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Media and Entertainment Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the media and entertainment sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,093 recently funded media and entertainment companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,093
Total Funding
$983.7M
Avg Funding
$39.3M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

Tokyo
London
Napoli
Hong Kong
Brooklyn
Brisbane

Recently Funded Companies

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Tokyo, Japan

SHAREDINE is an internet service company that specializes in the operation and management of travel food matching platform.

$11.6M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

NumberEight is an ID-less audience intelligence company helping advertisers curate and target without any identifiers.

$2.7M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Napoli, Italy

2Watch is a media tech company which is into gaming and esports.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection that is building web3-native tools for gaming and entertainment products.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brooklyn, United States

Dynamo is a media platform focusing on business journalism.

$3.4M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brisbane, Australia

Replica Studios creates naturally expressive voice-overs and performances through an AI that can replicate the human voice.

$4.2M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Disney Streaming provides technology services and video streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB).

$900.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Menlo Park, United States

Youshd is the world's first programmatic influencer marketing solution.

$2.6M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

Attain is an outcomes driven platform enabling marketers with better data to achieve their goals

$25.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

dedicated to producing innovative campaigns, built with clever strategies and consumer retention in mind, delivered via engaging content.

$211K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Donegal, Ireland

Junk Kouture is an integrated media and entertainment company combining fashion with sustainability.

Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dublin, Ireland

GlitchAds intends to democratize advertising by leveraging adverts and artificial intelligence.

$2.3M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bodmin, United Kingdom

Making books more accessible, social and sustainable with the most advanced digital book platform ever imagined.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oakland, United States

Toybox Labs is an online marketplace for toys.

$465K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Cuneiform helps creators to feature their content and retain control, while also innovating the traditional box office ticket system.

$462K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bucharest, Romania

Voxa is a streaming platform offering audiobooks, e-books, mindfulness meditations, and book summaries primarily in English.

Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Perfect.live is an AI-powered concierge and personal assistant service.

$700K raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Entropy Media is a media company that offers premium and impactful podcasts.

$1.7M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

XP Factory is involved in the leading experience leisure firms, which run two rapidly emerging fun brands, Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar.

$13.1M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Hedra is a content creation platform that uses AI to enables users to generate videos, images, and audio.

$1.0M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

ARwall provides AI & XR content production solutions for desktop and mobile users that are simple, fast, and affordable.

$980K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

MOV builds a global video network to bring fluidity to movies and create new value worldwide.

$658K raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Tracknme is an innovative platform that integrates AI agents, community-driven development, and film production into one seamless experience

$1.0M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

88rising is a record label, management company, and producer of digital content catering to the Asian millennial market.

Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

East Setauket, United States

ABYA is a developer and provider technological components for the creation of graphic virtualization cloud-gaming solutions.

$1.7M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Media and Entertainment Startup Ecosystem

The media and entertainment sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Media and Entertainment

Media and Entertainment companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The media and entertainment sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Media and Entertainment Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,093 media and entertainment companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$39.3M
Total Funding Tracked
$983.7M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

1.London
3 companies$16.0M
2.Tokyo
2 companies$12.2M
3.New York
2 companies$900.0M
4.Los Angeles
2 companies$2.7M
5.Napoli
1 companiesUndisclosed

Related Industries

Companies in the media and entertainment sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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