Black Goblin

Our CEO, Ana Betancourt, recently joined EFM Alumni Zoe Ramushu and Frederik Merkel in a captivating conversation with Johanna Koljonen for the latest episode of the EFM Podcast. In this fascinating chat, we have the chance to hear more about Zoe and Frederik's ventures with Wrapped, an app that enables companies and individuals in the film and television industry to hire and be hired, train and be trained in an inclusive and efficient way and Phont, a novel automated creative captioning software, that helps companies create more engaging subtitles that take into account emotional, sound and other types of content beyond speech/dialogue. Ana also had a chance to speak about our product Thol, and its opportunities to boost small post studios and freelancers' profitability while unlocking new ways to design sound effects for image. A big thank you to the European Film Market – EFM for making this enriching exchange possible! 🎬🎧

🧠 Last Week, our team members participated in the SoundTech Accelerator Program's Camp 1, hosted by Sound Hub Denmark . This intensive workshop focused on refining our business model, identifying our first market, sharpening our value proposition, and validating our market assumptions. The insights and tools gained will significantly enhance our strategic approach and accelerate our path to market. We are very grateful for the exceptional guidance from industry experts and the supportive environment at Sound Hub. Sound Hub Denmark #StartupAcceleration #BusinessModelInnovation #MarketValidation #SoundHubDenmark #SoundTechAccelerator

Black Goblin is thrilled to officially welcome Scott to the team as our new Digital Marketing and Content Strategist! 🎉 Scott brings a wealth of experience and a passion for crafting compelling content and driving impactful digital strategies. We were so impressed with proven experience in content marketing in a closely related industry. He's already hit the ground running and we can't wait to see the amazing things he'll accomplish here. I know Scott is eager to connect with everyone, so please join us in giving him a warm welcome! Feel free to reach out and say hello. 👋 Find out what were building - https://lnkd.in/ezm8K8bY #newhire #digitalmarketing #contentstrategy #welcometotheteam #blackgoblin #sounddesign

Black Goblin is at Slush! We were lucky enough to travel to Slush this year with the Baltic Ventures team and additional support from the MyWorld Programme at Bristol! Our CEO, Ana, has been engaging in amazing conversations with investors, other founders and Film, Animation and Games studios, so if you fit the profile and would like to know more about our work and how we are using technology to boost profitability for studios and equally important unlock the creative potential in sound design, message Ana Betancourt to have a chat! [Either in Slush or after]

We are hiring! Thanks to Baltic Ventures' support, we are super happy to say that we are currently hiring a new member into our fellowship to take over Black Goblin's brand and content strategy. If the profile #sounds like you, put in an application, we can't wait to hear from you.

🏆Im Rahmen des AniX Award wurde auch der Trickstar Business vergeben, der Preis für das beste innovative und zukunftsweisende Geschäftsmodell im Animationsbereich in Höhe von 7.500 Euro, gestiftet vom Verband Region Stuttgart. Er ging in diesem Jahr an Black Goblin von Ana Betancourt (UK). Die Jury begründete ihre Entscheidung wie folgt: 📈„Mit BLACK GOBLINs innovativer Software THOL konzentriert sich das Unternehmen darauf, die Art und Weise zu verändern, wie Kreative mit Sound arbeiten. Mit Hilfe der Technologie des maschinellen Lernens in Echtzeit ermöglicht die Plattform Kreativen, hochwertige, anpassbare Soundeffekte direkt auf visuellen Inhalten zu erzeugen. Um auf eine solche Idee zu kommen, muss man die Bedürfnisse der Postproduktion im Detail kennen und verstehen. 🎧Mit der Erfindung von THOL haben sie ein unglaublich nützliches Tool für die Sound-Postproduktion geschaffen, das Effizienz und Qualitätsansprüche auf das Beste vereint. THOL ist eine kleine Anwendung mit einer großen Wirkung für die gesamte Branche.“ Die Jury entschied, dass diese innovative Geschäftsidee einzigartig ist und das Potenzial hat, zu wachsen. +++ ENGLISH VERSION +++ The Trickstar Business Award recognised the best innovative and forward-looking business model in the animation sector, worth €7,500, sponsored by the Verband Region Stuttgart. This year, it was awarded to BLACK GOBLIN by Ana Betancourt (UK). The jury stated: “With BLACK GOBLIN’s cutting-edge software THOL, the company focuses on transforming the way creatives work with sound. With the help of machine learning technology in real-time, the platform empowers creatives to generate high-quality, customizable sound effects directly onto visual content. To come up with such an idea you must know and understand postproduction needs in detail. With the invention of THOL they created an incredibly useful tool for the sound postproduction which combines efficiency at quality needs at its very best. THOL is a small application with a big impact for the whole industry.” 📸 Reiner Pfisterer

Really honoured to have been nominated and granted the Trickstar Business Award, today is a great day for our small team, and we are sure it is a very exciting day as well for our CEO Ana Betancourt who had the honour to be at the ceremony in Stuttgart! Thank you to the amazing organisers at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and Verband Region Stuttgart for their support and the amazing event!

Honoured and happy to be nominated!