Media & Entertainment Startups

FaZe Clan is a global lifestyle brand and esports organization rooted in competitive gaming that fields professional teams across multiple game titles. It operates at the intersection of gaming, fashion, music, and entertainment culture.

4 investors

Feed.fm provides licensed music APIs and SDKs for developers to integrate background music, short-form clips, and wellness content into applications. The company handles music licensing, royalty reporting, and rightsholder compliance across video creation, fitness, wellness, and educational platforms.

4 investors

FilmChain is a cloud-based collection account management platform that automates the tracking, collection, and distribution of revenue for film and media rightsholders. It provides Collection Account Management Agreements (CAMA), real-time statements, recoupment visualization, direct fiat payouts, and machine learning revenue analytics for project stakeholders in the film and content industry.

4 investors

Flagcat Studio is an animation and illustration studio that produces ambitious series while redesigning the traditional production pipeline to protect artists' wellbeing. It develops drawing software that automatically colorizes line art using pre-set character designs.

4 investors

Forem is open source software for building online communities in any niche, powering DEV, a community where software developers share knowledge and collaborate. DEV has partnered with Major League Hacking (MLH), a developer programs platform.

4 investors

DT is a growth platform connecting advertisers, app developers, and device partners across the mobile ecosystem to optimize targeting and drive measurable outcomes for mobile marketing campaigns.

4 investors

GigaOm offers CxO Lite Briefs, executive-ready summaries derived from its GigaOm Radar analyst research that condense a vendor's market positioning, strengths, and trade-offs into a concise brief focused on ROI, risk, and operational impact. The briefs are aimed at helping technology vendors equip their sales teams with an analyst-backed asset to shorten sales cycles.

4 investors

HAAWK provides music rights management services—including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram Content ID administration, UGC monetization, copyright enforcement, and reporting—for record labels, music publishers, and production music libraries. It also operates self-service and adjacent platforms: Identifyy for independent rights holders, KeyframeAudio for micro sync licensing of production music, and Diistro for digital music distribution.

4 investors

Hidden Door builds an online roleplaying game that lets players explore and remix fictional worlds to create custom narratives. The company, focused on fan-oriented interactive storytelling, uses AI-driven story experiences centered on creativity and authorship.

4 investors

Reproduction of Found is a Tokyo-based footwear label that sources and reproduces vintage military shoes and trainers using European factories that originally manufactured them in the mid-20th century. The brand distributes roughly 30 shoe models globally through approximately 150 stockists and collaborates with fashion labels on limited editions.

4 investors

Hologram provides creative tools that enable anyone to produce and distribute short-form video content, removing barriers related to appearance, equipment, or budget. The platform serves digital creators and content producers across social media and entertainment platforms.

4 investors

Homa provides mobile game creators with tools, data, and support to develop and grow hit mobile games. The company operates in the gaming industry, serving game developers and studios.

4 investors

Hustle is a mobile communication platform for text, calls, and video messaging that lets organizations broadcast bulk messages, automate responses, and hold 1:1 conversations. It serves brands, universities, unions, and advocacy groups running text message marketing and engagement campaigns.

4 investors

CRN is a news and media outlet covering the IT channel, reporting on technology vendors, products, and business developments for solution providers, MSPs, and other channel partners.

4 investors

iMoney is a Malaysian financial comparison website where users can compare, apply for, and earn rewards on financial products; this page lets consumers browse and compare unit trust (mutual fund) investments available in Malaysia. It lists funds from various asset managers with risk ratings, returns, and sales charges.

4 investors

Incredible Dream is a tabletop game studio that develops original intellectual property and adapts licensed properties, handling worldbuilding, production, localization, and global retail distribution. It serves entertainment brands and collaborators seeking long-term IP development for tabletop games.

4 investors

Indify is a platform that connects emerging music artists with industry partners for record deals and collaborations, offering matchmaking, warm introductions, and a research and analytics platform. It provides artists free deal-proposal tools while charging partners a subscription for real-time data, artist rankings, and curated leads.

4 investors

IRIS.TV operates a data platform focused on video, providing video-level data connectivity that helps publishers and marketers improve viewing experiences and advertising outcomes. It serves brands, publishers, and advertisers investing in video and connected TV.

4 investors

iSpot is an advertising technology platform that provides TV ad analytics and intelligence for media companies and advertisers.

4 investors

Ittybit builds a private, searchable media library that lets teams index their video content and extract structured data from it. It targets teams working with video assets and offers early-access invites.

4 investors

Jeeng (PowerInbox) provides an ad monetization platform that lets digital publishers add revenue by placing personalized ads across email, push notifications, and websites, and backfills vacant ad spots. It also offers advertisers reach to a network of opt-in subscribers across email, web, and push channels.

4 investors

Juked is an esports media platform offering match schedules, news, and game guides across popular competitive titles such as Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Valorant, League of Legends, and Call of Duty. It serves esports fans and players looking to follow tournaments, track updates, and improve their gameplay.

4 investors

Just Women's Sports is a media brand focused exclusively on women's sports, producing editorial, social, video, live events, shows and merchandise for women's sports fans, athletes and brands. It holds official partnerships with the WNBA and NWSL.

4 investors

Karate Combat is a full-contact striking league that combines live-action Karate with CGI environments built on Epic Games' Unreal engine, featuring elite black belts competing across eight weight divisions. Its events are streamed and broadcast to over 100 countries.

4 investors