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Digital Marketing Startup Offscript Worldwide Secures Investment From Essence Ventures

Aug 1, 2026 | By Devin Jacobs

SUMMARY

Offscript Worldwide has received a strategic minority investment from Essence Ventures.
Offscript Worldwide is a creator-owned media company that connects brands, creators, and audiences through digital content, media platforms, and live events.
The investment will help the company expand advertising opportunities, grow its media portfolio, and scale its creator platforms and cultural experiences.

Offscript Worldwide, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a creator-owned ecosystem connecting brands and platforms across media, has received a strategic minority investment from Essence Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

The investment will help Offscript Worldwide expand commercial opportunities for advertisers, grow its portfolio of media brands and creator platforms and scale cultural and live experiences across its ecosystem.

Funding Snapshot

Metric	Details
Investment Type	Strategic Minority Investment
Investment Amount	Undisclosed
Investor	ESSENCE Ventures
Company	Offscript Worldwide
Sector	Media, Creator Economy, Digital Entertainment
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, USA

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About Offscript Worldwide

Offscript Worldwide is a creator owned media company that connects brands, creators, and audiences through digital content, creator platforms, media brands, and live experiences. The company has evolved beyond its REVOLT media brand to build a diversified portfolio designed to shape culture and engage next generation audiences.

Following the investment, the combined portfolios of Offscript Worldwide and ESSENCE Ventures include leading brands such as ESSENCE, Girls United, ESSENCE Studios, ESSENCE Festival of Culture®, Refinery29, AFROPUNK, Beautycon™, REVOLT, and 3BLACKDOT, collectively reaching millions of consumers through digital content, social media, creator communities and live events.

Core offerings include:

Creator-owned media platforms
Brand and creator partnerships
Digital content and social media networks
Live cultural experiences and events

Core Technologies / Products / Services

Capability / Product	Application / Use Case
Creator Network	Brand collaborations and influencer marketing
Media Platforms	Digital publishing and audience engagement
Live Experiences	Community events and cultural festivals
Advertising Solutions	Multi-platform brand campaigns

Leadership Comments

“This investment is about continuing the momentum both organizations have built and creating the scale to compete for where media and advertising are going,” said Kirk McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of Sundial Media & Technology Group, parent company of ESSENCE Ventures. “For generations, Black-owned media has punched above its weight, shaping culture while being underinvested relative to the value it creates around the world.

"Black-owned media has never meant a Black-only audience — and this ecosystem is proof at scale,” said Detavio Samuels, Chief Executive Officer, Offscript Worldwide and REVOLT. “Offscript Worldwide and REVOLT built the audiences driving youth culture across music, gaming and sports. Sundial Media Group adds cross-cultural, multigenerational women's audiences.