CGHero was founded by Jonathan Lloyd and Chris Lawrence, lifelong friends, 80's music fans, 3D artists and industry professionals with over 20 years of combined experience in the creative industries.
Frustrated with existing freelance platforms, they set about creating a better alternative, one with a strong sense of community at its core and a unique focus on the production of CGI.
Since launch, CGHero has received an amazing reception from artists and customers around the world. The CGHero community now includes over 350 talented and passionate freelance CG artists and has helped companies of all sizes to source awe-inspiring content that absolutely blows away customers.
Frustrated with existing freelance platforms, they set about creating a better alternative, one with a strong sense of community at its core and a unique focus on the production of CGI.
Since launch, CGHero has received an amazing reception from artists and customers around the world. The CGHero community now includes over 350 talented and passionate freelance CG artists and has helped companies of all sizes to source awe-inspiring content that absolutely blows away customers.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Manchester
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +44 161 408 1980
Founded date: 2016
Investors 5
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Mentions in press and media 7
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| 25.02.2021 | Announcing the winners of Rising Stars 3.0 | We are excited to announce the 10 winners of Rising Stars 3.0 – our most exciting and accessible competition for early-stage startups yet. Relaunched with a new virtual format during Covid-19, it saw more than 330 companies apply for a chan... |
| 08.02.2021 | Meet our 20 Rising Stars 3.0 finalists | We are excited to reveal the 20 companies selected as UK Finalists to go through to the Rising Stars Winners Judging Roundtable. Following first-class pitch training from Billy Webber, Jill McKinney and their team from Pitch for Success, ou... |
| 16.12.2020 | Introducing: The Regional Winners of Rising Stars 3.0 | To mark the festive season, we are delighted to introduce our Regional Winners for Rising Stars 3.0, also known as ‘The 12 Days of Scaleups’! Now in its third year, Rising Stars is the UK’s only national early-stage tech scaleup competitio... |
| 17.08.2020 | These promising Manchester tech startups secured maximum funding in Q2 2020 | Manchester in the UK is carving out to become a major tech hub. There has been a technological revolution in the city leading to a surge in the number of tech startups out there. It is touted to be one of the cities in the UK to have the hi... |
| - | A new way of categorising businesses | The world changes all the time, and so do businesses. Some time ago, when talking about companies to fund, we would typically refer to the sector in which they operated – e.g. Retail or Property –, their business model – B2B or B2C –, or th... |
| - | SFC startups that are beating the crisis | Although the COVID-19 crisis has hit the economy hard, startups have the potential to be real winners in this new world. The digital transformation of society is being massively accelerated and never before have such drastic changes occurre... |
| - | SFC Alumni Highlights 2019 | Over the year, we have had some exciting accomplishments in the Startup Funding Club Alumni community. From awards and product launches to closing substantial funding rounds, our Alumni are wrapping up 2019 on a high note. The year began s... |