UK-based Wonder Studios, a production company specialising in generative AI video creation, has secured $12m in a fundraising round.
Wonder was launched in April 2025 by Xavier Collins, a former executive at Deliveroo and Turo, and Justin Hackney, a former Creative Director at speech synthesis company ElevenLabs.
According to Wonder, it has generated significant revenue through high-profile collaborations and original productions since launching.
Highlights include an AI-powered music video for Lewis Capaldi’s “Something in the Heavens”, created with Google DeepMind, YouTube, and Universal Music Group.
The studio also launched “Beyond the Loop,” its first original anthology series, co-produced with ElevenLabs, Freepik, Fal, and Kling AI. This series includes four short films created with AI.
The £12m fundraise in Wonder Studios was led by Atomico, alongside existing investors LocalGlobe and Blackbird.
Wonder has also secured backing from: tech giant Adobe Ventures; entertainment executives, such as Erik Huggers, Chairman of Freepik of EveryoneTV and former CEO of Vevo; media and marketing executives, including Nigel Morris, former CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network for Americas and EMEA; venture capital funds like Mercuri and Sidemen's Upside Ventures; and AI forerunners including Joaquín Cuenca Abela, CEO of Freepik, and Mati Staniszewski, CEO of ElevenLabs.
Wonder produces commercial work for brands and artists, IP partnerships with content creators, and original content production.
The AI studio plans to double its engineering team and accelerate its expansion into IP ownership and original content. Upcoming projects include a documentary with Emmy Award-winning Campfire Studios, producers of Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, The Menendez Brothers, and America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
“Wonder is the entertainment studio for the new era,” said Collins. “At the heart of our vision is combining Hollywood filmmaking excellence with AI-powered creative freedom, empowering both established directors and emerging creators to tell their most ambitious stories.”
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