Jonah Feingold Raises $3M for Romantical Media Venture
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- Jonah Feingold is seeking $3 million to launch Romantical, a media company focused on romantic comedy content across film, digital series, live events, and brand partnerships.
- Romantical plans to operate as a business rather than a single‑asset venture, offering investors equity in multiple projects and a compounding IP engine.
- Feingold has directed four features, including rom‑coms for Paramount+ (“At Midnight”) and Amazon (“EXmas”), and is preparing his fifth film and a sixth this summer.
- Romantical has already produced branded rom‑com shorts with sponsors such as Hinge, Tinder, and BetterHelp as a proof of concept.
- Feingold wants direct distribution to capture first‑dollar revenue and has proposed a native Rent/Buy button on YouTube, prompting a response from YouTube’s head of Film and TV Partnerships, Fede Goldberg.
- Romantical aims for a breakout theatrical release by year three and, within five years, a library licensed to Netflix, Amazon, and Tubi.
- Feingold has been in talks with potential investors including a former Resy/AmEx executive and a serial paywall entrepreneur, indicating a focus on non‑traditional film financing.
Why it matters: The $3 M raise gives Feingold capital to build a rom‑com ecosystem that could give filmmakers equity and direct revenue, while investors gain exposure to multiple IP assets rather than a single film. It challenges the traditional financing model that isolates projects and distributes profits across many intermediaries.
