Dream Office of Imaginary Friends

Name

Dream Office of Imaginary Friends

Legal name

Dream Office of Imaginary Friends

Website

https://doif.is

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Studio and Family Office Services

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Office Investment Platforms & Direct Investing (PE/VC/Co-Invest) (FSAAADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Office Advisory (Single/Multi-Family) (FSAEAAAI)

Keywords

• Creative studio services
• Family office operations
• Documentary film production
• Social innovation investing
• Independent publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Dream Office of Imaginary Friends is a hybrid creative ecosystem that combines a family office with an art studio, operating as a portfolio of five distinct projects spanning architecture, social innovation investing, financial prototyping, filmmaking, and independent publishing. The organization produces feature-length films, publishes artifacts through its press imprint, and sells merchandise through an associated shop, all under the umbrella of supporting its founder's pursuit of building more beautiful futures.

Product overview

Dream Office of Imaginary Friends is not a unified software product but rather an ecosystem of creative projects and resources initiated by Sharon Chang. Originally conceived as a hybrid of family office and art studio, it has evolved into a portfolio of five distinct initiatives: Future architecture (addressing societal challenges), Yoxi (social innovation through investments), The Current (prototyping new financial relationships), 19340 (filmmaking), and Fera Press (knowledge artifacts). These projects are connected by their shared pursuit of building more beautiful futures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Future architecture: Takes an architect's mindset to address societal challenges
• Yoxi
• The Current
• 19340
• Fera Press
• The Shop

Products and services

• Future architecture An initiative applying an architect's mindset to address societal challenges through design-led interventions.
• Yoxi An initiative exploring social innovation by making small investments in big questions, channeling capital toward forward-looking projects.
• The Current An initiative prototyping new ways to relate to money through financial innovation experiments.
• 19340 A creative production initiative that produces feature-length narrative and documentary films.
• Fera Press An independent press imprint that turns learnings into physical and digital artifacts, including an associated merchandise shop for purchasing.
• The Shop (Fera Press) An online merchandise shop associated with Fera Press where customers can purchase branded artifacts and goods.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Future ArchitecturecoreOthersAn initiative under the DOIF ecosystem that takes an architect's mindset to address societal challenges. This is an internal project of the DOIF ecosystem rather than an external partnership.
• YoxicoreOthersAn initiative under the DOIF ecosystem that explores social innovation by making small investments in big questions. Part of the internal project portfolio.
• The CurrentcoreOthersAn initiative under the DOIF ecosystem that prototypes new ways to relate to money. Internal portfolio project focused on financial innovation.
• 19340coreOthersAn initiative under the DOIF ecosystem that produces feature-length narrative and documentary films. Internal creative production arm.
• Fera PresscoreOthersAn initiative under the DOIF ecosystem that turns learnings into artifacts. Internal publishing and knowledge dissemination arm with an associated shop.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Creative Capital: Foundation providing project-based grants to innovative artists and social entrepreneurs. Closely comparable to Yoxi's mission of "small investments in big questions," and an adjacent enabler to DOIF's social-innovation initiatives.

Direct peers

• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC): NYC-based arts organization providing workspace residencies, grants, and public programming to artists. Similar to DOIF in combining resource provision with creative programming across multiple initiatives.
• Eyebeam: NYC-based art and technology organization supporting residencies, exhibitions, and public programs. Similar in size, founder-driven ethos, and multi-disciplinary programming approach to DOIF's ecosystem model.
• The Kitchen: NYC non-profit art space supporting experimental performance, video, and installation across multiple programs. Comparable as a small-team, mission-driven, multi-disciplinary creative platform operating in New York.
• Judd Foundation: Artist foundation maintaining and programming multiple Donald Judd spaces in Texas and New York. Comparable to DOIF in being a single founder's legacy vehicle for stewarding creative output across multiple sites and disciplines.
• Rhizome: Non-profit supporting born-digital art through commissions, preservation, and editorial programming. Comparable in scale and in operating a multi-channel creative platform from New York with a forward-looking mission.
• Pioneer Works: Brooklyn-based artist-led cultural organization operating an ecosystem of programs (exhibitions, music, residencies, science). Closest peer to DOIF: similar founder-driven multi-disciplinary creative model with comparable scale and mission-driven ethos.
• Triangle Arts Association: International arts residency and exchange network supporting experimental practice across disciplines. Comparable to DOIF in operating an ecosystem of place-based creative programs tied together by a shared mission.

Broad incumbents

• The Shed: NYC cultural institution producing commissions across art, music, film, and performance under one roof. Comparable in multi-disciplinary programmatic ambition, though substantially larger and more institutionally structured than DOIF.

Emerging players

• Shared_Studios: Organization creating physical and digital spaces for human connection and cultural exchange. Comparable to DOIF as a small-team, mission-driven creative platform operating multiple sub-initiatives tied to a unifying purpose.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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