Raven Capital Backing Pilot Slate From Asia’s Coconuts TV (EXCLUSIVE)

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Raven Capital management, the U.S. private equity firm that last year acquired distributor Open Road, is to finance a slate of TV projects from South East Asia’s Coconuts. The arrangement will kick…

management, the U.S. private equity firm that last year acquired distributor Open Road, is to finance a slate of TV projects from South East Asia’s Coconuts.will partner on global licensing and distribution deals for the series.and Singapore-based Coconuts digital publishing group, headed by Byron Perry. With smart tabloid taste, the group likes to focus on “weird and wondrous” untold stories from Asia.

Production on the pilots will be led by Perry and Vim Shanmugam, head of content and production with Coconuts TV whose experience includes working in television and film at NBCU and Paramount Pictures. The seven pilots include: “Bangkok Queen,” a docu-drama starring Thailand’s leading drag queen Pangina Heals; “Influencer Island,” a reality competition show; “Thai Food 101,” a poetic and visually stunning ode to the sweet, sour, spicy, and salty deliciousness of perfectly executed Thai food; “Sex Lives Thailand,” a docu-series that focuses on Thailand’s diverse sexualities, travel series “Wander Woman” celebrating exceptional women against the backdrop of food, fashion and celebrity; “Gancha”...

 

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