Creator Economy Startups

Comici (コミチ) was a Japanese web platform for reading and posting original manga and columns, offering genre rankings, editorial picks, and manga contests. The manga posting service announced its closure as of March 30.

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ComicSmart develops manga and anime IP through its manga studio, operates the manga app GANMA! featuring over 100 serialized original titles, and produces high-end animation via its digital studio Qzil.la. The Japan-based company focuses on building an ecosystem for the content industry across IP development, content production, and platform operation.

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Common Sense Networks provides content moderation and safety services for platforms and brands serving children, with a focus on age-appropriate entertainment and digital ecosystem guidance. The company offers recommendations, advertising solutions, and certification programs for the kids' media and creator economy.

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ConceptDrop offers Source, a platform that consolidates freelance hiring for creative, digital, and consulting work into a single contract, matching companies with vetted freelancers such as designers, writers, and animators through a dedicated account manager. It targets businesses looking to scale creative teams on demand and replace traditional procurement processes.

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Confiction develops games and digital experiences set in a cosmic-horror-themed universe, including RIFTSTORM, a cooperative top-down shooter, alongside digital collectibles and ecosystem access passes for players.

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Consolidated Learning operates a relationship engagement platform called RASA that enables organizations to deliver targeted content, build online communities, and measure audience engagement through a branded mobile app.

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Conteller is a Mexican platform that connects brands with everyday creators and their own customers for content production. Brands post briefs and then receive, store, and pay for submitted content, with payments tied to performance; the platform also provides creative sessions and handles intellectual property and personal data compliance tracking.

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Crafted is a platform and service that connects food and beverage brands with a network of food-focused creators to source user-generated content for paid ads, social media, and retail marketing campaigns. It handles creator sourcing, strategy, and content production to support brands' product launches and retail promotions.

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Coolhuntermx is an independent digital platform that identifies trends and promotes Mexican and Latin American creative industries through cultural analysis and strategic guidance. The platform serves brands, institutions, and cultural organizations seeking to understand creative ecosystems and co-design culturally relevant initiatives.

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CoPromote is a community platform where creators and founders promote each other's work through tracked shares and earn karma-based rankings. Members share projects across multiple channels and gain visibility by delivering verified clicks to others' content.

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Provides AI-generated feedback reports on YouTube videos, scoring a video's title, thumbnail, and first 30 seconds for packaging and hook alignment and returning timestamped fixes plus suggested titles and thumbnail concepts. Aimed at YouTube creators and channel managers, with a companion retention-audit product for the full video.

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Corel develops graphics, virtualization, and productivity software solutions used by millions globally. The company serves creative professionals and knowledge workers seeking to create, collaborate, and work across multiple devices.

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COSINYC provides AI-powered video generation infrastructure that converts text, images, and scripts into high-fidelity video at scale. The platform serves developers and enterprises with an API-driven system designed for automated video production workflows.

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Cosmofeed is a platform for creators and educators to build and manage private communities, host webinars and events, and create and sell online courses. It includes tools for monetizing content through paid locked access, tracking earnings and analytics, and withdrawing earnings from a dashboard.

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Keens Seoul is a K-pop dance training academy that provides skill-based training for aspiring artists ages 8-14, utilizing a flipped classroom methodology and instruction from professional trainers working with major entertainment companies.

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Covers.AI provides AI-powered music tools, including an AI voice generator, AI cover creator, lyric swap, and AI music video creator, that let users transform their vocals and produce shareable content. It targets amateur and aspiring singers and music creators looking to make viral social media clips.

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Coveteur is a multimedia brand producing editorial content and experiential events focused on luxury fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for style-conscious audiences. The company creates behind-the-scenes stories about designers, creatives, and celebrities while hosting cultural events and maintaining a community-focused platform.

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A design agency specializing in product design (UX/UI), branding, and web design services for businesses of all sizes. The company helps clients solve complex problems through user-centered design and webflow development.

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Craon, based in India, develops an AI-based video editing tool. Users describe what they want through text prompts, and the system assembles the raw material into a completed video.

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Create Academy offers curated video courses taught by renowned designers, makers, gardeners, and chefs, designed to build creative confidence and teach practical skills in creative projects, home design, and gardening. The platform serves a community of creative learners seeking to develop expertise across design, culinary arts, gardening, and related creative disciplines.

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Create provides infrastructure, technology, data, marketing, and capital services to independent music labels and creators through a consolidated platform. The company operates a portfolio of specialist label brands serving over 17,000 clients.

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Creative Connex offers book publishing services including writing coaching, editing, proofreading, cover and interior design, illustration, formatting, distribution, and author marketing. It serves aspiring and self-publishing authors across fiction, nonfiction, memoir, children's, and business genres.

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Creative Futures Collective provides mentorship, paid work experience, and network access to emerging creative leaders from underrepresented backgrounds in the creative industries.

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Creative Genius Academy offers art classes for children, teens, and adults through online and in-person instruction delivered by trained instructors. The organization aims to build community connections and personal development across various age groups and skill levels.

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