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Trianon Global
Media Fund I

Intelligence · Media · Capital
$10M Seed · $85–100M Follow-On Target · Delaware LP
70+
Hollywood Feature Credits
$10M
Initial Raise Target
$5B+
GP Entertainment Portfolio
35
Countries · 5 Continents
8%
Preferred Return Hurdle

Where Sovereign
Capital Meets
Hollywood Command

Trianon Global Media Fund I is a Delaware Limited Partnership targeting the development and early production of global feature films and media content — anchored by a management team whose credentials span US apex defense intelligence, GCC sovereign capital markets, and 70+ major Hollywood productions.

The fund occupies a structural gap in the global media market: the intersection of sovereign soft power strategy, institutional capital deployment, and proven Hollywood production authority. No comparable team exists.

Fund Structure
Delaware LP · Reg D 506(c) · 2% Management Fee · 20% Carry · 8% Preferred Return Hurdle
Capital Targets
$10M seed capital for media development and early production, with a follow-on target of $85–100M
Focus
Global feature film and media development · Military and geopolitical narratives · Sovereign soft power content · International co-production
Distribution
Direct relationships with major streaming platforms, global distribution networks, and international festival circuits

Military Precision.
Hollywood Scale.

"The most powerful stories are built by those who have lived the mission — not just written about it."

Trianon Global was forged at a singular intersection: two principals who commanded at the apex of US Special Operations and Defense Intelligence — and brought that same operational discipline, geopolitical clarity, and mission-first culture to the global entertainment industry.

The films that define generations — Act of Valor, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, Zero Dark Thirty — succeeded because authentic command authority stood behind the camera. Trianon Global brings that authority to the capital table. No advisory firm, studio, or media fund can field this combination.

DTSA / RAID Commanding Officer (2023–2026) The US government's apex technology export control authority. Shaped DoD policy on AI, hypersonics, quantum computing, satellites, and all dual-use defense technologies. Every fund transaction involving US capital, talent, or IP carries this indemnification — an asset no entertainment fund has ever held.
SEAL Team 17 Commanding Officer (2017–2020) Commanded the largest Information Warfare and drone command in the US military. Architected Project MAVEN for SOCOM — the DoD's foundational advance in military AI, subsequently adopted DoD-wide. The same mind that built the military's AI doctrine now structures the fund's intelligence-driven content strategy.
SOCPAC Chief of Staff (2021–2023) JSOC authority spanning 55%+ of Earth's surface. Indications and Warning Officer. Senior designer of unmanned systems and immersive intelligence tools across the Indo-Pacific theater.
SEAL Team 6 · 6-Time Founder · Intelligence Venture Capital Co-founder of DataTribe — the premier US intelligence community venture fund. Co-founder of Blue Pacific Studios. The only GP principal in any media fund who brings SEAL Team 6 operational DNA, IC relationships at the highest classification, and an operational production studio already on the field.
Production
Act of Valor
Produced with active-duty US Navy SEALs. $80M worldwide. The gold standard of authentic military cinema — and the template Trianon follows for every production.
2nd Unit Director · Kostenko
Production
We Were Soldiers
Mel Gibson. The Battle of Ia Drang, 1965. Military precision in production design and battlefield choreography — authenticity that only command experience delivers.
2nd Unit Director · Kostenko
Production
Man on Fire
Tony Scott · Denzel Washington. The defining modern security-intelligence thriller. Produced with elite protective services authority behind every frame.
2nd Unit Director · Kostenko
Production
The Last Samurai
Tom Cruise · Edward Zwick. A $140M global epic — hundreds of combat sequences, thousands of cast members. Command authority on an industrial scale.
2nd Unit Director · Kostenko
The Trianon Difference
twofour54 had administrators. Image Nation had proximity. The studios have development executives. Trianon Global has two Special Operations Commanding Officers — one who developed the DoD's foundational AI program and commanded the US government's apex export control authority, one who co-founded the intelligence community's leading venture fund and an operational production studio. Both with decades of Hollywood credits. That combination has never existed in a single media fund. It exists here.
Investment Thesis

Three Pillars of
Structural Advantage

01
Proven Production Authority
The fund's GP brings 70+ Hollywood feature credits under DGA jurisdiction — Man on Fire, The Last Samurai, We Were Soldiers, Act of Valor, Freelance among them. This is not advisory proximity. This is command authority on the world's largest stages.
02
Sovereign Capital Access
Direct, senior relationships with GCC sovereign wealth institutions — ADIA, Mubadala, ADQ — built through years of institutional deal-making at Sberbank Abu Dhabi and KingsRock Advisors. The LP introduction pathway most advisory firms cannot replicate.
03
Intelligence Edge
US apex defense intelligence — DTSA/RAID CO, SEAL Team 17 CO, SOCPAC Chief of Staff, SEAL Team 6 — delivers geopolitical pattern recognition, ITAR/EAR mastery, and deal indemnification no entertainment fund has ever brought to the table.
The Team

The Only Team
For This Moment

The convergence of sovereign banking, Hollywood production command, Special Operations leadership, and US apex defense intelligence has never existed in a single media fund — until now.

Managing Partner · CEO · Production Principal
Franklin Kostenko Jr.
45-year creative leader. Career began on Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982, dir. John Landis). 70+ Hollywood feature film credits. DGA-accredited producer/director. EVP Landmark Entertainment Group: $5B+ global entertainment across 35 countries, 5 continents. Goddard Group leadership: Galaxy World Macau ($1.9B — World's Best Casino/Integrated Resort 2012). Commanding Officer, SEAL Team 17 (2017–2020). SOCPAC Chief of Staff (2021–2023). DTSA/RAID Commander (2023–2026) — US government's apex technology export authority. Architect of Project MAVEN for SOCOM, adopted DoD-wide. US Navy Reserve Captain (O-6). NaVOBA SDVBE #202500282D.
Principal · Fund Chair · GCC Capital
Alexander Bazarov
Wharton MBA. Former Senior Banker, Sberbank Abu Dhabi — built direct relationships with ADIA ($1.18T), Mubadala ($358B), and ADQ ($263B). Architect of Mubadala co-investment relationships via KingsRock Advisors. Current Principal, Lion's Paw AG — sovereign advisory, media finance, and GCC capital deployment. Senior Advisor, KingsRock Advisors, Abu Dhabi. Lead author: Abu Dhabi & the Emirates: Finding the New Equilibrium, prepared for the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
Principal · Special Operations · Venture Capital
Mike Janke
6-time founder and venture capitalist. Former US Navy SEAL Team 6 — the US military's apex special mission unit. Co-founder, DataTribe — the premier US intelligence community venture fund. Co-founder, Blue Pacific Studios — an independent film and television production company already operational in the field. Mike brings what no financial partner can replicate: SEAL Team 6 operational DNA, IC relationships at the highest classification levels, and a production company already building.
Senior Creative Consultant · Director
Pierre Morel
Director: Taken ($226M worldwide), From Paris with Love, Peppermint, Freelance (John Cena, 2023). Director: The Ambush / Al Kameen — highest-grossing Emirati and Arabic-language film in UAE history. Globally distributed by Saban Films. Described by Military.com as the UAE's Black Hawk Down. The only A-list Hollywood director who has shot and globally distributed a feature film in UAE terrain.
Qualified Investor Inquiries

Contact
Trianon Global

This offering is available exclusively to Qualified Investors under Reg D 506(c). All inquiries are handled directly by the Managing Partner.

Managing Partner
Franklin Kostenko Jr.
Phone
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