Creator Economy Startups

HITMKR is an AI-powered operating system for independent artists to build a website, sell music, merch, and tickets directly to fans, and automate fan communication while retaining ownership of their IP and fan data. It targets independent musicians, labels, and management companies with tiered plans that let artists keep up to 95% of sales.

1 investor

Holomate is a portable MIDI controller compatible with popular audio and video DAWs, letting users create beats and music. It targets musicians and digital artists interested in music production.

1 investor

Holonet Creator is a browser-based web platform for creating and sharing immersive 3D experiences, using generative AI, Gaussian Splatting, and other AI modules to build virtual worlds from prompts or digital twins from scans. It targets XR and 3D content creators.

1 investor

Holoworld is an app store for AI agents where users create interactive worlds, virtual characters, and IPs, launch community fundraising campaigns, and run 24/7 AI livestreams. It offers tools such as Ava Studio for text-to-video creation, HoloLaunch for AI-native IP fundraising, and an Agent SDK/API for building and hosting virtual characters, targeting creators in the web3 space.

1 investor

Holy Post Media produces Christian-focused podcasts, video series, and articles that discuss faith, politics, and culture. It also offers a paid subscription ("Holy Post Plus") with bonus content and a free curated news newsletter.

1 investor

Honeycommb provides a platform for creating and managing independent branded social networks and online communities. The service enables organizations and groups of any size to build custom community spaces with built-in engagement and moderation tools.

1 investor

Hoplix is an on-demand print production and fulfillment platform that enables sellers to transform their product ideas into businesses without managing production or logistics. The company serves print-on-demand entrepreneurs and creators in Italy.

1 investor

HopShop converts fashion creators' Instagram content into shoppable storefronts. Its AI matches items shown in posts to purchasable products and tags them automatically, letting followers buy the pieces they see.

1 investor

Hotmart is a platform for creating, selling, and managing digital products such as online courses, ebooks, mentorships, subscription communities, and online events, with recently added support for physical products. It serves creators and digital-business owners—from beginners to high-volume sellers—offering checkout, payments, membership areas, marketing, and customer management tools, with a focus on the Brazilian market.

1 investor

Hovercast is a live streaming engagement platform that lets creators and event organizers interact with audiences across multiple platforms simultaneously, featuring chats and donations on screen and adding gamification points and badges. It also provides custom-branded event pages with ticketing, registration, chat, and a photo booth for events such as fundraisers, festivals, concerts, and product launches.

1 investor

Humant Life operates a platform for licensing influencer stock photos and videos, letting brands, media, and advertising agencies search and repurpose creator content by mood, influencer, object, or spoken words. It uses AI-based curation and recognition tools across a library of influencer video and photo content.

1 investor

Humanz operates an AI-powered platform combining organic influencer advocacy programs with paid/performance media, letting brands discover, manage, contract, pay, and measure creators in one workflow. It serves marketing teams and creators, offering creator ads, white-labeled communities, AI-generated ad variants, landing pages, and full-funnel attribution.

1 investor

Humeo is an applied AI lab focused on creative intelligence, building generative tools for video and media creation. Its first product is a video agent that lets users prompt to create, edit, and scale content for creators and the broader creator economy.

1 investor

HykeComic operates an e-book distribution platform and develops digital comic content. The company serves readers and publishers in the digital publishing and entertainment industry in Japan.

1 investor

HypeAuditor provides an influencer marketing platform for brands, offering automated tools to analyze, plan, track, and report on campaigns. Features include competitor campaign analysis, brand safety vetting of influencers, audience affinity analysis, brand-mention search, and influencer relationship management.

1 investor

Hyperfy is a no-code platform that enables users to build and deploy custom AI products powered by models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, with pre-built agents for sales, content creation, analysis, and business operations. The platform handles hosting, payments, and API management, allowing creators to launch and monetize AI applications in minutes.

1 investor

Hyperpad offers a no-code tool for iPad that lets non-technical users build media-rich interactive apps and mobile games and publish them to the App Store as native apps. It targets creators without programming experience.

1 investor

Hyve Group is a portfolio company operator that manages multiple specialized brands and ventures across technology, commerce, and sector-specific markets. The company operates distinct business units serving diverse industries including fintech, behavioral health, retail, energy transition, and trade exhibitions.

1 investor

ibble is a platform for creators to build free or paid communities where fans can join conversations around podcasts, music, art, and other content using text, video, audio, and photo replies. It also lets creators offer subscriptions, accept tips, sell merch or tickets, and host events, Q&As, and giveaways natively.

1 investor

iCodejr provides personalized online classes in coding, robotics, AI, mathematics, and creative technology for children, using age-appropriate and project-based lessons. It serves families in the UAE looking for structured yet engaging learning programs for kids.

1 investor

iConnectivity manufactures devices that connect analog instruments to digital technology and enable musicians to create, record, and perform. The company serves musicians and music creators through hardware products sold globally via music retailers.

1 investor

Icons8 is a design platform that provides a library of icons, illustrations, 3D models, and animations created by in-house teams of artists. The company serves designers and creative professionals with access to high-quality visual assets, offering free and paid subscription options.

1 investor

Ikuntji Artists sells custom gift vouchers that can be redeemed for art and related offerings online or at their art centre.

1 investor

This domain now hosts the personal profile page of Simon, a product executive; it is not an active company website. ImageBrief, Inc. (2011-2018) was described as a web and mobile media platform connecting agencies, publishers and brands with content creators.

1 investor