Media & Entertainment Startups

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free copyright licenses and tools enabling creators to share their work and the public to reuse creative and knowledge content. It also publishes commentary on topics such as attribution practices and the impact of AI systems on the commons.

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Creative Connex offers book publishing services including writing coaching, editing, proofreading, cover and interior design, illustration, formatting, distribution, and author marketing. It serves aspiring and self-publishing authors across fiction, nonfiction, memoir, children's, and business genres.

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Creative Rights International develops and licenses theatrical stage rights based on underlying properties such as novels, films and television formats, running readings and workshops to adapt them for the stage. Its stage adaptations include Bonnie & Clyde, Burlesque The Musical and Midnight Cowboy.

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CreativePickle is a full-service creative agency offering branding, logo design, graphic design, content creation, presentation design, social media management, tradeshow booth design, and custom website development. It serves a diverse client base including nonprofits, healthcare companies, real estate developers, law firms, and retail brands, and is based in Austin, Texas.

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CreatorsX is a Japanese startup that appears to work in anime and film content creation, based on its hiring of anime creators, art directors, producers, and animators. It has acquired BENTEN Film Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.

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CreatorDAO provides funding, custom tooling, and training to online content creators. It operates in the creator economy, supporting individual creators such as YouTubers and social media personalities.

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CreatorUp is a "Studio as a Service" that produces digital content—live-action video, animation, XR, live-streaming, and interactive media—using a global network of creators and subject matter experts combined with its Daisy generative AI platform. It serves businesses, educators, and content creators through bundled or à la carte services and an eCommerce store of content solutions.

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CREE8 provides a unified cloud-based studio platform for creative teams to capture, edit, collaborate, and distribute media content. The platform serves production professionals in live events, sports, and media creation with integrated file management, remote production capabilities, and project workflow tools.

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Creed Media is a marketing agency that helps global brands and record labels promote content through social media channels with a focus on reaching Gen Z consumers. The company combines creativity, data analysis, and cultural insights to develop and execute omnichannel campaigns across social platforms.

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Crescendo Lab (漸強實驗室) builds AI-driven platforms for marketing, sales, and customer service that use large-scale conversational data to help brands manage omnichannel customer interactions and turn them into business insights. It serves brands across Asia, operating in Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan as a LINE-certified technology provider.

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Crevo is a Japanese video production company that handles planning, filming, and editing of corporate, product, recruitment, TV commercial, and social media videos, drawing on a network of external creators. It also offers related services such as video marketing, ad operations, social media management, and website/landing-page production for business clients.

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Crimson Technology is a Japanese company involved in music-related technology, including audio and AI music, with affiliations to Japanese music electronics and metadata industry bodies. It operates the affiliate Digital Rights Lab.

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Cross Border is a theater and cultural education organization that develops pedagogical projects and productions centered on documentary theater and social themes.

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Crosscut is a reader-supported, independent online news site covering the Pacific Northwest, publishing local journalism on topics such as politics, housing, public safety, arts and community life. Its coverage centers on the Seattle and greater Washington State region.

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Croud is an independent global media, creative, and data agency that helps brands with brand strategy, integrated media, social, creative, and data services. It delivers work through its proprietary technology platform and an on-demand network of digital marketing specialists.

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A Vancouver-based caricaturist, illustrator, and cartoonist provides live caricature drawing and creative consulting for events. The service targets event organizers and audiences, with work performed at events across Canada, Europe, Asia, and the USA.

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Cryptomind is a Thailand-based crypto and Web3 group whose media arm produces market research and runs community media platforms. It includes Cryptomind Research, a research house providing market analysis, and Bitcoin Addict Thailand, a Web3 media platform and community.

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Larva Labs is a studio behind on-chain generative and NFT art projects on the Ethereum blockchain, including 10,000 pixel-art portraits (CryptoPunks), Autoglyphs on-chain generative art, and a collection of 20,000 generated 3D characters with a no-fee trading marketplace.

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CryptoPunks is a collection of 10,000 algorithmically generated 24×24 pixel avatar portraits issued as non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, with a native onchain marketplace for bidding, buying, and selling. Launched in 2017 by Larva Labs, each Punk is generated from 87 attributes across five types, serving collectors of digital art and NFTs.

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T1 is an esports organization fielding competitive gaming teams, with a global presence spanning shops in Korea, North America, China, and Europe. It operates fan-facing offerings including merchandise, community content, and a membership program.

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CSRwire is a distribution platform for corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and ESG press releases, publishing news across topics such as philanthropy, sustainable finance, and health and wellness. Operated by 3BL, it serves companies seeking to communicate their CSR and ESG initiatives to media and stakeholders.

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CTV News is a Canadian news organization that publishes news articles covering topics such as business, technology, and current events.

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CubicSpace develops real-time adaptive playback technology that optimizes 3D, VR, and spatial content across devices ranging from glasses-free 3D displays to VR headsets like the Meta Quest 3. Its products, including CubicScreen for iPhone, aim to deliver comfortable 3D viewing without eye strain for users and immersive technology innovators.

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Samsung Food is an app for saving recipes, shopping for ingredients, and meal planning, available on Android, iOS, Galaxy, and web for home cooks.

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