The Studio
The Studio
Backing Bold Ideas
For visionary creatives, artists, founders and teams seeking investment from The Studio to bring their bold ideas to life.
Apply For BackingThe Studio is where Jos builds with people: media projects, performances, brand partnerships, and selective investment in ideas that explore culture.
The Studio invests
In artists, founders, creators and teams working at the intersection of:
- Emerging technologies
- Education & learning
- Social impact
- Culture-shifting creativity
- Media, storytelling, theater & original IP
- Human potential and future systems
This is a studio-backed partnership: strategic, creative and collaborative.
We invest in projects that reflect
- Intelligent content
- Strategic delivery
- Creative storytelling
- Diverse voices
- Global stories
- Community benefits
How we partner: we share in the upside through equity, royalties, revenue share, or co-built IP, structured around what each project needs, and always on terms that protect the creator’s interests.
Investments
What The Studio Invests In
The Studio selectively invests in people and ideas that align with its values: creativity, humanity, intelligence, and exponential potential. If you’re building in or identify with:
You are encouraged to apply.
Our geographical & diversity priorities
The Studio has a global worldview.
We’re shaped by work in 40+ countries and lived experience in 15. All applications are welcome.
- Originality: a point of view that’s yours
- Cultural resonance
- Emotional truth
- Stories that haven’t been told
- First-time founders and creators
What we look for
Application Criteria
To be considered, your project should meet most of the following.
Creative + Intelligent
Your work blends creativity, story, or cultural insight with strategic thinking, systems awareness, or technological potential.
Future-Facing
Your idea leans into what’s coming, not what’s already been done.
Human-Centered
Your project elevates human potential: learning, storytelling, well-being, emotional intelligence, or meaningful connection.
Bold + Distinctive
Something about your idea is original, alive, or culturally resonant. It has a spark.
Aligned with Studio Values
Creativity as strategy, using technology only if and where we need it. Humanity at the center, to create work that moves people together.
Creative Collaboration
Exploring what it means to build together and unite voices.
A Founder We Can Back
Kind, self-aware and compassionate: the leadership our world needs.
Geographically Inclusive
Globally minded. We read every application with a global lens and welcome work from anywhere.
Ready to apply?
Below is the full investment application.
It is designed to understand the idea, the founder, and the potential.