Creator Economy Startups

GameStock is a competition platform where users make stock market picks and compete in tournaments, one-on-one matchups, and leagues, including events hosted by traders and content creators. It serves retail traders and followers of financial content creators.

2 investors

gamma. is a media and technology company that helps artists and creators produce, distribute, and monetize music, visual media, and consumer products. It offers content creation support, global audio-visual distribution (via its acquired platform Vydia), and commerce tools for artists across music, visual media, and tech.

2 investors

Gamr builds infrastructure, community, and technology for esports in Africa, connecting gamers, creators, and brands through tournaments, gaming venues, and creator programs. It operates a gaming network across the continent, including physical gaming spaces, training programs, and live esports events.

2 investors

Gaspack is an NFT launchpad that helps creators, artists, and brands turn their IP into Web3 NFT projects, covering development, launch, scaling, and ongoing management. Its products include the Gaspack App for collecting digital assets and Kometh, a Web3 comic publishing and discovery platform.

2 investors

Rubric is a platform for managing university student clubs and societies, helping club leaders handle administration, member engagement, merchandise sales, and event organization.

2 investors

Gigapay provides a compliance and payments platform that acts as Merchant of Record for companies paying large networks of creators and independent contractors, handling KYC/KYB onboarding, tax data collection, and filings such as DAC7 and KU14. It consolidates thousands of individual vendors into a single vendor flow with currency conversion and local payout rails.

2 investors

Gigwell provides a vertically integrated SaaS platform for the live entertainment industry, consolidating artist and venue management, offers, contracts, tour logistics, payments, and reporting into a single booking hub. It serves booking agencies, venues, promoters, festivals, and talent buyers across live music, comedy, public speaking, and digital creators.

2 investors

Giide provides a platform for brands and publishers to build direct audience relationships, deliver content without intermediary platforms, and monetize through subscriptions and premium content. The platform enables creators and companies to own their distribution, audience data, and customer connections.

2 investors

Girlboss is a media company that provides women with content, podcasts, and community resources to navigate career development and entrepreneurship. The company targets women across various professional roles—entrepreneurs, professionals, and freelancers—with an emphasis on redefining success and supporting future-of-work themes.

2 investors

Glimmer is a creative collaboration platform that connects brands with a network of over 50,000 professional content creators for hire and offers production management tools. It serves brands seeking content and marketing production, matching them with individual creators or teams across more than 192 countries.

2 investors

Global Belly is a marketplace platform where consumers discover and purchase food products directly from independent creators and artisans. The platform connects customers with individual bakers, confectioners, and specialty food makers to purchase handmade goods like decorated cookies and Indian sweets.

2 investors

Gnowbe is an AI-powered microlearning platform that lets organizations create, deliver, and measure training through bite-sized, social, and experiential content. It serves enterprise L&D teams and content creators, combining behavioral science, AI, and mobile-first design.

2 investors

GoAudio builds AI-based systems for producing audio content at scale, combining machine models with human oversight to refine output. The company positions itself as a partner for developing AI-audio technology and content production.

2 investors

GODMODE is a beauty brand offering collectible, high-performance cosmetics, with its Genesis Collection including highlighters, lip glosses, eyeliners, and eyeshadow palettes. The products emphasize glow, color payoff, and gaming-inspired collectible packaging.

2 investors

Grade is a payment platform that automates payouts to creators across borders, handling tax compliance, KYC, and invoicing in multiple countries. It serves content creators, influencers, and UGC creators hired by companies and agencies.

2 investors

Granola Studios builds rhythm-based games that blend music and gameplay, including virtual concerts featuring animated artists as real-time 3D characters on platforms like Fortnite and its own virtual venue. It connects players, musicians, and brands through interactive gaming experiences and immersive musical events.

2 investors

Graze builds tools on Bluesky and the AT Protocol that let developers, curators, and brands create, manage, and control their own social media algorithms and feeds. It targets community moderators, creators, and brands working on the open, user-owned social web.

2 investors

GRIT is a financial media platform offering newsletters, digital courses, and stock research covering stocks, crypto, and general finance news for retail investors. It publishes weekly newsletters read by 245k+ subscribers and provides paid content including stock deep dives, portfolio access, and monthly livestreams.

2 investors

Grocerslist offers Instagram DM automation that lets creators set keywords so followers who comment receive an automated direct message with clickable links, and it captures follower emails to grow mailing lists. It is aimed at creators and brands looking to increase comment volume, website traffic, and email subscribers from social posts.

2 investors

Grove, originally founded as Pocket Network Inc., built decentralized infrastructure including the Pocket Network protocol and the Grove Portal gateway serving blockchain data access. It later pivoted to a payment platform enabling humans and AI agents to pay creators directly for content using the x402 open payment protocol. The company is winding down.

2 investors

HackMD is a collaborative Markdown workspace that enables developers and teams to document, share knowledge, and build community through real-time documentation tools. It serves developers and technical communities across 170 countries.

2 investors

Healthy Hip-Hop is a music and entertainment platform offering original hip-hop content designed for children and families. The service features culturally diverse characters and a music library accessible via an iOS app for home and classroom use.

2 investors

HEPMIL is a media and entertainment company that creates localized humorous content across Southeast Asia and operates a creator network connecting brands with content creators in the region. The company also engages in social commerce initiatives.

2 investors

Hera is an AI-powered motion design tool that generates animated videos from text descriptions. It serves creators and marketers who need to produce product launch videos and other promotional content.

2 investors