Media & Entertainment Startups

Royal is building products at the intersection of music and cryptocurrency to create economic opportunities for both musicians and listeners.

8 investors

ShareChat is an Indian social media platform where users share and discover short videos and status content in regional Indian languages, organized around topics such as music, comedy, Bollywood, and devotional themes. It serves regional-language internet users in India with user-generated and AI-assisted content.

8 investors

Sizzle.gg offers patented technology that generates large numbers of personalized highlight reels from a single broadcast, tailoring clips to individual fans without producing new video files. It serves content and sports broadcasters looking to deliver customized fan experiences.

8 investors

Soundstripe provides a royalty-free music licensing platform where creators can subscribe to or buy individual licenses for production music tracks, including a curated Warner Chappell Production Music collection. It serves content creators, businesses, and brands producing film, television, and other media.

8 investors

TuneIn is an audio streaming platform that aggregates live sports, news, music, podcasts, and over 120,000 radio stations in a single interface. It serves listeners across multiple connected devices and digital assistants.

8 investors

Universe makes a mobile-first website builder app that lets anyone design, build, and sell online from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The company serves individuals and businesses creating websites and online stores.

8 investors

VK operates a social networking platform. The provided page content only shows a browser-compatibility warning and does not describe the company's offerings in detail.

8 investors

Wicked Saints Studio is a game development studio that designs narrative-driven, interactive story games, including its World Reborn project. Its team combines game designers, writers, narrative designers, engineers, and behavioral science researchers.

8 investors

Womply built software for small businesses including CRM, marketing, and reputation management tools; it later processed Paycheck Protection Program applications for sole proprietors and 1099 workers through a technology platform provided to SBA-approved lenders.

8 investors

SmartNews operates a news aggregation app that gives users access to articles from around 3,000 media outlets, along with weather information, coupons, and a points reward program. It also offers SmartNews+, a paid subscription bundling business news publications and coupons.

8 investors

Amagi is a media technology platform that enables content distribution and monetization for broadcasters and streaming services. The company provides cloud-based solutions for video delivery, playout, and advertising.

7 investors

Antenna's Subscriber Views product measures how programming affects audience behavior and subscriber loyalty by tracking which shows drive sign-ups, retention, and engagement across streaming services. It helps media companies optimize programming decisions based on multi-dimensional subscriber analytics.

7 investors

Applicaster offers a no/low-code platform (Zapp) for creating, operating, and optimizing over-the-top (OTT) streaming apps. The platform serves broadcasters, content publishers, and OTT providers globally who want to build and monetize streaming applications across mobile and TV devices.

7 investors

Arcturus Sports develops video production and capture technology for sports venues, enabling broadcasters and venues to create multi-angle highlights, replays, and analysis for broadcast, VR, and immersive displays.

7 investors

Arena is a real-time engagement platform that enables organizations to create immersive interactive experiences, engage audiences through live updates, and personalize customer interactions across news, gaming, and ecommerce industries.

7 investors

Beatdapp develops a fraud detection platform for the music streaming industry, aimed at identifying manipulation and protecting revenue integrity for rights holders and streaming platforms. It focuses on fraud prevention and royalty accuracy across the digital streaming landscape.

7 investors

Beluga publishes crypto market analysis, insights, and educational articles covering topics such as Solana staking and DeFi. It distributes a weekly newsletter (the Beluga Brief) aimed at crypto investors.

7 investors

Bitmovin develops video infrastructure tools for OTT online video providers, including adaptive streaming HTML5 players and cloud-based video encoding. It serves enterprise video providers with developer-focused streaming and encoding products.

7 investors

Blavity is a digital media company producing news and content focused on Black culture, identity, and current events, serving Black millennials and Gen Z audiences. It publishes editorial coverage across topics such as politics, social issues, and entertainment.

7 investors

Business Insider is an online news and media publication covering business, technology, finance, and related topics, including coverage of the AI industry.

7 investors

Stay connected: smart tools & automation (acquired by Compass)

7 investors

Ematic Solutions is a digital marketing consultancy that helps companies adopt and implement marketing technologies and end-to-end services. The firm serves businesses of all sizes across multiple industries and operates a global team of marketing, technology, and data specialists.

7 investors

Encantos is a children's education company that creates "storyteaching" experiences—curriculum-infused stories delivered through an app plus physical and digital products like animated series, books, songs, games, and puzzles—to teach kids skills such as creativity, critical thinking, and communication. Operating as a public benefit corporation, it focuses on diverse, inclusive content for kids and families.

7 investors

Filmhub is a film distribution platform that provides transparency and direct revenue sharing for filmmakers. The company handles asset management, localization, encoding, delivery, and instant payments for independent film creators distributing to streaming platforms.

7 investors