[1] Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski and Jeremy Burdek created the Motion Investment Group in 2004 in Brussels.

Their plan was to set up a fund using Belgium's tax shelter provisions for visiting productions.

[2] In 2010, the group rebranded as uMedia, with business divisions of "uFund (fundraising), uFilm (production and investment), uDream (distribution) and uFX (visual effects)."

In 2011, its website reported it had staffed 75 employees, co-produced and financed 120 films, raised and invested 156 million euros.

[8][4] Laurent Jacobs, who joined Umedia as the chief financial officer in 2019, became co-CEO with Sirodot.