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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
$5.1B
Avg Funding
$202.5M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

New York
Boulder
Berkeley
Riga
London
Austin

Recently Funded Companies

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New York, United States

THE UNIT LABEL is a comprehensive creative label that serves as a kind of cultural curator, spreading Asian culture to America and Europe.

$400K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Vinyl Me, Please is a music club that helps people explore, experience, and enjoy music on a deeper level.

$1.6M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berkeley, United States

Flymachine is an entertainment industry that organizes lives events digitally.

$21.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Riga, Latvia

Sonarworks is an innovative audio technology startup that redefines headphone and music delivery industries.

$6.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The Garden is an online media company.

$3.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

From Script to Screen with No In Between.

Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Connecting European Venture

$9K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Record is creative IP infrastructure, unifying royalty data into a single source of truth for reporting, payouts & diligence.

$3.0M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Limassol, Cyprus

Bite-Sized Video Content & Short series

$400K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Zegona has been established to execute a ‘Buy-Fix-Sell’ strategy in the European TMT sector.

$3.7B raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Playmaker is a digital sports media company creating content experiences via its sports media brand portfolio.

$15.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Collingwood, Australia

Cipher is powered by advanced analytics that drive the machine learning models developed by team of data scientists.

$5.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Dallas, United States

Puttery is a social entertainment and mini-golf experience with curated cuisine and crafted cocktails.

$10.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Banijay Group operates in entertainment industry.

$228.4M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rochester Hills, United States

ZOLLPA builds brands and brings brands to life through gaming.

$3.5M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

HOMETAINMENT is the platform where they can book premium food, drinks, music, arts and crafts and children's experiences to enjoy at home.

$470K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Flipboard is a developer of a mobile social magazine platform used to collect and share news articles from various news sources.

$25.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Reykjavík, Iceland

Overtune is a mobile platform where you arrange sounds, record a voice video and share it on your socials.

$2.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The Round is a SaaS tool for real-time animation streaming into any virtual application, utilising a proprietary transit protocol.

$575K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

JedStar is a decentralized ecosystem that provides potential income opportunities and adoption to revolutionize NFTs, DeFi, and GameFi.

$3.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Santa Monica, United States

Paramount Skydance is a media company that creates elevated, event-level entertainment for global audiences.

$1.0B raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Memphis, United States

Noremac Media Group is a tech company that offer digital media services.

$3.1M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Sports Digitale is an online sports channel that creates content for a variety of sports, including basketball and football.

$900K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

TicketMe allows for free purchase and sales of tickets for live music, theater, sports, and other events.

$346K raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Barcelona, Spain

VRM is a provide to hospitality virtual solution.

$2.1M raised
Jun 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
$202.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$5.1B
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Media and Entertainment

1.London
5 companies$3.7B
2.New York
2 companies$3.4M
3.Boulder
1 companies$1.6M
4.Berkeley
1 companies$21.0M
5.Riga
1 companies$6.0M

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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