Creator Economy Startups

Trend is a content marketplace platform that connects brands with creators for content production. The platform provides automated project management, customer support, and full licensing rights to streamline brand content creation.

4 investors

A writing platform that offers AI-assisted writing with access to premium models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. The service targets writers and content creators with both free and subscription-based plans.

4 investors

vidIQ offers AI-powered tools for YouTube creators, providing content ideas, video optimization (titles, tags, thumbnails), and creator coaching to help grow views and subscribers. It serves online video creators worldwide.

4 investors

Wix is a website builder and domain registrar that enables users to create professional websites and online presence. The platform serves businesses, creators, agencies, and enterprises with design tools, business management features, and AI-powered capabilities.

4 investors

Mirrativ operates a live game streaming platform where users can broadcast and watch gameplay, alongside advertising services and live gaming events.

4 investors

BitStar is a Japanese company operating creator support and content production businesses, including influencer marketing solutions for brands and businesses. It works with YouTubers and other creators to build and manage marketing campaigns and content.

4 investors

Creema is an online marketplace where creators sell original handmade works directly to consumers, offering promotion tools, anonymous shipping, and craft events. Launched in 2010, it is Japan's largest handmade marketplace, with roughly 300,000 creators listing about 20 million original items.

4 investors

10Web is an AI-powered website builder that enables users to create fully functional websites without technical skills. The platform serves creators and businesses seeking to build, launch, and manage their online presence, and offers white-label reseller options and API integration for developers.

3 investors

Affinity Labs is a venture studio that co-builds software companies with individual expert creators, using each creator's audience as day-one distribution. It handles product, growth, and infrastructure while sharing equity with the creator, and has launched consumer apps in areas such as interior design, travel planning, career transitions, and Islamic history education.

3 investors

Altalogy is a design and branding agency that captures and communicates the value of early-stage companies through website design, product interfaces, brand identity, and pitch deck design.

3 investors

AMT is an operating system for creator marketing that automates campaign management, creator outreach, and partnership tracking for brands. The platform enables companies of any size to run creator marketing programs without scaling headcount.

3 investors

Archive builds AI-powered creator marketing software for e-commerce brands, automating influencer program management and scaling community-driven marketing efforts.

3 investors

Aspire is an influencer marketing platform that helps brands build communities of ambassadors, influencers, and affiliates to promote products at scale. It serves e-commerce and consumer brands running social commerce and creator marketing campaigns.

3 investors

Audigo makes wireless smart microphones and a companion mobile app (iOS and Android) that let musicians and social media creators record multitrack audio and video with synced multi-mic capture and in-app mixing. The product targets independent musicians and content creators and is currently sold in the U.S. and Canada.

3 investors

Audiogen builds a generative music model and a web-based Generative Audio Workstation (GAW) that lets users create, extend, remix, and edit multi-track music through an intuitive interface. It targets both beginners and experienced creators in the AI music creation space.

3 investors

Automatic Labs built a connected-car adapter and app that plugged into a vehicle's OBD-II port to track driving data, diagnostics, and trips. It was acquired by SiriusXM in 2017 and shut down in 2020.

3 investors

Behance is a portfolio and community platform for creative professionals to showcase their work, discover clients, and grow their careers. The platform connects creators with potential business opportunities and clients globally.

3 investors

Blackbird Foundation offers grant-based funding to young people aged 18-25 in Australia and New Zealand pursuing passion projects (Protostars program), and to organizations working to develop creativity in young people (Believers program). The foundation provides $1,000 grants to individuals and $5,000-$25,000 grants to organizations, with a focus on creative and exploratory work.

3 investors

BoxCast provides live video streaming hardware and software, including pocket-sized encoders, a proprietary streaming protocol, OTT apps, and cloud-based audio mixing tools for broadcasters. It serves houses of worship, sports organizations, local governments, and businesses running live events, webinars, and broadcasts.

3 investors

Brat (ZATV) is a studio producing online TV networks and YouTube-focused content aimed at Gen Z and Gen Alpha audiences, combining TV-quality production with digital distribution. It also runs agencies for creator growth, influencer talent, and monetizing movie clips, and partners with advertisers on brand campaigns.

3 investors

Bright Moments was a global generative and AI art project (2021-2024) that turned NFT minting into live, in-person events across cities including Venice Beach, New York, Berlin, London, Mexico City, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Venice, Italy. It minted nearly 20,000 on-chain artworks from 150 artists and created the 10,000-piece CryptoCitizens collection.

3 investors

Buy Me a Coffee provides a payment and membership platform for creators to earn direct income from fans and offer exclusive content. The platform serves independent creators across various creative fields as an alternative to advertising-based income models.

3 investors

ByThen offers an AI text-to-video generator that turns a topic or written script into a full-length video, automatically producing visuals, narration, music, and editing up to 30 minutes long. It is aimed at content creators who want to produce and publish videos from text.

3 investors

Captions is an AI video editor that automatically transforms raw footage into fully edited videos with cuts, overlays, captions, and music. It serves content creators, marketers, and video producers who need professional-quality videos without manual editing expertise.

3 investors