Media & Entertainment Startups

FrankSpeech is a media platform hosting video and audio shows covering political commentary and social and cultural topics, such as "The Counter Culture Mom Show" and "DC Dispatch".

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Frankly Media's Engage Suite is a digital audience engagement platform for broadcasters that combines interactive widgets, email marketing, contests, and membership management tools to increase listener participation and revenue. The suite serves media companies and broadcasters seeking to extend their reach beyond traditional radio and television through digital channels.

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Frantic Films is a Canadian production company based in Toronto and Winnipeg that creates drama, comedy, documentaries, reality, and feature films. The company has produced over $250 million in content to date, including television series, TV movies, and theatrical films.

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FreakOut runs a native advertising platform connecting advertisers to a network of premium publishers across Asia, supporting ad formats including native, video, social display, and rich media. It serves brands and marketers looking to run digital advertising campaigns in the Asian market.

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Free Press Indiana is a nonprofit organization working to fill information gaps in Indiana by funding and supporting local news outlets and journalism initiatives. The organization launched its first newsroom, Mirror Indy, in Central Indiana and facilitates community-focused reporting for underserved communities across the state.

1 investor

freebeat makes connected indoor spin bikes for home fitness, featuring a rotatable HD touchscreen, auto resistance, and gamified workout classes accessed through a subscription membership. Its Lit Bike line pairs Swiss-engineered hardware with immersive, game-like training content.

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indie.io is a full-service publishing and marketing platform for indie PC game developers, offering game development, QA, marketing, promotions, and distribution support from pre-launch through post-release. It operates the wiki.gg gaming wiki platform and Indie Pass, a subscription service giving players access to a curated catalog of indie titles while providing developers an additional revenue stream.

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Freedom Audio Visual is a minority-owned company providing audiovisual services for events, including audio, visual, and production support at hotel ballrooms, convention centers, and other venues. It works with event planners and businesses nationwide, offering technical directors, producers, and AV technicians.

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Freespeech provides AI-powered video translation and dubbing, automatically translating spoken content into multiple languages and generating voiceovers to help creators expand their audience globally. The platform integrates with YouTube and other content platforms, targeting content creators and media producers.

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FMS (Freestyle Master Series), operated by Urban Roosters, is a professional freestyle rap battle league that organizes competitive events, national leagues, and international tournaments across countries including Argentina, Chile, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and Bolivia. The platform publishes news, videos, and event ticketing for freestyle competitions and related media content.

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The Solutions Project supports and funds a network of community-based organizations working on climate justice in disinvested communities, backing efforts in renewable energy, clean water, regenerative agriculture, and policy advocacy. It focuses on amplifying frontline voices most affected by climate change and environmental inequality.

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Frequency Machine helps businesses and individuals create podcasts and audio shows, offering production services to develop ideas into finished programs. Its work includes narrative and travel series formats.

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Fresh AI is a daily AI news podcast that is researched, scripted, voiced, and published entirely by artificial intelligence, hosted by an AI persona named Tallulah AI. Each episode delivers coverage of AI technology, investment, and innovation in 15 minutes or less.

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FMTS provides anti-piracy solutions for businesses in sports, media, and entertainment sectors to protect revenue.

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Frndly TV is a streaming service offering family-friendly, feel-good TV channels and programming at a low starting price. It is a family-run American business targeting consumers who want affordable, clean entertainment with an easy-to-use app.

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Frontiers is an open access research publisher founded by neuroscientists that spans hundreds of academic disciplines and ranks among the most cited and largest research publishers globally. The organization operates as a not-for-profit foundation alongside a for-profit media company, using a gold open access business model to make peer-reviewed research openly available across diverse scientific fields.

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Frontsight Media is a content production company that creates documentary-style journalism and video content focused on conflict zones, war reporting, and international affairs. The company operates a YouTube channel and produces multimedia stories from frontline locations for a global audience interested in foreign affairs and conflict reporting.

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Fruitful is a content aggregation app that privately collects posts from a user's LinkedIn, X, newsletters, podcasts, and news sources and delivers a personalized morning summary in a single reading view. It is aimed at individuals who want to stay informed without doomscrolling.

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Farnam Street is a media and educational platform focused on mastering decision-making and understanding big ideas through essays, newsletters, podcasts, and books for a general audience interested in learning and self-improvement.

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FT Adviser is a news and editorial publication for UK financial advisers and planners, covering pensions, investments, mortgages, protection, tax, regulation and wealth management. It also offers CPD content, opinion pieces and industry commentary aimed at the advisory profession.

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Ftrack provides a suite of project management and review tools for creative studios, helping teams coordinate workflows, reduce review cycles, and keep stakeholders aligned on media production projects. It serves studios in the creative and media production industry.

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A Japanese-language editorial web publication that profiles notable people connected to Fukuoka and the wider Kyushu region across fields such as business, art, culture, academia, and community development. It publishes an ongoing "人物図鑑" (people directory) series of interview-style articles.

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SoftBank Hawks is a professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Japan, competing in the Pacific League. The organization manages player rosters, fan engagement, ticketing, merchandise, and stadium events.

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Full Circle Visuals creates immersive 360-degree video content and multimedia experiences for media, journalism, and storytelling applications. The company specializes in innovative video production that captures events and narratives in a way that traditional video cannot.

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