Media & Entertainment Startups

Smartocto provides editorial analytics software with AI-driven features that helps newsrooms and media organisations turn data into content decisions. The product targets media companies in the publishing industry.

2 investors

SMT provides real-time data visualization and broadcast graphics technology for major sports events, using its OASIS platform to turn raw data and video into on-screen graphics enriched with statistics, tracking data, predictive analytics, and instant replays. It serves the sports broadcasting and fan engagement market.

2 investors

Snappr provides on-demand production of photography, videography, and AI image generation for businesses with both high-volume and individual content needs. It operates as a visual content production platform.

2 investors

Snax operates a web platform that aggregates browser-based games into a single destination, adding new titles regularly with no downloads or subscriptions required. It targets players looking to discover and play games directly in the browser.

2 investors

Songkick is a platform that helps music fans track their favorite artists and discover live concerts, providing personalized alerts and ticket purchasing options. The service serves music fans globally and operates in the live music/ticketing industry.

2 investors

Sonomo operates an online marketplace where investors buy and sell shares in music royalties, with real-time order-book pricing, yield and risk scoring, and monthly royalty payouts tied to streaming performance. It also offers pre-built "Baskets" for diversified exposure across multiple recordings, with a legal structure governed by Dutch civil law.

2 investors

SoundBetter is an online marketplace where musicians and artists hire music production professionals — including mixing and mastering engineers, singers, songwriters, producers, and session musicians — for remote collaboration. Users describe a project, receive proposals from vetted pros, and pay through the platform once work is completed.

2 investors

Soundcharts provides real-time music data analytics and monitoring tools for radio airplay, streaming performance, and chart positions across 7M+ artists and 2,200+ radio stations in 84 countries. The platform is designed for music industry promotional teams, publicists, and labels to track release performance and identify PR opportunities.

2 investors

Soundreef is a music rights management platform that lets authors and publishers deposit their songs and collect royalties, and lets users buy music licenses. It monitors radio and TV airplay in real time and tracks royalty earnings for rightsholders, with a stated presence in Italy and internationally.

2 investors

Speechlab provides AI localization and dubbing for video and audio content, enabling transcription, translation, captioning, subtitling, and dubbing in 50+ languages. The platform offers enterprise-grade tools for editing, collaboration, and bulk processing with human review workflows for media and content teams.

2 investors

Spiideo provides automated, AI-powered sports video solutions delivered through the cloud, covering recording, analysis, and broadcasting without manual camera operators. It serves media rights-holders, leagues, federations, clubs, and schools worldwide.

2 investors

Splash is an interactive online music creation platform that uses AI to let users generate and collaborate on music through features like text-to-singing and generative text-to-music. The platform enables creators to build on each other's mixes socially and also operates a music-focused virtual experience on Roblox.

2 investors

Spoon University is a food and dining media platform for college students that publishes content on food trends, recipes, dining hall reviews, and food-related pop culture, written by a network of student contributors across over 100 campuses nationwide.

2 investors

Sportradar is a global sports technology company that provides data, analytics, and content solutions to sports federations, leagues, media companies, and betting operators, covering over a million sporting events each year. It also offers integrity services to detect and prevent fraud, doping, and match fixing across the sports industry.

2 investors

SpottedRisk offers insurance, bonding, and lending products tailored to the film and television production industry, working with producers and production companies. It operates alongside its subsidiary Media Guarantors and serves clients in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia.

2 investors

Spotwise builds an agentic platform for commercial radio broadcasters that turns on-air ad signals into sales actions—identifying buyers, drafting pitches, and updating the pipeline for sellers to review. Built in Latvia, it operates across Europe and is used by broadcasters in 14 countries.

2 investors

This company provides advertising automation software for video creators and independent publishers. Its platform supports the production, distribution and monetization of content for media brands.

2 investors

StackSocial is an online store selling discounted software licenses, apps, online courses, digital subscriptions, and consumer deals (such as Microsoft Office licenses, AI apps, and memberships) to consumers. It operates as an e-commerce deals marketplace for tech products and learning bundles.

2 investors

Stagetime is a platform for the performing arts where arts professionals build profiles with headshots, video, credits, and training, and where companies post applications and review candidate pools. It serves performers such as opera singers, instrumentalists, and other arts talent alongside hiring companies and casting decision-makers.

2 investors

StarNews is a platform that lets African content creators monetize their audiences through mobile carrier billing, distributing content via mobile operators so users can subscribe and pay without credit cards. It serves creators and mobile operator partners, focusing on the creator economy across African markets.

2 investors

Station was a service to help creators find new revenue and is now part of SpotsNow, which connects shows with advertisers to fill ad space and get paid. The page states Station is pausing operations while being integrated into SpotsNow's ad-focused platform.

2 investors

StatMuse is an AI-powered media platform that provides instant answers to sports and finance questions through search, covering statistics, scores, betting, fantasy data, and market information. The company serves tens of millions of users worldwide with personalized content and historical data for sports leagues and financial markets.

2 investors

An affiliate review site that ranks and compares online casinos and pokies available to players in Australia, covering welcome bonuses, licensing, game providers, and payment methods. It publishes ratings, bonus listings, and guidance on responsible gambling and spotting fraudulent operators.

2 investors

Flowtonik is a digital audio workstation for macOS that lets music producers use natural language to generate parts, edit clips, mix, and control the timeline, alongside hands-on waveform, automation, and routing tools. Each license includes the Tonik plugin with over 300 sounds plus stem separation, and it is free to download with optional Pro and Master subscription tiers.

2 investors