EXCLUSIVE: North American casting software program firm Expertise Techniques has acquired Highlight, the UK’s premier casting platform.
Expertise Techniques connects expertise and their representatives with casting administrators in movie, tv, theater, print, voiceover, and commercials.
The deal creates a novel and international casting software program ecosystem and provides the respective purchasers of every firm new partnership advantages because the platforms develop their sources worldwide. Casting administrators can use the platform to seek out, audition, and guide high artists, as purchasers of each corporations will now have higher entry to a worldwide portfolio of job listings and expertise profiles. Expertise Techniques is led by Co-CEOs Alex Amin and Rafi Gordon, and Highlight is led by CEO Richard Wilson.
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Highlight’s senior management group will stay in place and proceed to seamlessly run the enterprise. Highlight is a 94-year previous agency, and based mostly in London’s West Finish.
Amin and Gordon mentioned, “Highlight’s iconic historical past and dedication to excellence in casting is second to none. As we now have seen an explosion in manufacturing and the globalization of content material, this acquisition is an acknowledgement of a altering market as casting administrators more and more discover expertise on each side of the pond and actors develop their reputations in each markets. By becoming a member of the Expertise Techniques household of corporations, Highlight could have entry to our casting platforms and software program within the US, the UK, and world wide, creating higher alternatives for our prospects in all places. This deal is actually a win-win and we imagine the alliance might be massively useful to artists, brokers and casting administrators alike.”
Expertise Techniques is the mother or father firm of Forged It Techniques, Casting Networks, and Casting Frontier. These platforms, together with Highlight, will proceed to function independently whereas leveraging one another’s know-how.
Richard Wilson, CEO of Highlight, mentioned: “Based over 94 years in the past, and with an extended historical past of being run as a household enterprise, Highlight has all the time been on the coronary heart of the casting business. Over the previous few years it’s been nice to get to know Expertise Techniques and its expertise of the casting business, and we’re assured we’re partnering with a group that actually understands our enterprise and buyer base. Our casting platform already extends properly past UK borders, and becoming a member of forces with Expertise Techniques places Highlight within the strongest attainable place to reinforce our market main service. Extra importantly, it provides our prospects the worldwide entry they want. Alex and Rafi have all the time demonstrated that they see the power and worth within the Highlight group and the model’s heritage and future, and this deal is a transparent instance of two corporations that might be stronger collectively.”
The deal was financed by Morgan Stanley Non-public Credit score and Falcon Funding Advisors, LLC as co-lead arrangers in offering capital to Expertise Techniques, LLC.