Money Talks: Inside the New Wave of Social Video Investment

Ahead of the TellyCast Digital Content Forum returning to BFI Southbank on 5 November, we're revisiting one of last year's standout sessions.Daniel Winner chairs a conversation with three of the most active investors in creator and social video businesses in the UK: Indi Sunner of Lunar X, Jason Kingston-Brown of Viewture, and Claire Geddie of Electrify Video Partners.They discuss why institutional capital has replaced vanity investing in this space, what makes a YouTube-first business investible, how valuations are actually calculated, why the "thousand true fans" model has overtaken subscriber count as the metric that matters, and what founders need in place before they raise.Watch the panel sessionRecorded live at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum 2025. Sign up for The Drop newsletterEnrol on the TellyCast Digital BootcampBuy tickets for the Digital Content ForumSubscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videosFollow us on LinkedInConnect with Justin on LinkedINTellyCast videos on YouTubeTellyCast websiteTellyCast instaTellyCast TwitterTellyCast TikTok