26 Best Animation Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Animation Startups

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There are 26 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $89.3m.

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$1.7b

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Discord is an American company that offers users a free messenger with support for IP telephony and video conferencing. About 56 million people use the Discord messenger every month, and its total audience exceeds 270 million users.

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$159.5m

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Evernote is a company offering notetaking software and online service founded in 2008 by Stepan Pachikov.

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$50.0m

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Vyond is a video animation software company.

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$600.0k

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Network connecting creative talent in TV, film, and games.

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$12.2m

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Rephrase is a Bangalore-based provider of synthetic media tools for creating video and an AI-powered visual dubbing tool.

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$76.3m

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Platform enabling teams to design, share, and collaborate on 3D projects using virtual reality.

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$4.0m

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A software company that aids users with developing apps and games with real-time animation.

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$780.0k

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PowToon is a company founded in 2011 by Ilya Spitalnik.

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$25.0k

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Wideo is a company founded in 2012.

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$150.3m

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Frame.io is an online video creation platform that is integrated with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Slack, and Vimeo.

$150.0k

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Jitter is a collaborative motion design tool on the web. It helps designers create high-fidelity animations for their interfaces, videos and marketing content, easily -- it's like Figma for motion design.

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$46.0m

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LottieFiles is a collection of animations designed for Lottie

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$8.0m

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Hornet is a production studio based in New York City and Brooklyn.

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$10.1m

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AI-driven physical animation platform for the gaming industry.

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$1.3m

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Smobler Studios is a metaverse architecture and creative agency in Singapore.

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$125.0k

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Mdundo.com is a company founded in 2013.

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$10.0m

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Cheehoo is an AI-driven animation technology company revolutionizing 3D content creation. Founded by industry veterans, it offers tools that integrate with Maya and Unreal Engine, accelerating animation workflows and enabling rapid prototyping for studios and creators.

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Tumult Hype allows users to make HTML5 web contents without coding.

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$21.0m

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Pocket.watch is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2017.

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$12.0m

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$70.0m

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Cinesite is a visual effects founded in 1991.

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$580.0k

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AI-powered creative platform for unified animation, gaming, visual effects, and immersive entertainment.

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$11.5m

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Wonder Dynamics is utilizing AI to develop cutting-edge technologies, innovate production tools and create original content -- both traditional and interactive.

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$7.5m

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Swoove Studios is a provider of AI-powered software for 3D animation founded in 2020 by Herman Spliethoff .

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Rainbow S.r.l. is a Loreto, Marche-based company founded in 1995 by Iginio Straffi.

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$2.9m

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Shanghai Soco Software is a company founded in 2005.

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