Creator Economy Startups

Wethos is an all-in-one software platform that helps freelancers and small creative studios manage their businesses through tools for pricing, proposal creation, invoicing, and payments. The platform serves independent professionals and agencies looking to scale their operations.

14 investors

Avalon is a multiplayer game and creation platform where players build their own worlds using natural-language tools and carry a persistent character across a shared universe. It includes a player economy for owning and trading items, skins, and worlds, plus AI-driven NPCs, and is planned for PC and consoles.

13 investors

Eventbrite is an event management and ticketing platform used by event organizers to sell tickets, manage attendee access, and handle checkout, with features like waiting rooms, team access controls, and automated ticket pricing.

13 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.

13 investors

Loom offered cloud storage for photos and videos. The company was acquired by Dropbox.

13 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.

13 investors

Nestcoin provides financial and banking services designed specifically for creators. The platform serves the creator economy market in the banking and fintech space.

13 investors

A browser-based metaverse built for everyone.

13 investors

Substack provides a publishing platform where independent writers can start newsletters, build subscriber communities, and earn money through paid subscriptions. The company operates on a revenue-share model, charging creators only when they make money from subscriptions.

13 investors

ALETHIA AI builds AI systems at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain, having introduced intelligent NFTs (iNFTs) and now developing autonomous agents and decentralized, user-owned AI. The company works with the AI Protocol, a permissionless framework for agentic AI, through research, model development, and on-chain deployments.

12 investors

Stability AI develops generative AI products for creating audio, image, video, and 3D content. The company serves creative professionals, artists, and enterprises in music, gaming, entertainment, and marketing.

12 investors

Twitch operates a live video streaming platform focused on gaming, where users broadcast, watch, and chat about video games. It serves casual gamers, professional players, tournaments, leagues, game developers, and gaming media organizations.

12 investors

VideoGen builds an AI-powered video creation platform that applies industrial automation to video production, making video creation accessible to a broader audience.

12 investors

VideoVerse is an AI-powered video technology platform that creates automated highlights and transforms live and archival sports video content. The platform serves sports leagues, broadcasters, and esports organizations.

12 investors

Buffer is a social media management platform that enables small businesses, creators, and individuals to schedule posts, analyze engagement, and manage their presence across multiple social networks. The company provides tools for organic marketing and content distribution beyond publishing, including analytics and micro-site building capabilities.

11 investors

Circle is an all-in-one platform for building and running online communities, offering member spaces, engagement feeds, branded mobile apps, courses, email marketing, website building, and integrated payments. It serves creators and digital businesses looking to host memberships, courses, and recurring subscriptions in one place.

11 investors

Flickplay is a platform that makes character IP portable and monetizable across user-generated content, social, and real-world experiences, letting fans carry characters across loyalty programs, games, and creator tools. It offers AR content creation, location-based and e-commerce loyalty unlocks, and a fandom intelligence dashboard that links fan identity, behavior, and spend data for brands and IP owners.

11 investors

LIV provides video capture, streaming, and sharing technology that enables players and creators to distribute content to their audiences.

11 investors

Mighty Networks builds a platform for community management, courses, and events that helps community leaders and entrepreneurs build engaged member bases and generate revenue. The platform combines social features, course hosting, and event management with data-driven design principles.

11 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.

11 investors

Napster provides AI-powered platforms that connect users with specialized expertise through conversational AI agents with video presence and persistent memory. The company serves individual creators, teams, enterprises, and developers across multiple use cases including music production, workforce training, customer service automation, and creative collaboration.

11 investors

Popular Pays operates a platform that connects content creators and influencers with brands seeking marketing content, offering an iOS and web app for creators and a dashboard for brands to run and track multiplatform campaigns. It serves brands and creators in the influencer marketing space.

11 investors

Snappr runs a marketplace for on-demand photography and photo editing services and provides tools for booking photoshoots and automating visual content production. It serves individuals as well as brands needing visual content.

11 investors

SuperRare is a marketplace for buying, selling, and collecting digital artworks as NFTs, where artists release unique pieces and limited editions. It serves digital artists and collectors, with transactions denominated in cryptocurrency such as ETH.

11 investors