Creator Economy Startups

Kartoon Studios is a children's and family entertainment company that produces and distributes animated content through multiple platforms including streaming services, linear television, and AVOD/SVOD channels. The company operates Mainframe Studios, one of North America's largest animation producers, and owns the Kartoon Channel!, a leading kids' streaming app.

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LBRY is a web 3.0 content network that lets people access and share media from creators, positioning users as participants rather than products. Its most popular application is Odysee, and content is also available through LBRY Desktop and other clients.

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partnrUP is an AI-powered influencer marketing platform that uses AI agents to help brands discover, recruit, manage, and pay creators, with automated outreach, campaign tracking, and performance analytics. It also offers managed agency services and a creator network (Creator Opportunity) that connects creators with brand campaigns across influencer, affiliate, and shoppable content.

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The Luupe is a global online marketplace where brands can license professional photos and videos or commission custom visual projects from a community of professional photographers, directors, and creators. It serves brands across fashion, beauty, food, lifestyle, and tech, connecting them with vetted creators for authentic visual content.

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MarketPryce runs done-for-you influencer marketing campaigns using college athletes on behalf of brands. It manages each step of the campaign as a service for consumer brands looking to reach audiences through athlete creators.

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Me4U uses AI to create personalized digital companion experiences that connect creators with their fan communities at scale. The platform enables authentic interactions between fans and AI versions of celebrities while providing creators with new monetization opportunities.

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Meadowlark Media is a creative studio that develops and produces personality-driven sports content, including podcasts, scripted, and unscripted shows such as The Dan Le Batard Show and Pablo Torre Finds Out. It operates in the sports media and entertainment industry with offices in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.

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Mihira AI offers an AI-first digital creative cloud platform for storytellers and content creators. The company operates in the creative software and AI space with offices in the US and India.

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Momenti operates an interactive media and content platform featuring "touchable" interactive video content. The company was named among the Top 50 Global Startups by MWC 4YFN 2023.

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More Dash is an online fashion retailer that positions itself around content creation, selling apparel through its website and social media after running content-creation pop-ups in Los Angeles.

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Mozaic is a global payment platform for the creator economy that automates revenue sharing and payment splits across platforms and collaborators. It offers an API for localized global payments, bulk payment cycles, recipient onboarding, and tax compliance, serving creators and creative teams.

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Mucho Mas Media is an independent studio that develops, finances, produces, and distributes film, television, and nonfiction content with a focus on Latino narratives and underrepresented voices. The company creates character-driven stories for global audiences across multiple platforms including Netflix, theatrical releases, and streaming services.

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NamiComi is a platform for publishing, distributing, and reading comics and manga globally in multiple languages, aimed at connecting creators directly with fans. It lets creators self-publish and monetize their work while fans discover and interact with them, operating in the comics/manga media industry.

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Noosphere is a platform that lets independent journalists reach audiences, build communities, and fund their work directly without a traditional news organization. It targets professional reporters and their followers in the news and media industry.

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Overtone Studios is a record label, publisher and distributor producing wellness and mood music (deep house, jazz, classical, ambient) with a roster of music creators, splitting royalties 50/50 with the artists behind the music. It works with music producers to distribute their tracks through its network of partners, playlists and channels.

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P3 Media is a content production company founded by journalist Adam Ciralsky that develops scripted and unscripted television and film based on access-driven journalism. Operating as an IP incubator and accelerator for writers and journalists, it has a first-look deal with Disney's ABC Signature and projects in development with FX and Showtime.

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Panavision develops and provides camera equipment, optical systems, and production tools for filmmakers and content creators across the entertainment industry.

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Photofy provides real estate agents and brokers with a content creation platform featuring pre-designed templates and graphics to quickly produce branded social media marketing materials. The platform enables professionals to create promotional content, property listings, and testimonials for multiple channels without requiring design expertise.

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Pixelcut is an AI-powered creative platform for generating and editing product images and videos, offering tools like background removal, upscaling, image expansion, retouching, and consistent AI personas. It serves online sellers, creators, brands, and businesses looking to produce studio-quality visuals from prompts.

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Pro Music Rights, a subsidiary of Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC: SONG), is a performing rights organization (PRO) in the United States that manages public performance rights for songwriters, composers, and music publishers. It issues subscription-based music licenses to businesses and media platforms and collects and distributes royalties for the compositions it represents.

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Public Opinion is a media company that creates original shows, including man-on-the-street formats like "Public Opinion" and music show "Track Star," and produces commercial and branded projects for clients. It focuses on content designed for social platforms.

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Qcode Media produces podcasts and audio storytelling, with work spanning screenwriting, sound design, and direction. The company has received industry awards and nominations including ADWEEK, Ambie, Webby, Signal, and iHeart Podcast Awards.

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Red Seat Ventures creates, launches, and operates new media businesses. The company works with high-profile talent in the media industry.

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Revolutionary VP Studios offers video and print production services with integrated post-production facilities. The studio provides production equipment, talent services (hair/makeup/wardrobe), editing suites, color grading, and audio services for union and non-union productions.

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