Analyzing Entertainment Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Listnerd
Founded
09/12

Side With Me
Founded
09/12

ShoutOut Radio
Founded
08/12

Kambuzi
Founded
08/12

Camcada
Founded
08/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Playspace
Angel Funded
09/12

Gramble
Angel Funded
08/12

Smash Haus Music Group
Angel Funded
08/12

Rock N Roll Game Studio
Angel Funded
08/12

The Other Guys
Angel Funded
08/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Video Blocks
Series A
09/12

ivi.ru
VC Round
09/12

eSpark
Series A
09/12

ZEFR
Series C
08/12

AwesomenessTV
Series A
08/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Picklive
Acquired
07/12

Castfire
Acquired
07/12

Playfire
Acquired
07/12

Gaikai
Acquired
07/12

Gamification.org
Acquired
06/12

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	7	3	7	4
2	New York (USA)	4	8	5	3
3	London (GBR)	3	5	10	1
4	Los Angeles (USA)	8	3	3	2
5	Palo Alto (USA)	1	3	3	-
6	Berlin (DEU)	2	1	4	-
7	Dublin (IRL)	3	2	1	-
8	Chicago (USA)	1	2	2	-
9	Vancouver (CAN)	3	-	2	-
10	Buenos Aires (ARG)	1	2	1	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	450	120	119	39
2010	476	121	167	34
2009	486	93	131	27
2008	447	92	173	22
2007	372	70	158	7
2006	209	24	68	4
2005	122	13	36	1
2004	74	2	18
2003	63	2	3
2002	46	3	2

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	450	89	15	2
2010	476	91	25	8
2009	486	86	50	11
2008	447	73	77	17
2007	372	83	127	20
2006	209	46	91	15
2005	122	14	89	11
2004	74	12	49	8
2003	63	5	47	4
2002	46	3	28	4

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					19
2011				54	24
2010			49	19	7
2009		39	20	9	3
2008	32	15	8	2	1

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					1
2011				3	11
2010			6	11	4
2009		9	17	6	6
2008	11	14	10	7	5

