About Ripple Effect
We invest in independent narrative features and documentaries made with artistic integrity and deep accountability to their subjects. We built Ripple Effect Fund because we believe the most exciting stories being told right now are coming from first and second-time filmmakers whose voices the industry has been too slow to resource. We bring strategic rigor and genuine conviction because for us, those two things have never been in conflict.
We work alongside Oscar-nominated producers, filmmakers who have premiered at Sundance (and won the Grand Jury Prize), Cannes, Berlinale, and Venice. We brings capital and and genuine creative partnership to each film because we believe we're buidling a long-term community of creators.
Here's something the industry doesn't talk about enough: the data is clear. Films made by and for underrepresented communities don't just matter - they outperform.
According to UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report, films with population-representative casts consistently hit the peak for median return on investment.
A ReFrame study found that films with women and underrepresented genders in at least 50% of major roles earned nearly three times more on average — $293M versus $117M. It’s is mispriced asset class that I’m investing in.
Why Ripple Effect?
Our Story
Ripple Effect Fund was founded by Natalie Tagher: a strategist, investor, a native New Yorker, a Lebanese-American, and believer in the transformative power of storytelling.
By day, Natalie is Wharton MBA & a senior growth strategist at one of the world's leading fintech companies, where she runs a multi-billion dollar P&L, builds commercial frameworks, and makes the case for bold investments. She brings that same rigor to film with the added conviction that the best investments are the ones that make a positive impact.
Natalie has always believed that stories are the most powerful force we have — for building empathy, for making people feel seen, for changing how we understand ourselves and each other. She started Ripple Effect because she wanted to put her money and her time behind that belief.