Creator Economy Startups
1,734 companies tagged Creator Economy, with their investors and founders.
Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players. It enables game developers to integrate social features directly into games and supports live streaming, custom communities, and in-game activities.
41 investors
Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents. It serves aspiring creators and developers of all technical backgrounds.
35 investors
Dapper Labs is a venture studio building products and communities at the intersection of culture and emerging technology, focused on digital ownership, data control, and decentralized platforms for creators and collectors. The company operates as a studio where individuals serve as founders or founder-in-training, developing solutions that leverage blockchain and open-state technologies.
33 investors
Snapchat is a mobile app for communicating with friends and family through photos and videos, featuring augmented-reality Lenses, creative sharing tools, and a personalized map for discovering places and content. It is a consumer social and media platform operated by Snap Inc.
28 investors
ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company that builds voice generation and audio processing platforms for creating human-like voice interactions with technology. The company serves individuals with accessibility needs, nonprofits, and general users across healthcare, education, and culture.
25 investors
ByteDance builds a portfolio of digital platforms and services focused on short-form video, content creation, e-commerce, and workplace collaboration, serving creators and consumers globally. The company operates multiple products including TikTok, Douyin, CapCut, TikTok Shop, and Lark across international and China-specific markets.
21 investors
Adobe is a multinational software company that develops creative, design, and business productivity applications. The company provides tools for image editing, video production, PDF management, and AI-powered content creation for individual creators and enterprise customers.
20 investors
Unity is a cross-platform real-time development engine and creation platform used by content creators and developers to build games and interactive experiences for mobile, PC, console, and extended reality (XR) devices.
19 investors
TIME is a global media brand, launched in 1923 as the first weekly news magazine, that publishes journalism across a website, print magazine, social channels, live events, and branded content. It also operates divisions and platforms spanning film and television, climate action, e-commerce recommendations, and NFTs, reaching an audience of over 100 million worldwide.
18 investors
Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models. It serves creative professionals and developers building applications with tools like AI agents, automation, and a supercomputer interface.
18 investors
Fal provides fast inference for generative AI models, particularly for image and video generation tasks like SDXL and Whisper. The platform serves developers building creative applications and consumer tools at scale.
17 investors
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform where users create blogs and share posts, following other blogs to build a network.
17 investors
Whatnot is a live commerce marketplace that enables creators and entrepreneurs to build businesses by connecting with audiences through real-time streaming and shopping. The platform combines social interaction with commerce, allowing content creators to monetize their passion.
15 investors
Patreon is a membership platform that enables creators to build communities, share exclusive work, and monetize their output through direct fan support, eliminating algorithmic dependence. The platform serves musicians, artists, and other content creators across all disciplines, providing both free and paid membership models.
14 investors
Suno is a music creation platform that uses AI to enable users of any skill level to generate songs. The company serves musicians and non-musicians globally who want to create and experience music.
13 investors
beehiiv is a publishing platform for creators, publishers, and brands to build and grow newsletters, websites, podcasts, and communities. It includes tools for content creation, audience growth, and monetization through a built-in ad network and paid subscriptions.
12 investors
Manticore Games develops and publishes Out of Time, a co-op roguelite video game, and operates the Core Platform, a user-generated content platform for games and interactive experiences. The company serves gaming audiences globally.
12 investors
A browser-based metaverse built for everyone.
12 investors
Versus provides an interactive content platform that enables audiences to make predictions and express opinions about live and on-demand entertainment content like TV shows and sports. The platform uses AI to personalize interactive experiences and generate incremental revenue through contextual advertising.
11 investors
Livepeer is a permissionless GPU network that enables real-time video inference, allowing developers to generate, transform, and analyze live video streams through AI-powered processing without pre-rendering or pre-recording.
10 investors
Medal is a free software application for recording, editing, and sharing gameplay highlights on PC and mobile. It serves gamers of all levels who want to capture and share in-game moments without complicated setup or specialized equipment.
10 investors
Paragraph is a publishing platform with an integrated AI agent that automates content creation, editing, and distribution across multiple channels including blogs, newsletters, social media, and landing pages. It serves content creators, writers, and company teams looking to consolidate their publishing workflow and reach owned audiences.
10 investors
Popular Pays is an influencer marketing and creator management platform that connects brands with creators for campaign development and execution. The company serves brands seeking to collaborate with content creators aligned with their values.
10 investors
Roblox is an online platform where users create accounts to play and access games and experiences. The visible page is a sign-up and login screen for the gaming platform.
10 investors