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	17	Y Combinator
2	6	500 Startups, SV Angel
3	5	First Round Capital, Ron Conway
4	4	NXTP Labs, DreamIt Ventures, Private Angel, Rick Thompson
5	3	Samurai Incubate, Accel Partners, AlphaLab, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, General Catalyst Partners, Google Ventures, HackFwd, Harrison Metal Capital, Intel Capital, Kima Ventures, LaunchBox Digital, Lifeline Ventures
6	2	betaworks, Enlabs, Startupbootcamp, TechStars, i/o Ventures, IDInvest Partners, Atomico, Baseline Ventures, Battery Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania, CrunchFund, fbFund, FirstMark Capital, Hasso Plattner Ventures, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Innovation Works, Kite Ventures, Rhodium, SoftTech VC, TomorrowVentures, Venture51, Alex Welch, Alexis Ohanian, Anonymous Angel, Anonymous Investor, Chris Sacca, Geoff Ralston, Joi Ito, Matt Mullenweg, Paige Craig, Reid Hoffman, Scott Banister, Stefan Glaenzer, Yossi Vardi
7	1	Alfalak, Altergaia, Angaros Group Pte Ltd, Artiman Ventures, Bedrocket Media Ventures, Berlin Venture Partners, Bernardo Investment , Berquet Desarrollo Empresarial, S.L., Bitclick GmbH, Bitfactory Holding, Bluemind Ventures, Clayrain Company, Inc., DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship, DeNA, Digital Magics, Europa Press, Excelerate Labs, Fubra, GO Ventures, H-Farm Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures, Ideateca, Intel, Kima Ventures, Lambert Media Group, LaunchPad Coworking, Lifeline Ventures, Logia Group, Lucid Ventures, Maya Partner Ltd. , Meltwater Foundation, Motivate Health Technologies, Moxie Pictures, NHN Corp. (Naver), Next Chance Group, Northport Holdings, Openfund, PMOVIL, RapidTainment, Resource Group Holding, Revolution, Seed Hatchery, Solidus Company, Start DMC, Start Engine, StartMate, Symbid, TFAL Ventures (Luxembourg based holding company), The Difference Engine, The Tornante Company, TV Tokyo, Universal Langauge Productions, Vscoop Hong Kong, WPP, Year One Labs, YouWeb, 4Di Capital, ACE & Company, Adobe Ventures, Advancit Capital, AIB Seed Capital Fund, Allen & Company, Alsop Louie Partners, Alta Ventures Mexico, Altos Ventures, Ambient Sound Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthem Venture Partners, AOL Ventures, Arts Alliance Ventures, Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno, Atlas Venture, atventure.us, Band of Angels, Bay Partners, Benaroya Capital, Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, BFB Fruehphasenfonds, Bizdom, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Blume Ventures, BOLDstart Ventures, Bootfish, Brook Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Cap-Meridian Ventures LTD, Capital Factory, Chang You Fund, CMEA Ventures, ConsensusOne Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Crosslink Capital, DEV, Dragonvest Partners, Draper Associates, e.ventures, Eaglebrook School, Easton Capital, EchoVC Partners, Endeavor Partners, Entree Capital, eonBusiness, Expansion Venture Capital, Faraday Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Francesco Micheli Associati, Fraunhofer Venture, Fuse Capital, Go4Funding, Granicus Group, Graph Ventures, Greycroft Partners, eujrmoq, High Line Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, IBIS Media VCT 1, ID Capital, Ignition Partners, Infinity Venture Partners Incubator Fund , Initial:Capital, iNovia Capital, Inverpyme, JumpStart Foundry, Keiretsu Forum, Kickstart Seed Fund, KPG Ventures, Kuv Capital, KVG Partners, Lerer Ventures, lool ventures, Magma Venture Partners, McLean Capital, Media Development Authority, Menlo Ventures, Mexican VC, MHS Capital, Mianach Venture Capital, Midven, The Morpheus, Mumbai Angels, Nairbo Investment, Natural Science Foundation, NESTA Investments, Neu Venture Capital, New Atlantic Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, New World Ventures, New York Angels, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, NFQ Ventures, Nivelinvest, North Star Equity Investment Partners, Noson Lawen Partners, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Parta Group, Partech International, Pentech Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Prism VentureWorks, PROfounders Capital, Raptor Ventures, Red Globe, Red Swan, Redalpine Venture Partners, reInvention Capital, Rho Canada, Richmond Park Partners, Rose Tech Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, SAIF Partners, SAM Venture Partners, Seeders, Start Fund, Start-Up Chile, StartItSmart, Startl, Stonebridge Capital, Sunstone Capital, Tandem Entrepreneurs, Tapuz, Team Downey, TEEC Angel Fund, Tekes, Tengelmann