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Media and Entertainment Startups

Updated July 2026

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

Explore 1,062 recently funded media and entertainment companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,062
Total Funding
$67.9M
Avg Funding
$2.7M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

Boston
London
Singapore
Helsinki
Geneve
Medellín

Recently Funded Companies

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Boston, United States

TVCoins is a free, white-label video streaming service that offers live programming and video-on-demand via an app.

$10.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Sport Buff is a real-time fan engagement broadcast media for next-generation gamification.

$2.5M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Avium is am metaverse platform that provides web3 experience through animation, comics and esports.

$2.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

The future of cloud native gaming.

Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Geneve, Switzerland

A cultural revolution ecosystem that revives art and culture through digital assets, while creating a new artistic concept.

Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Medellín, Colombia

Reinventing the Discovery & Showcase of Creative Talent with AI-Powered Video Playlists

$400K raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Las Vegas, United States

PremiumData360 provides data from some of the largest TV stations and TV networks in the USA, providing a wide variety of solutions.

$1.2M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Next generation digital twin SAAS platform

$130K raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lancaster, United States

MAKE/FILMS specializes in producing identity films, TV commercials, training films, short films, documentaries, and more.

$2.8M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Washington, United States

The Argument is a media firm that offers combative case for liberalism through well-structured original opinion pieces.

$4.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

A UK-based steak restaurant group .

Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

memmo.me provides a webpage for offering and distributing personalised video messages from actors, athletes, musicians, and other talent.

$12.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Higashi-shinagawa, Japan

CinemaLeap is an XR content production company that produces and distributes short movie for smartphones and other media platforms.

$412K raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Dear Media is a podcast network with an emphasis on female hosts and voices.

$4.7M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Durango, United States

A media tech company with scalable platform for creating and distributing local news stories in video format directly into local communities

$250K raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul & New York based new media company dedicated to building a captivating information landscape for tomorrow.

$500K raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Beverly Hills, United States

Koobrik is an automated creative database and project-tracking company.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Mexico City, Mexico

México Pragmático is an internet media organization that reports on current events in Mexico.

$450K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

VoyceMe is the first English original platform for manga, webcomics, and light novels!

Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Diego, United States

The Bloomberg of Sports Data transforming how live sports intelligence is captured, analyzed, and monetized.

$250K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Silver Spring, United States

CuriosityStream is a factual entertainment media company with a global streaming service and pay TV channels around the world.

$24.5M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cape Coral, United States

ID Privacy AI: AI-as-a-Service platform delivering custom encrypted models and knowledge bases, keeping enterprise data private and secure.

$251K raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Michigan, United States

Noble Story Co is a film studio, which believes in telling good, true and beautiful stories while crafting emotional core production.

$301K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Santa Cruz, United States

Pebble creates a social network with new forms of content that will expand the tools available for expression while individualizing society.

$325K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bucharest, Romania

Web3 launchpad + marketplace for creative content

$31K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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 1,062 media and entertainment companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$2.7M
Total Funding Tracked
$67.9M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

1.London
3 companies$2.6M
2.Boston
1 companies$10.0M
3.Singapore
1 companies$2.0M
4.Helsinki
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Geneve
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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