Media & Entertainment Startups

Skylights provides wearable VR headsets that deliver cinematic entertainment to captive audiences such as airline passengers and patients, initially launched as inflight entertainment. It bundles content licensing, software, hardware, and operations into a subscription service and is expanding into direct-to-consumer offerings.

2 investors

The site is a Dutch-language affiliate portal that ranks and reviews online casinos targeting players in the Netherlands, offering casino comparisons, bonus guides, and gambling information. It is not a technology company page.

2 investors

Slipstream provides a music catalog for content creators in entertainment and media, offering tracks that can be licensed across any platform globally. The company partners with independent artists and uses AI tools to help creators discover music that fits their content.

2 investors

The site publishes articles about cryptocurrency fintechs, bitcoin brokers, and blockchain topics, written in Portuguese. It does not present a specific company or product offering.

2 investors

SmarterTravel is a travel media publisher offering expert tips, destination guides, and travel news for readers planning trips. The company serves travel enthusiasts seeking information and inspiration across multiple stages of their journeys.

2 investors

SMT develops real-time scoring, tracking, graphics insertion, and data management systems for live sports broadcasting and venue operations across multiple leagues and sports. The company serves broadcasters, sports leagues, venues, and coaches with technology for on-air graphics, player/object tracking, statistical analysis, and fan engagement.

2 investors

Snapscreen builds turnkey products that connect smartphones to live TV for sports media and sports betting operators, including ClipShare for making broadcasts socially shareable and monetizable and SnapOdds for converting viewers into bettors via image recognition. Its tools target broadcasters, rights owners, sports media, and sportsbook operators to increase fan engagement during live games.

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

SOAR builds a volumetric video capture and streaming platform that turns around 20 live camera feeds into interactive real-time 3D scenes, letting broadcast operators choose any virtual camera angle, zoom, or moment. Aimed at sports broadcasting (with boxing-specific features like punch detection, speed/power tracking, and scoring), it integrates with existing broadcast infrastructure via NDI, SDI, and RTMP.

2 investors

SoftBank Vision Fund is an investment firm that provides capital and support to technology startups and founders globally. The fund manages a portfolio of early to late-stage companies across multiple sectors.

2 investors

Songkick is a live music discovery service that lets fans track their favorite artists, find concerts, and get event alerts across web, iPhone, and Android, as well as through partnerships with Spotify, Pandora, and Facebook. It maintains a large catalog of event listings and serves music fans worldwide.

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

Sounder provides AI-powered audio analysis for podcasts, identifying topics at the marker level and pairing them with contextual targeting and brand-suitability scoring based on GARM and IAB standards. It serves advertisers and publishers with tools for ad monetization, brand safety verification, and promotional asset generation, integrating with podcast CMS and ad stacks.

2 investors

Soundry.ai provides AI tools for DJs and music producers to remix songs and create samples in various styles. The platform serves music creators looking to generate production-ready audio content.

2 investors

Engine Room Recording Company is a project recording and rehearsal studio run by musicians for musicians and creatives. It is a bookable music production space listed on the Soundspace platform.

2 investors

Sparrow is a science subscription service that makes research accessible to a general audience by having expert scientists condense academic papers into 3-minute digests without technical jargon. The service covers topics including environment and climate change, mental health, cancer, and reproductive health.

2 investors

Spellbrush is a generative AI studio that develops anime-style video games and is the team behind niji・journey, an AI art generation tool. The company explores how AI can assist human artists in creating art for games.

2 investors

SPH Media is a Singapore-based news and lifestyle media organisation that publishes multiple editorial brands and offers advertisers multi-platform advertising solutions. It reaches a mass audience of Singaporean readers daily.

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

SPORTS BULL is a Japanese company that operates the internet sports media platform "SPORTS BULL," which delivers content across professional, amateur, local, and minor sports. It focuses on enhancing the experience of watching, playing, and supporting sports in Japan.

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

Spotter invests capital in top long-form YouTube creators and connects brands with those creators' engaged audiences. It operates in the creator economy, working with YouTube talent and advertisers.

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