Launch Financing To Expand Short-Term Indie Film Lending On Back Of New $15M Senior Credit Facility

Deadline - Oct 14, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Beverly Hills-based film finance specialist Launch Financing is poised to scale up its short-term gap loan services for indie productions in the U.S., Canada and the UK having secured its first ever institutional $15M senior credit facility. The film-lending arm of producer-financier Chris K. Daniels’ The Launch Company, has previously funded more than 60 […]

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