Financing the next era of scripted entertainment.
Legacy Film Ventures supports producers, studios, and rights holders creating micro-dramas, short-form vertical series, and other emerging scripted formats built for mobile-first audiences.
As storytelling formats evolve, the financing models behind them must evolve as well.
The screen has turned vertical. The capital hasn't.
Mobile-first scripted entertainment — micro-dramas, vertical series, and short-form serialized fiction — has become the fastest-growing format in global media. Audiences have moved. Production has moved. Financing has not.
Projected global micro-drama market by 2027
YoY growth in vertical scripted app revenue (2023–24)
Daily time US adults spend on mobile, more than all other screens combined
Share of mobile video viewed in vertical orientation
Two structural shifts the market can no longer ignore.
China's $7B Proof of Concept
China's micro-drama market hit ~$7B in 2024, eclipsing its theatrical box office for the first time in history. Over 500 micro-drama series were licensed monthly.
Capital Stack Mispriced
Gross multiples that outperform traditional indie film by an order of magnitude, with dramatically shorter recoupment windows.
We are not betting on a trend. We are financing the infrastructure behind the first generation of entertainment built natively for the device that 6.9 billion people already hold in their hand.