44 Best Media Startups to Watch in 2025

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There are 45 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $788.8m. The average funding per company in this subset is $17.9m.

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$124.0m

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Company providing user behavioral analytics for revenue optimization for websites and smartphone applications

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$17.5m

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Yieldify is a website and mobile personalized engine no-code software for e-commerce brands used for improving sales conversion rates.

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$137.9m

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Inkitt is a digital publishing platform that uses a computer algorithm to predict book success based on reader behavior.

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$1.2m

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Blokur is a UK-based music rights administration platform for music creators and publishers.

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$8.0m

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A software company creating a technology that allows augmented reality content and services to be tied to precise, real locations. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2016.

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$47.9m

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An artificial intelligence company that protects faces from being identified by facial recognition technologies

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$1.4m

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A company developing internet infrastructure, media, and financial technologies.

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$117.8m

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Wattpad is an online community themed around reading and writing founded in 2006 by Allen Lau.

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$86.3m

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Simulmedia is an advertisement company founded in 2009 Dave Morgan.

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$1.9m

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Operator of an online marketplace intended to offer second-hand designer furniture. The company's marketplace offers iconic and authentic pieces offered by private and professional sellers and promotes them to an audience of connoisseurs, enabling consumers to get branded refurbished products at an affordable price.

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$3.0m

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Orbisk delivers innovative solutions for the world food system to reduce food waste.

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$1.3m

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Storyhunter is a company founded in 2012 by Jaron Gilinsky.

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$18.7m

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A podcast aggregation platform for audio news, sports, and entertainment podcasts.

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$550.0k

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Developer of assets and inventory tracking technology designed to offer consumer intelligence and anti-counterfeiting services. The company's technology offers real-time product authentication, consumer engagement, and supply chain tracking services to producers of quality human-friendly products.

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$2.2m

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Developer of an automated conversational marketing platform designed to handle real-time chats with customers. The company's platform facilitates automatic on-demand chat access and intelligent chat nurturing which guides customers through the marketing process quickly and efficiently without the need for human intervention.

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$1.9m

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Developer of a shipping and escrow payments platform designed to facilitate e-commerce and social media commerce. The company's platform allows users to safely partake in e-commerce on distributed social platforms by providing means to identify trustworthy merchants, securely pay for items using an escrow system.

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$1.2m

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Dwell is a company founded in 2000.

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$2.7m

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Developer of an inventory and task management platform designed to track equipment maintenance. The company's platform features the ability to track the condition of all equipment, extend the equipment's life, and reduce the environmental footprint, enabling businesses to save cash, staff time, energy, and equipment uptime.

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$9.0m

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Wonderbly is a company founded in 2012 by Asi Sharabi.

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$54.2m

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An analytics platform that measures viewership data for television networks and advertising agencies

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$5.0m

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Developer of a unified distribution platform designed to digitize the supply chain from distributors to retailers. The company's platform provides businesses with tools that they can use to enhance their reliability, visibility and financial capability and it features the ability to track orders while having the option for in-built payments.

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$2.0m

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Foresight News is a Chinese news content platform focusing on Crypto and Web3.

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$3.0m

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Sesame Communications is a Seattle-based software solutions and patient communications company founded by Frith Maier.

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$30.0m

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Developer of an online agricultural marketplace designed to assist users to buy and sell agricultural products in one place. The company's platform offers new and used tractors, trailers, drills, and road machines as well as vehicles and their parts, enabling customers to harvest efficiently with the use of the latest machinery.

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$24.0m

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Developer of a workforce management platform intended to offer digital support for blue-collar workforce management throughout the entire value chain. The company's platform allows users to build a trusting relationship between the blue and grey-collar workforce and their employers.

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$460.1k

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Shenzhen Xiaopa Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. is a Guangdong-based entertainment software company.

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$10.0m

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AFAR is a Boston-based company founded in 2009 by Marquis Mills Converse.

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$720.0k

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BicDroid Inc. is a company that operates on data and cyber security.

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$12.0m

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Robot Galaxy was a mall-based entertainment and retail company that enabled children to develop their own personalized robots.

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$285.0k

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Sigalei uses legislative data, technology, and legal knowledge and government relations to develop technology.

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$2.3m

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Big Cabal Media (BCM) is a Nigerian digital media company creating super-engaging content that African youth audiences love. We lead the most engaging conversations around culture, innovation, entrepreneurship, entertainment and all the things that matter to the youth today.

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$700.0k

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Developer of online marketplace platform designed to offer wholesale products in the B2B market. The company's platform offers customization and white-label solutions through collective production across multiple suppliers while maintaining the quality of service from production to delivery.

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$250.0k

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Omni3D is a Poznań-based company founded by Bartosz Barlowski.

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$4.0m

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Dispo is a Los Angeles-based company founded by Daniel Liss.

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$8.2m

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Turntable Labs is a music-focused company founded in 2020, with a team of music enthusiasts. They offer two innovative products: Hangout FM for socializing with music and Turntable LIVE for exclusive album releases, listening parties, and live shows.

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$2.5m

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Buckmasters is an entertainment and media company aiming to preserve ethical hunting and to promote intelligent, practical wildlife and habitat management and conservation.

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$4.5m

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Media authenticity platform for companies to secure or anchor genuine content.

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$25.0m

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Fireside is the first interactive streaming platform that invites you to be part of the show. Co-founded by Falon Fatemi and Mark Cuban the media and entertainment networks of the future are emerging on Fireside.

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$3.0m

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IMGN is a tech-media company building content brands for multicultural and niche audiences.

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$3.0m

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Runware is an AI-powered generative media API provider founded in 2023 by Ioana Hreninciuc.

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Vegas Stats & Information Network's goal is to make VSiN a trusted source for exclusive sports gambling news, analysis and data.

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$6.8m

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Bright Mountain Media is a Boca Raton, Florida-based company founded in 2011.

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$2.4m

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Footprints AI is a retail media data insights platform founded in 2017 by Dan Marc.

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CMC Inc. is a Shanghai-based company founded in 2010.

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