Three Nashville-based business partners have launched Engage Media Capital Management to manage private equity funds aimed at the faith-based media market.
Managing Director Jamie Brandenburg — who has teamed up with Scott Mills and Jason Ellerbrook — said the firm has multiple films, TV shows and mobile gaming applications in development. The venture’s ultimate vision goes further and includes the goal of backing high-quality, widely-distributed box office hits that send “a message that’s consistent with the Christian worldview — clean, encouraging and positive.”
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