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The Tornante Company
Type	Private
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California
Industry	Private equity, Venture capital
Website	www.tornante.com

The Tornante Company is a privately held investment firm founded by former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner in 2005. Tornante invests in and creates media and entertainment.

At Webby Connect, Michael Eisner said that the name came from a bike trip he took in Italy; he found out that Tornante means hairpin turn in Italian.

Tornante is based in Beverly Hills, California.

[edit] Investments

Current ventures for the firm include:

Vuguru - online video production company.
Veoh - online video sharing site, rival to YouTube.
Team Baby Entertainment - Children's sports DVD and production company.
Topps Company - Sports trading card and bubble gum maker.
SamHas7Friends - internet-serial drama.
Glenn Martin, DDS - stop-motion animation series which premiered in August 2009 on Nick at Night.

Andy Redman, is responsible for sourcing transactions for Tornante.^[1]. Redman found web series, Prom Queen, which made its debut on MySpace and has been the first major hit from Tornante.