{"id":56218,"date":"2026-07-16T22:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/56218\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:19:17","slug":"spains-sett-invests-7-3-million-in-amuse-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/56218\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain’s SETT Invests $7.3 Million in Amuse Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSpain<\/a>\u2019s government is investing \u20ac6.4 million ($7.3 million) in newly established Canary Islands<\/a> animation company Amuse Labs<\/a>, accelerating the archipelago\u2019s push to become a global base for children\u2019s IP.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal, structured through state-backed technology investment vehicle SETT<\/a>, brings together $15.1 million in public and private capital. SETT will hold a 48% stake, while Amuse Studios will become Amuse Labs\u2019 second-largest shareholder.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe operation is expected to underpin animation projects valued at up to $22.9 million, giving Amuse Labs the financial muscle to expand internationally and operate across the full production and commercial chain.<\/p>\n

\n\tBased in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Amuse Labs is a digital animation studio and production company focused on creating, producing and internationally exploiting children\u2019s content for broadcasters and digital platforms.<\/p>\n

\n\tCentral to its business model is ownership of the intellectual property behind its productions, rather than operating solely as a service provider. Amuse Labs will oversee projects from writing, production and technological development through distribution, licensing and merchandising.<\/p>\n

\n\tIts expansion plan targets North America, Asia, the European Union and the U.K. Potential clients and partners extend beyond broadcasters and streamers to toy manufacturers and publishing groups, reflecting its ambition to build franchises across multiple revenue streams.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company also plans to deploy new technology across its 2D animation and CGI pipelines, localization and production management, including AI tools designed to streamline specific processes.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe operation is expected to create 40 direct jobs and around 150 indirect positions across animation, post-production, sound, translation, distribution, licensing, merchandising and legal services.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSpain is strengthening its leadership in audiovisual production, with the Canary Islands as a strategic engine,\u201d \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres, Spain\u2019s minister for territorial policy and democratic memory, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tSETT, which sits under Spain\u2019s Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, invests public capital alongside private partners in strategic, technology-driven industries. The deal forms part of the second phase of the Spain Audiovisual Hub plan, a government initiative aimed at strengthening the country\u2019s film, TV and digital-content sectors while attracting international production and investment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Amuse Labs deal brings Spanish government commitments to the Canary Islands\u2019 audiovisual sector to nearly $46 million over the past two months.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt follows SETT\u2019s $28.8 million backing of Las Palmas-based animation studio Anima Kitchent alongside global animation and VFX group DNEG, as well as its participation with South Africa\u2019s Known Associates Group in an audiovisual venture encompassing post-production and digital arts operations in the islands.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmuse Labs joins a growing cluster of audiovisual companies operating under the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC<\/a>), the archipelago\u2019s investment-oriented low-tax regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s government is investing \u20ac6.4 million ($7.3 million) in newly established Canary Islands animation company Amuse Labs, accelerating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23402,647,16802,17,16819],"class_list":["post-56218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-amuse-labs","tag-canary-islands","tag-sett","tag-spain","tag-zec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}