Creator Economy Startups

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

Audiotonix produces educational kits that combine STEM learning with audio engineering, allowing students to build a USB-powered DJ mixer and develop skills in professional audio technology and production.

3 investors

Aview provides multimedia translation and dubbing services to help content creators and entertainers expand their audience internationally across social media platforms. The company specializes in subtitle work, video dubbing, and short-form content translation for creators seeking to globalize their brands.

3 investors

Basic Attention Token (BAT) is a cryptocurrency built into the Brave browser that tokenizes the attention economy, letting users earn tokens for viewing privacy-respecting ads, support content creators, and give advertisers anonymized ad-effectiveness measurement. It serves users, advertisers, and creators across payments, rewards, and creator monetization, with expanding integrations across Web3, gaming, and decentralized payment systems.

3 investors

Baton is a mobile app and web platform that provides music production tools, sample libraries, and a marketplace connecting music creators and producers to collaborate and discover new talent. It enables artists to upload, edit, and share music while accessing placement opportunities and discovering sounds from other creators.

3 investors

Beeble develops AI and graphics tools to bring VFX capabilities to a broader range of creators. The company focuses on relighting, vision, and realism technologies for visual content creation.

3 investors

Big Wolf provides early access to collectibles and games with ad-free gameplay, and operates a community platform where gamers can secure unique tags and license their likenesses as NFTs to game studios. The platform serves the gaming community and enables engagement with games, influencers, and brands.

3 investors

BigUp is a creator-led platform that combines live streaming, community features, and prediction markets into a format it calls "Predictainment." The company is currently rebuilding the experience ahead of a relaunch.

3 investors

Billo is a platform that enables brands to create high-performing video ads by pairing creator content with performance data insights. The company serves e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands seeking authentic user-generated content and creator partnerships.

3 investors

Blackbox Inc. produces and manages 2.5D intellectual property (IP), bridging 2D and 3D media formats. The company operates in the media and entertainment sector, creating content and IP management services for the creator economy.

3 investors

Blurb is a self-publishing and print-on-demand platform that lets authors and creators design, format, print, and distribute their own books, including photo books, memoirs, and other titles. It offers bookmaking software and design tools, and supports selling through the company's own channels and online retailers.

3 investors

Bounce is a ticketing and event management platform that helps event hosts sell tickets and manage attendees through social notifications, SMS updates, and demand generation tools.

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

Breakthru operates a data platform with engagement tools designed to help brands connect with and build trust among young audiences. The platform combines gamification, incentives, education, and data insights to drive authentic engagement and loyalty with youth.

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

Brkaway provides a platform for managing collaborations between brands, agencies, and creators, handling contracts, delivery schedules, approvals, and invoicing in one place.

3 investors

BUNDLAR provides a cloud-based, no-code content management system for creating and publishing augmented reality experiences. The platform enables creators to build AR content with drag-and-drop tools, manage deployment, and measure engagement across various AR trigger types including image markers, markerless, and location-based experiences.

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

Cafeteria is a platform that connects teens with brands for paid conversations and content creation opportunities. The platform enables teenagers to earn money by discussing and engaging with brands they choose.

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

Casie operates an art rental subscription service in Japan, delivering original paintings from around 1,500 mostly emerging artists to consumers on a monthly plan. It connects users who want art in their homes with artists who earn a share of the rental fees, and offers an art concierge to help select and display works.

3 investors

Catalog is a platform where musicians sell their music directly to fans, with artists getting paid at the moment of purchase. The site also publishes editorial content such as artist interviews.

3 investors

CG Hero produces 3D product design CGI visuals, including modeling, photoreal materials, lighting, and animation for brands' products. Its imagery is aimed at ecommerce, advertising, and product launch use cases.

3 investors