Issimo

What Issimo does

Issimo (operating as ISSIMO | Story Agency) is a privately held, founder-led creative agency headquartered in Lehi, Utah, that delivers social-impact storytelling services to mission-driven organizations. Its service portfolio is organized around three core offerings — marketing storytelling (brand awareness, product launches, brand manifestos), fundraising storytelling (gala and investor-relations content for nonprofits and funds), and leadership storytelling (executive vision, culture, and movement-building films) — supported by photography, design, and copywriting. All production is executed in-house using professional video tooling (RED camera packages, lighting, audio, editing, and animation software) under a five-step methodology (Discover, Dump, Digest, Design, Distribute) that the firm claims is differentiated by combining a research-backed head-plus-heart narrative approach.

The firm monetizes through project-based professional services engagements priced in the five- to six-figure range, with an average project of $20–40k and an 8-week average timeline. Distribution is direct-consultation led, supplemented by referral, event visibility (Vatican, UN, World Bank, SOCAP, Impact Summit Europe), and a content ecosystem that includes the iMPACTiSSiMO! podcast, blog, webinars, the proprietary Messaging for Impact research study covering 139 organizations across 34 countries, and an interactive data visualization tool. The customer base is horizontally diversified across enterprise (eBay, Extra Space Storage), nonprofit (NPower, SOCAP, Laudato Si Challenge), and impact-finance (Jonathan Rose Companies, Responsability Investments AG) clients. The firm operates globally through trusted international filmmaking partners rather than its own foreign offices. Team size is reported in the 1–10 range, led by founder Jacob Hoehne with long-tenured collaborators Zach Kempf and Bryce Gandy (12+ years each). The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, M&A, or external investors.

Name

Issimo

Legal name

ISSIMO

Website

https://issimo.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Issimo is a founder-led story agency that produces social-impact video and storytelling services — marketing, fundraising, and leadership — for nonprofits, impact funds, and purpose-driven enterprises, delivered via a five-step in-house production methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Production and Storytelling Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Production & Post-Production (BPAFAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event & Experiential Brand Coverage (Recaps, Sizzle Reels) (MPADAEAF)

Keywords

• Video production services
• Impact storytelling agency
• Brand storytelling consulting
• Fundraising video production
• Leadership narrative services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lehi

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Video and Film Production: Primary revenue stream from producing marketing, fundraising, and leadership storytelling videos. Projects range from 39 seconds to 5+ minutes. Production includes scripting, directing, cinematography, editing, and animation.
2. Storytelling Consulting: Strategic consulting to help organizations crystalize their brand story into compelling narratives and optimize distribution across paid, earned, or owned media.
3. Photography and Design Services: Additional creative services including photography, design, and copywriting to support storytelling deliverables.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Issimo is a story agency that produces strategic video and storytelling content for impact-driven organizations, delivering three core services: Marketing Storytelling (brand awareness, product launches, brand manifestos), Fundraising Storytelling (nonprofit galas, donor communications, investor relations for venture funds), and Leadership Storytelling (executive vision articulation, culture videos, post-merger/pivot communications). Engagements span scripting, directing, cinematography, editing, and animation, with project timelines averaging 8 weeks and average project values of $20–40k.

Product overview

Issimo is a story agency that provides strategic storytelling services organized around three core offerings: Marketing Storytelling (brand awareness, product launches, brand manifestos), Fundraising Storytelling (nonprofit events, investor relations, venture funds), and Leadership Storytelling (global advocacy, paradigm shifting, vision articulation). The company also offers a suite of educational and research resources including the Messaging for Impact Research Study covering 34 countries, an Impact Storytelling Guide PDF, a Messaging for Impact Webinar, and a Visualized Research Data Tool. Additionally, they produce the iMPACTiSSiMO! Podcast featuring impact innovators. The five-step process (Discover, Dump, Digest, Design, Distribute) underpins all service delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iMPACTiSSiMO! Podcast: The company's podcast featuring conversations with impact leaders and innovators.

Products and services

• Marketing Storytelling Strategic storytelling engagement that builds brand awareness, supports product launches, and articulates brand manifestos through video content for impact-driven organizations.
• Fundraising Storytelling Narrative development and video production to help nonprofits maximize gala donations, solidify investor relations, and attract capital for venture and impact funds.
• Leadership Storytelling Executive narrative services that help leaders change paradigms, spark global movements, and articulate vision, values, and culture through video content.

Quantifiable outcome

• 42 million organic views from single campaign
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Filmmaking PartnersminorOthersISSIMO works with trusted filmmaking partners in various international markets for when international travel isn't possible and/or a more carbon-neutral production is desired. These are ancillary production partners rather than strategic alliances.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• RSA Films: RSA Films is a globally established commercial film and branded content production house—comparable as a video production partner for brand storytelling, but operating at higher budget tiers and broader commercial scope than ISSIMO.
• Mekanism: Mekanism is a large independent creative agency known for emotional, story-led brand video and content production for major consumer brands—comparable in craft and storytelling approach but serving commercial clients at a much larger scale.
• Tool of North America: Tool of North America is a creative production company producing commercials, branded content, and video campaigns—comparable in cinematic production capability and storytelling approach but broader in client base than ISSIMO.

Emerging players

• Killer Visual Strategies: Killer Visual Strategies is a visual content agency specializing in infographics, motion graphics, and video for nonprofits, healthcare, and education—sharing ISSIMO's emphasis on visual storytelling for mission-driven clients but with a stronger design/static-asset focus.
• The Henson Group: The Henson Group is a video production agency delivering brand films, fundraising videos, and corporate storytelling for nonprofits and purpose-driven brands—overlapping significantly with ISSIMO's production and storytelling offerings.

Direct peers

• Free Range Studios: Free Range Studios is an impact-focused creative studio that produces cause-related video, animation, and digital storytelling for nonprofits and social enterprises—a near-direct peer in mission, offering, and client base.
• Resound Creative: Resound Creative is a marketing and design agency exclusively serving nonprofits, providing brand storytelling, video, and digital campaigns—comparable to ISSIMO's fundraising storytelling offering for mission-driven organizations.
• Big Duck: Big Duck is a branding and communications agency specialized in the nonprofit sector, offering strategy, naming, video, and campaign work—directly comparable to ISSIMO's fundraising and leadership storytelling services for mission-driven clients.
• Causewave Community Engagement: Causewave is a creative agency focused on cause marketing and social-impact brand storytelling for nonprofits—directly comparable to ISSIMO's impact-niche positioning and services.
• Lemonly: Lemonly is a creative agency that produces infographics, animated videos, and storytelling content for nonprofit, social impact, and purpose-driven brands—closely matching ISSIMO's 'story agency for impact' positioning and delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/issimo_story
• Facebookfacebook.com/issimo.story

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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