E-Commerce Beteiligungs, The Accelerator Group, The BAM trust, The Bonte Family Fund, The Social+Capital Partnership, TransCosmos, Trinity Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, True Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, Utah Angels, Venture Accelerator, Venture Farm, Veraventure, Village Ventures, Vives Fund, Wekix, Wesley Clover, Western Technology Investment, WGI Fund, YearOne Labs, YFM Venture Finance, YouWeb, ZenShin Capital, Wicks Walker, Alain Azan, Alan Warms, Alex Algard, Alex Hoye, Alex Le, Alex Rigopulos, Alexander Jorias, Alexandre Almajeanu, Alfred Lin, Algy Williams, Ali Partovi, Alistair Croll, Allen Graber, Alvaro Ortiz Travado, Anderson Schoenrock, Andrew Frame, Andrew Lee, Andrew Ari Clibanoff, Andy Mazzarella, Anil Hansjee, Anonymous Angels, Ariel Poler, Aydin Senkut, Babak Nivi, Beau King, Bill Curbishley, Bill Karamouzis, Bill Luby, Bo Peabody, Bob Mason, Bob Roberts, Bob Stevenson, Bobbo Jetmundsen, Boris Wertz, Brad Feld, Bradley Horowitz, Brent Hoberman, Brett Wander, Brian Becker, Brian Gately, Brian Higgins, Brian Lee, Brian Pokorny, Brock Pierce, Bud Colligan, Burnt Norton, Carlos Bhola, Cedric Littardi, Chamath Palihapitiya, Charles Leonard, Chris Yeh, Christina Brodbeck, Clarke Miyasaki, Cortez Bryant, Coskun Tuna, Curt Widdoes, Cyan Banister, Dan Martell, Daniel James, Daniel Zadok, Dario Suter, Darren Crystal, Dave Carlson, Dave Maestri, Dave Morin, Dave Roux, David Abbott, David Beyer, David Cancel, David Chamandy, David G. Cohen, David Edwab, David Helgason, David Higley, David Kalt, David S. Samuels, David Spector, David Tisch, David Wheldon, David Wu, Diego Corral Basterra, Diego Meller, Diego Meller, Dion DeLoof, Don Dodge, Don Hutchison, Douglas A. Glover, Emil Michael, Eran Egozy, Eric Hautemont, Eric Pulier, Erik Moore, Evan Lowenstein, Ferry Richard Spitz, Fred Kreuger, Fred Wilson, 'Friends & Family', Gady Nemirovsky, Gary Clayton, Gary Guseinov, Gary Stiffelman, Geoff Meacham, George Riviere, Georges Chryssostallis, Georges Harik, Giantstep Angels, Giuseppe D'Antonio, Hadi Partovi, Hal Philipp, Harris Barton, Heiko Hubertz, Henric Suuronen, Howard Marks, Ian Cunningham, Igor Ryabenkiy, Ilkka Paananen, J Schmidt, Jacques-Antoine Granjon, James Levine, James Tamplin, Jamie Crouthamel, Jarl Mohn, Jason Bailey, Jateen Parekh, Jean-Louis Gassée, Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer, Jeff Ballowe, Jeff Cavins, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Pulver, Jeff Solomon, Jeff Stewart, Jeff Weiner, Jeffrey Schox, Jeffrey Tinsley, Jens Sauer, Jeremy Miles, Jim Armstrong, Jim Collis, Jim Katzman, Jim Mitchell, Jim Sorenson, Joe Kalfa, John Bromley, John Lee, John Pestana, John S. Johnson, Jon Callaghan, Josef Gatzek, Josh Elman, Josh Mohrer, Kamran Pourzanjani, Kay Luo, Keith Calder, Keith Rabois, Kevin Donahue, Kevin Rose, Kris Zagoria, Lars Albright, Laurent Laffy, Lawrence Bilker, Live Nation informals, Lon Chow, Luis Martin Cabiedes, Lukas SchÃ¶neberg, Luke Rajlich, Maneesh Arora, Manny Rivelo, Marc Andreessen, Margaret Marshall, Mark Cuban, Mark Edward Roberts, Mark Goines, MartÃn AÃ±azco, Matthew Wiggins, Maurice Miller, Michael Arrington, Michael Broukhim, Michael Dougherty, Michael Levinthal, Michael Müller, Michael Parekh, Michael Robertson, Michael Weiksner, Mihai Crasneanu, Mike Dornbrook, MIke Mothner, Mike Yavonditte, Mikko Kodisoja, MJ Eng, Mo Bunnell, Morten Lund, Mustafa Yucelgen, Nancy Jacobsen, Nancy Pierce, Naval Ravikant, Neil Young, Nicolas Béraud, Niket Desai, Nils Johnson, Olaf Olafsson, Paddy MccGwire, Pancho Vanhees, Paul Iaffaldano, Paul Kessler, Paul Noglows, Peter Carey, Peter Koral, Peter Sperling, Phil Drayer, Philippe Seignol, Pierre and Pam Omidyar, Private Investor, Rajan Anandan, Raymond Tonsing, Reed Morse, Richard Bridgewood, Rob O'Dea, Rob Solomon, Robert Dighero, Robert Fanini, Robert McMillen, Robert Pittman, Roger Ehrenberg, Roland Swenson, Romi Mahajan, Ron Dembo, Ron Ross, Ronnie Lott, Roy Hessel, Ryan Steelberg, sagi schliesser, Sam Stahl, Sandy Strauss, Sanu Desai, Scott Kriscovich, Scott Walker, Shane Naughton, Shawn Simpson, Sherry Coutu, Shervin Pishevar, Silvio Scaglia, Sooboon Koh, Srikant Sastri, Steve Hamilton, Stewart Butterfield, Sue Heilbronner, SW Cheng, Sy Fahimi, Tom Barnicoat, Tony Cicero, Tony Greenberg, Troy Henikoff, Unai Ansejo Barra, Undisclosed Private, Unnamed angel investors, Vadim Ugov, Various Private Investors, Veronique Marsot Seignol, Vikas Gupta, Vincenzo D'Antonio, Virginia Persons, Walt Winshall, Walter Loewenstern, William Lohse, William Quigley, William Randolph Hearst III, Yair Landau, Yuri Milner, Zhi Tan

