9 Oscar Nominations & $100M+ Box Office: The IPR.VC & A24 Strategy

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Tanu-Matti Tuominen, Co-Founder & Partner at IPR.VC

In this episode, we sit down with Tanu-Matti, the visionary co-founder of IPR.VC, to explore how he is transforming the “conservative” world of film financing into a high-speed, institutional-grade investment machine. From the snowy streets of Helsinki, he shares his journey of bridging the gap between creative storytelling and savvy capital, proving that European cinema can be both culturally rich and a powerful alternative asset for investors.

With our next fund, Future Content Fund, [we] will also use a hybrid model where part of the capital will be invested in the equity of the companies and a part for the royalty rights and the revenue shares.

Podcast Chapters

Timestamp	Segment Title
01:43	The IPR.VC Business Model and Strategy
06:22	Origin Story: From New Media to Content VC
12:04	The Shift from Single Films to Slate Financing
20:34	Investment Instruments: Royalties vs. Equity
41:21	Future Outlook: IPR Lab and the 20-Year Plan

Key Takeaways:

On the Power of IP: The value is in the catalog, not the production studio.
On Reducing Risk: Control of volatility is essential for sustainable investing.
On Faster Returns: We rotate capital much faster than traditional tech VC funds.
On Industry Strategy: Without a developed IP catalog, you are not an industry.
On the Creator Economy: New studios and IPs are arising fast in the creator space.

Our films like Materialists… and also Civil War… [they] have sold more than $100 million in box office and we are invested in three of them.

Sound Bites:

“Four films that have sold more than $100 million in box office”.

“[Marty Supreme] is the biggest investment… of our all three funds”.

“We invest in film slates together with the great studios like A24”.

“We diversify with the genre, budget size, geographical area”.

“So far we have invested in, I think, about 60 films”.

Why Partner With IPR.VC?

Fast Capital Rotation and Liquidity: Unlike traditional venture capital funds with 10–13 year terms, IPR.VC’s model focuses on shorter durations and can distribute capital back to investors as early as two years after a film investment.

Non-Correlated Alternative Asset: The film and content industry operates independently of the stock exchange, offering investors a way to diversify their portfolios with assets that do not move in tandem with public markets.

Strategic Risk Mitigation through Slates: By moving away from single-project financing to “slate financing” alongside major studios like A24 and XYZ Films, the fund controls volatility and avoids the high risk associated with the unpredictability of individual film performance.

Institutional-Grade Regulatory Compliance: The fund operates under strict European financial supervision and legislation, providing the formal reporting and responsible investment (ESG) transparency required by pension funds and family offices.

Expertise in Intellectual Property (IP) Value: Rather than owning production companies (which Tanu-Matti compares to “rock bands”), the fund invests directly in the underlying IP and immaterial rights, ensuring they capture the long-term, scalable value of the content catalog.

IPR.VC: The Architects of Alternative Content Capital

IPR.VC is Europe’s leading private film and content financing company, managing a sophisticated institutional-grade platform for alternative assets. By partnering with powerhouse studios like A24 and XYZ Films, they deploy strategic capital into scalable IP portfolios rather than individual production companies. Their unique model prioritizes non-correlated returns, high IRR, and fast liquidity, circulating capital back to investors significantly faster than traditional tech VCs. From Oscar-nominated flagships to the rising creator economy, IPR.VC bridges the gap between creative storytelling and disciplined financial performance.