Media & Entertainment Startups
4,110 companies tagged Media & Entertainment, with their investors and founders.
Zencoder is a cloud video encoding platform that transcodes and delivers video content at scale for creators and developers. It supports a broad range of input and output formats including 4K, UHD, and HEVC, with adaptive bitrate streaming technology.
3 investors
Zest offers digital infrastructure for private-market transactions, combining SPV formation, regulated escrow, and regulated deal-arranging services in a single execution workflow. It serves institutional deal makers such as fund managers, family offices, venture capital and private equity firms, syndicate leads, and corporate service providers, with a focus on MENA and emerging private markets.
3 investors
Zipdrug is a prescription delivery and pharmacy benefit platform, acquired by Anthem's PBM IngenioRx in 2020.
3 investors
Zype provides an API-first video content management platform that enables organizations to build, manage, and monetize streaming video experiences across owned and third-party channels. The platform handles live, linear, and on-demand video workflows with features for content organization, distribution, audience management, and analytics.
3 investors
OP.GG is a global gaming platform that began in 2012 as a League of Legends stats search engine and now provides game data and analytics for players. It serves gamers ranging from casual to competitive across more than 170 countries.
3 investors
Unbereal develops and operates topia, a virtual music live streaming app that creates communities where users can express themselves freely and connect with others in a virtual third space.
3 investors
Origress (オリグレス) is a Japanese "entertainment capital" firm that builds, acquires, and co-runs businesses across the entertainment sector, combining entertainment, finance, and group management. It operates through a three-part model of internal company divisions, M&A, and joint ventures, often partnering with other operators on cross-industry events and collaborative businesses.
3 investors
Startbahn provides Startrail, a blockchain-based platform for the art market that records the provenance, authenticity, and ownership history of artworks, using NFC tags and NFTs to verify pieces and enable resale royalties for creators. It serves artists, galleries, and art businesses through products including Startrail PORT, a Startrail API for NFT issuance, and QR-to-NFT marketing tools.
3 investors
Amazia operates freemium manga apps including "マンガBANG!" and "マンガトート," along with an original manga label, WebToon production, and a cross-border e-commerce site ("Fandom Tokyo"). The Tokyo-based, publicly listed company focuses on digital manga distribution and anime/manga-related media for both domestic and international audiences.
3 investors
YOLO JAPAN operates a membership media platform for foreign residents living in Japan, offering job listings, everyday-life services, and one-stop support from arrival to departure. It also provides services for companies to hire foreign residents and conduct market research, connecting businesses with a registered base of over 400,000 foreign nationals from 246 countries and regions.
3 investors
HERALBONY is a Japanese art and lifestyle brand that licenses and commercializes artwork created by artists with disabilities (including intellectual disabilities and autism), turning their work into products under an "artist first" model that fairly compensates the artists and welfare facilities. The company aims to reframe disability as distinctive individuality and expand its work internationally.
3 investors
BongdaWap is a Vietnamese-language football data website that provides live match results, scores, and betting odds for hundreds of leagues worldwide. It targets football fans who want to follow real-time match updates.
2 investors
Techsauce is a Thailand-based technology and business media outlet that publishes news, interviews, and analysis on startups, AI, and the tech ecosystem. It covers topics such as venture funding, corporate technology developments, and leadership, primarily for a Thai audience.
2 investors
4books is a subscription app that produces original 15-minute summaries of nonfiction books, along with podcasts and courses, available in Italian, English, and Spanish. It targets consumers seeking to learn key ideas from top books through reading or audio content.
2 investors
6AM City designs, launches, manages, and monetizes newsletters for local and niche audiences, combining editorial strategy with scalable systems. It operates as a newsletter media and services business serving communities and brand partners.
2 investors
831 Stories is a publisher and events organizer focused on romance fiction, running book signings, author Q&As, and reader book clubs across US cities. It publishes romance titles and builds community events around romance readers, writers, and fans.
2 investors
9GAG operates a cross-platform entertainment network that distributes user-generated and curated content including memes, videos, and jokes to a global audience across its website and social media channels. The platform serves as a destination for entertainment consumption and social sharing, particularly focused on gaming and comedy content.
2 investors
A Parent Media Company (APMC) provides streaming and monetization solutions for brands and content creators. The company operates Kidoodle.TV, a safe streaming service designed for children and families.
2 investors
AARP is a membership organization serving people aged 50 and older, offering benefits such as discounts, programs, newsletters, magazines, and community events. It also advocates on issues like Social Security and Medicare and provides resources on health, finances, and daily life.
2 investors
Abel Studios produces on-demand audio entertainment for kids and families, including podcasts, audiobooks, and original fiction and non-fiction shows, with a catalogue of over 600 episodes in 5 languages. It also creates branded and customised audio content in partnership with brands and publishers, and distributes shows through a global partner network, with a focus on Europe.
2 investors
aBreak Music is a free music and artist discovery platform for independent artists. It connects emerging talent with industry expertise from experienced music executives.
2 investors
Acqustic is a music community platform connecting independent musicians, industry companies, brands, and fans, offering new releases, concerts, videos, and playlists. It focuses on the independent music scene across Spain, Europe, and Latin America.
2 investors
Ad Auris provides automated text-to-audio narration that converts written stories into branded audio, with custom narration voices, RSS-based auto-narration, and one-line website distribution plus optional publishing to Spotify and Apple Podcasts. It serves publishers and media outlets with audience analytics and ad integration via Google Ad Manager to monetize audio content.
2 investors
AdEspresso provides split testing and optimization tools for Facebook and Instagram advertising campaigns. The platform helps marketers find the right audience for social media ads.
2 investors