SOFTWARE SECTOR: Internet & New Media
STATUS: Current Portfolio Company
WEBSITE: www.genarts.com

GenArts, Inc. (“GenArts”) is a premier provider of visual special effects software for the film and video industry. Their Sapphire Plug-ins extend the capabilities of editing and effects workstations by providing digital artists with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, enabling Hollywood, commercial, broadcast, and episodic content producers to bring to life some of the most innovative audience experiences in entertainment. Sapphire Plug-ins have been used in such major productions as the Spiderman Trilogy, the music videos of U2, and ABC’s Lost.