69 Best Entertainment Startups to Watch in 2024

Machine learning platform for data scientists and engineers to help create enterprise AI.

Total Raised: $746.63M

Last Funding: $400.00M (Series E)

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment platform.

Total Raised: $550.12M

Last Funding: $0.00M (Seed)

Online ticketing platform for live music, sports, and cultural events.

Total Raised: $19.10M

Last Funding: $19.10M (Series A)

Home Run Dugout is a company founded in 2015 by Nicholas Hermandorfer.

Total Raised: $22.50M

Last Funding: $22.50M (Series A)

NFL ALL DAY is a United States-based company founded in 2018 by Nicolas Julia.

Total Raised: $684.62M

Last Funding: $680.00M (Series B)

Dream Games is a Turkey-based mobile game development company.

Total Raised: $467.50M

Last Funding: $255.00M (Series C)

PortalOne is a gaming startup delivering live game experiences with stunning visuals and next level interactivity.

Total Raised: $75.00M

Last Funding: $60.00M (Series A)

Online ticketing platform for live music, sports, and cultural events.

Total Raised: $19.10M

Last Funding: $19.10M (Series A)

A ticketing platform that lets you manage, market and analyze ticket sales more easily.

Total Raised: $66.52M

Last Funding: $50.00M (Series B)

Synthesia is a London-based company founded by Victor Riparbelli offering synthetic media tools for video production.

Total Raised: $155.60M

Last Funding: $90.00M (Series C)

Zynga is a provider of social game services founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, Steve Schoettler and Eric Schiermeyer.

Total Raised: $35.00M

Last Funding: $25.00M (Series B)

Quell is a fitness game developers founded in 2020 by Cameron Brookhouse, Lorenzo Spreafico, Doug Stidolph and Martin Tweedie.

Total Raised: $12.75M

Last Funding: $9.62M (Series A)

ArenaX Labs is a company that specializes in game development.

Total Raised: $5.00M

Last Funding: $5.00M (Seed)

A company offering an online platform for independent musicians to distribute their music.

Total Raised: $2.80M

Last Funding: $2.80M (Seed)

LENS Immersive is a Sydney-based artificial intelligence company offering services for the delivery of 4K, virtual reality, and augmented reality video.

Total Raised: $3.00M

Last Funding: $3.00M (Seed)

RCRDSHP is a blockchain music on Flow.

Total Raised: $5.00M

Last Funding: $5.00M (Seed)

Zype is the enterprise video content management system that enables organization to distribute video everywhere.

Total Raised: $6.90M

Last Funding: $2.00M (Seed)

codeSpark is a company founded in 2014.

Total Raised: $2.50M

Last Funding: $2.50M (Seed)

Yield Guild Games is a company founded in 2021 by Beryl Li, Beryl Chavez Li and Gabby Dizon.

Total Raised: $1.32M

Last Funding: $1.32M (Seed)

A software company offering a mobile platform combining digital and real world experiences using mobile games and brands.

Total Raised: $0.10M

Last Funding: $0.10M (Seed)

Ense is a company founded in 2016.

Life Aircraft is a company developing an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Launch House is a physical and digital community for entrepreneurs and creators.

A network of decentralized marketplaces and communities built on the d0xINFRA framework.

Pitch is an artificial intelligence company developing a platform for voice coaching.

A company focusing on artificial intelligence applied to video search.

Open, social and persistent VR platform powered by blockchain.

Mines of Dalarnia is a free-to-play blockchain action-adventure platform mining game.

RealmNFT is a build your team to save the world founded in 2021.

PoPop World is a leisure playground with 20+ mini games

Axie Infinity is an NFT gaming platform and marketplace.

Gracenote is a company that works with entertainment data and technologies for music, videos, and sports

Atari is a third party video game developer, publisher, and distributor.

Topspin Media is a company that provides software and services for marketing

Mobile Premier League is a company founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G.

The Times of India is a Mumbai-based company founded in 1838.

Strips Finance is the FIRST revolutionary interest rate derivatives exchange on Arbitrum

Zoom is a computer software company providing remote conferencing services to businesses and organizations. Zoom is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2011 by Eric S. Yuan.

Douyu TV is a Wuhan-based online entertainment company founded in 2013 that broadcasts e-sports events and karaoke songs.

Duck Duck Moose is a company founded in 2008 by Nicci Gabriel, Caroline Hu Flexer and Michael Flexer.

Meta Ruffy is a company creating an interactive Metaverse entertainment community.

OSN is a blockchain company founded in 2008.

BidAway is a company founded in 2012 by Luca Carlucci.

Sonos is a wireless multi-room music system enabling users to play music anywhere in the house and control it using a smartphone.

Roblox provides an online entertainment platform that allows users to build and play games and share them with others.

TickPick is a company founded in 2011 by Brett Goldberg.

Brat is an entertainment company founded in 2017 by Rob Fishman.

MediaSpike is a company founded in 2012 by John McCrea, Blake Commagere and Daniel Dodd.

Calix Inc. is a Petaluma, California-based company founded in 1999 by Tom Corker.

Metafy is a platform that enables online players in the world to monetize their talent through 1:1 coaching and courses.

9GAG is a cross-platform digital and social media network. It participated in the S12 cohort of Y Combinator.

Darewise Entertainment is a platform providing interactive, socially-connected online gaming experiences founded in 2015.

Wax AtomicHub is a company founded in 2020 by Jona Wilmsmann.

OMGPop is a company developing social games for Facebook, iPhone and the open web. It participated in the S06 cohort of Y Combinator. Zynga acquired OMGPop in 2012.

Storehouse is a company founded in 2013.

Skillmatics creates educational games for children in pre-school and primary school.

Lazada Group is an e-commerce company based in southeast asia founded in 2012.

Riot Games is a video game developer founded in 2006 by Marc Merrill.

Zora Labs is a marketplace for non-fungible tokens.

Channel 4 is a London-based company founded in 1982 by Jeremy Isaacs.

B2B company providing on-demand software developers, designers, and product managers.

Clicker.com is a Los Angeles-based entertainment company founded in 2009 by Paul Wehrley.

BuzzFeed is digital media and technology company delivering news and entertainment content.

Jump Ramp Games is a company founded in 2011 by Alex Betancur.

Popdust is a New York-based company founded in 2010 by Philip James.

Hoolai Games is a Beijing-based company founded in 2011.

Soundkick is a technology company providing an online directory of music concerts and a ticketing vendor platform.

Thetan Arena is an Esport game based on blockchain technology. Enjoy the 1st MOBA NFT game that is free to play, easy to team up, thrilled to fight various game modes. Battle to Earn now!

Software company with a real-time engine and flexible real-time tools used by game developers and creators across industries and applications in 2D, 3D, VR, and AR.