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	19	Intel Capital
2	15	Accel Partners
3	13	Benchmark Capital
4	11	Sequoia Capital
5	10	SoftBank Capital
6	9	Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
7	8	General Catalyst Partners
8	7	Greycroft Partners, Index Ventures, MK Capital
9	6	Canaan Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners
10	5	DAG Ventures, Doll Capital Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, T-Venture, True Ventures

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	8	Zynga
2	5	Electronic Arts, Google
3	3	AOL, CBS, Playdom, The Walt Disney Company
4	2	BUZZ MEDIA, Citizen Sports, Gamestop, Getty Images, GREE, imeem, Kabam, KIT digital, LiveUniverse, MindJolt, MySpace, Sony, WildEarth Media, Yahoo!
5	1	24MAS, 6waves Lolapps, 888 Holdings, Accenture, Adconion Media Group, Alcatel-Lucent, AlphaBird, American Express, Amie Street, AOL Europe, Apple, Ascent Media, Badgeville, Big Fish Games, Blue Wireless & Data, Brand Affinity Technologies, Brass Monkey, CDNetworks, Cellfish, Chess.com, Cisco, Clarendon Foundation, ClearOne, Clicker, CraveOnline, Dell, DeNA, Discovery Communications, DivX, Etix, Fennetic, Grab Games, Green Man Gaming, Henry INC., Hewlett-Packard, IAC, Internap, Komli Media, KongZhong, Kudelski Group, Liberty Media, Limelight Networks, LocalResponse, Lolapps, Media General, Microsoft, MiMedia, Mindspark Interactive Network, MocoSpace, Motionbox, Move Networks, Nexway, ngmoco, NTT DoCoMo, Photobucket, Corp., OVGuide, Perfect World, Cheezburger, Publishers Clearing House, Qlipso, Rambler, Renren, ReverbNation, RockYou, Rosetta Stone, Runcom, Sasashani, Scripps Networks Interactive, SeaChange International, Shanda Interactive Entertainment, Shine Group, Skype, Snapfish, Songmaster Studios Education, Sports Millions, StreetFire, Symposium Productions, Tagged, The Fennetic Company, T3Media, Throne Media Group, Total Music Group, Tribune Media, Triton Digital, Tubefilter, TwitVid, VBrick Systems, VentureBeat, Viacom, Vitrue, Vivox, Warner Bros., Weplay, YouTube, Zed

Analyzing Entertainment Startups Worldwide

Recent Activity

Recently Founded

Received Angel Funding

Received VC Funding

Recently Acquired

Most Active Cities (Last 12 Months)

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