Jakota Games & Reels

Name

Jakota Games & Reels

Legal name

Jakota Games & Reels SAS

Website

https://jakota.media

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Media Investment Holding

NAICS

Media Representatives (54184)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional/Local Market Publishers & Distributors (Territory Rights, Localization-led Publishing) (MPAFABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

VR/AR Game Publishing & Distribution (MPAFABAK), Game Aggregation, Content Distribution & RGS (Remote Game Servers) (MPAEAKAG), VR/AR/XR Game Studios (MPAFAAAE)

Keywords

• Digital entertainment investment
• AI virtual humans
• Asian entertainment IP
• Micro-drama distribution
• Media holding company

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns and Portfolio Management: Jakota Games & Reels generates returns through strategic investments in digital entertainment companies. The company invests in and selectively operates innovative digital entertainment companies originating from Asia, specifically Japan, Greater China and South Korea, as well as investing in funds and financial services companies specialized on media and entertainment sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jakota Games & Reels SAS is a Paris-based strategic investment and operating company that invests in and selectively operates innovative digital entertainment companies originating from Asia (Japan, Greater China, South Korea) and in media/entertainment-focused funds. It owns 100% of Digital Domain's AI Virtual Humans Business Solutions, operated through subsidiary Jakota AI Media, which delivers visual and multilingual AI-agents for entertainment, education, customer service, and retail foot-traffic conversion.

Product overview

Jakota Games & Reels SAS is a Paris-based digital media investment company established in 2022, focusing on strategic investments in the AI-disrupted media space. The company's portfolio consists of investments in digital entertainment companies from Asia, including: Digital Domain's AI Virtual Humans Business Solutions (acquired March 2026 and integrated into Jakota AI Media subsidiary) providing AI-powered virtual human technology for customer service and education; Crisp Momentum Inc. and its Crisp Originals app for short-form micro-drama content distribution; NEXVERSE for K-pop and gaming content; and Nobias European Studios for K-Pop education and events. The company also maintains investments in Jakota Capital Group (49%) and Olma Luxury Fund (30%).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Virtual Humans Business Solutions AI-powered virtual human technology providing public broadcasts, educational services, customer service applications, and foot-traffic conversion into retail sales; originally developed by Digital Domain within movie production and later commercialized for entertainment, education and customer service applications. Sold/licensed to corporate and retail customers in Asia.
• Jakota AI Media Wholly owned subsidiary of Jakota Games & Reels that owns and operates the global AI assistants business; managed from dual regional headquarters in Hong Kong and Taipei, providing visual and multilingual AI-agents for corporate and retail customers across various tasks and functions including entertainment, education, customer service and retail foot-traffic conversion.
• NEXVERSE K-pop and gaming-related content business acquired from NEORIGIN Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A094860) for KRW 39 billion, providing entertainment IP in the K-pop and gaming space. Reported KRW 1.09 billion revenue for FY2024.
• Nobias European Studios (K-Pop Camps and Dance Classes) Lisbon-based pan-European content production company focused on launching and operating K-Pop camps and dance classes in Portugal and other European markets, combining digital content technologies with European creative talent; first investment by JAKOTA Capital.
• Crisp Originals (Micro-drama Mobile App via Crisp Momentum) Proprietary mobile application for distributing vertical, micro-drama content (Duanju / short-form scripted video) developed by Crisp Momentum Inc., the only Western company with operational Duanju platforms, targeting a projected $10 billion overseas market by 2028.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Domain Holdings LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Digital Domain Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-listed visual effects company known for Oscar-winning Hollywood work, sold 100% ownership of its AI Virtual Humans Business Solutions to Jakota Games & Reels as part of its strategic realignment. The business provides AI virtual humans for entertainment, education and customer service applications.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• JAKOTA Capital AG: Parent Swiss investment and advisory firm focused on Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong media/entertainment — Jakota Games & Reels is its wholly-owned operating subsidiary executing the same cross-border Asian-IP-to-Europe thesis.
• NEORIGIN Co., Ltd. KOSDAQ-listed Korean gaming and content company that sold NEXVERSE to Jakota for KRW 39 billion; comparable as a Korean-listed entity with overlapping K-pop / gaming / digital entertainment IP that Jakota holds or values.
• Digital Domain Holdings Limited: Hong Kong-listed visual effects company that sold 100% of its AI Virtual Humans Business Solutions to Jakota; overlapping presence in visual AI / virtual human technology originally developed inside Hollywood feature film production.

Broad incumbents

• The Carlyle Group: Global alternative asset manager with dedicated consumer/media and Asia consumer strategies — comparable as a buyer of growth-stage entertainment, content, and consumer-tech assets across Asian and European geographies.
• HYBE Co., Ltd. Seoul-listed global entertainment company behind BTS and other K-pop IP, with explicit strategy to expand IP into gaming, animation, and Western markets — directly comparable thesis of monetizing Asian entertainment IP globally.
• Lionsgate: Established global entertainment holding company with film, TV, and content-IP operations spanning Asia and the West — a comparable scale player pursuing content-IP monetization across territories, though with a much larger portfolio.
• KKR & Co. Inc. Global alternative asset manager with significant media, entertainment, and technology investing; comparable as a large-scale investor-operator in entertainment assets, though at substantially larger fund and check size than Jakota.
• SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. Seoul-listed K-pop label and entertainment platform with deep K-content catalog and multi-format monetization — adjacent comparable as a Korean entertainment-IP owner that Jakota-related investments (NEXVERSE, Nobias K-Pop camps) and licensing activity align around.

Emerging players

• Studio Dragon Corporation: KOSDAQ-listed Korean drama production subsidiary of CJ ENM and a key originator of premium K-content IP — directly comparable as a Korean content-IP creator whose territory licensing into Europe aligns with Jakota's distribution thesis.
• Crisp Momentum Inc. U.S.-listed micro-drama / Duanju platform and former Jakota portfolio company (OpenLocker rebranded); relevant as the operating business in which Jakota held a 43.8% fully diluted stake before reducing exposure below 5% in March 2026.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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