Media & Entertainment Startups

PureWow is a multimedia lifestyle brand producing original content and experiences across beauty, fashion, wellness, family, and food, distributed via website, social, video, email, and events. It targets a US audience of primarily women aged 25 to 45 and is part of the Gallery Media Group portfolio within VaynerX.

4 investors

Quinn offers a library of audio content, organized into collections such as episodes and themed playlists, that users stream on demand. The catalog includes narrative and intimate audio stories.

4 investors

Qwilt operates an "Open Edge" edge cloud built with service provider partners, offering over 2,000 embedded nodes accessible through a single programmatic API for low-latency, hyper-local delivery. It serves content and application publishers and service providers for use cases such as AI inference, media streaming, and interactive real-time applications.

4 investors

Readmio is a voice-reactive storytelling app that reads illustrated fairy tales and stories to children, adding sound effects and music that respond to the reader's voice for an interactive bedtime experience. Aimed at families and schools, it offers screen-free story content for kids and operates internationally, including markets in Europe, Brazil, and India.

4 investors

RealD develops and licenses 3D projection technology for movie theaters, operating a large installed base of 3D cinema screens across many countries. It serves the cinema industry with hardware and licensed technologies for premium in-theater viewing.

4 investors

Realync is a video platform for multifamily property teams to create virtual apartment tours, personalized follow-up videos, and resident communications. It also offers a studio service where its videographers record, edit, and publish pre-recorded videos, 360 videos, and click-through tours for leasing and marketing.

4 investors

Reduct offers audio and video transcription and translation software that renders transcripts in over 90 languages, letting users search, label, analyze, and edit multilingual recordings. It provides a side-by-side original/translated transcript view, subtitle export, and integrations with editors like Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut for video and content teams.

4 investors

ReserveOut operates a restaurant discovery and table management platform based in the UAE. Diners can search for venues and book tables through several online channels, while restaurants and hotels use the system to manage inventory, track bookings, and sell their available capacity.

4 investors

Resonado is a hardware design and engineering lab focused on improving the acoustic performance of audio products. It develops technology for the next generation of audio hardware.

4 investors

Rusk Media builds intellectual property and entertainment content using a data-driven creation and multi-platform monetization strategy. It targets the mobile-first entertainment market in India and beyond.

4 investors

Sanctuary is a mystical products and services company that offers astrology, tarot, numerology, and crystal experiences through a digital app, including live readings with psychics, daily horoscopes, birth charts, and compatibility analysis. It targets millennial audiences seeking spiritual and astrological insight.

4 investors

Scriptic builds cross-platform, true crime narrative games that combine live-action drama, interactive digital interfaces, and AI-enhanced storytelling for mobile, console, and Steam. It works with platforms, publishers, and innovation teams to develop story-driven games and AI-powered drama.

4 investors

Seekho is an educational platform that provides video courses teaching stock market basics and trading strategies to beginners in Hindi.

4 investors

Seeking Alpha is a financial research platform offering stock analysis, market news, investment ideas, and quantitative ratings across asset classes, drawing on a large community of contributing analysts. It serves individual and professional investors seeking research and data-driven insight on stocks and markets.

4 investors

Shortbread develops AI-powered tools for creators to produce serialized visual stories (comics and web series) faster and at lower cost, then distributes them directly to consumers via a mobile platform. The platform combines an AI studio for rapid narrative creation with a reader destination featuring romance and dark fiction series.

4 investors

Sketchfab is a platform for sharing and showcasing 3D models and artwork. It serves 3D creators, designers, artists, architects, engineers, brands, museums, and game studios who need a medium to display their 3D work beyond static screenshots.

4 investors

BDG operates a portfolio of media and publishing websites and applications that carry advertising, and it maintains guidelines governing the content and products advertisers may promote on its properties. The company sells advertising placements across its owned and operated media sites.

4 investors

SOUNDRAW is an AI music generator that creates royalty-free, legally licensed tracks trained exclusively on in-house produced music. It serves content creators, podcasters, and musicians who need production-ready beats and background music without copyright concerns.

4 investors

AMP is an open-source web component framework for building websites, Web Stories, and interactive emails with fast page performance. It provides ready-to-use components for developers and publishers creating content on the open web.

4 investors

Squadle (now part of Crunchtime) provides remote temperature monitoring with patented ZeroTouch technology and digital checklists that automate food safety compliance and daily operations for multi-unit restaurant and franchise operators. Its integrated suite includes real-time temperature alerts, digital food safety logs, and shift management tools.

4 investors

Stage is a streaming platform offering movies and shows in Indian regional languages including Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Marathi, and Bengali. It serves audiences seeking dialect-specific entertainment content online.

4 investors

StarMaker is a mobile karaoke app with 50 million users that lets singers record and share songs with AI-powered effects, pitch feedback, and vocal coaching tools. The platform enables users to participate in singing contests, earn rewards, and connect with a global community of singers.

4 investors

Stipop is a platform that enables independent character creators to earn revenue directly from their audiences through digital features. The company previously operated as a sticker marketplace and continues to distribute stickers through partnerships with major software platforms while offering API and SDK tools to app developers.

4 investors

SuperAwesome provides advertising and audience engagement products, including its AwesomeAds platform and creator campaign services, aimed at reaching Gen Alpha and Gen Z audiences. It works with brands and content owners to run kid-safe advertising and creator marketing campaigns.

4 investors