27 Best Passion Economy Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Passion Economy Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 27 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $130.7m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Medium (company) logo

Medium (company)

An online publishing platform used by amateur and professional writers. Membership fees are used to pay writers.

1

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

Twitch logo

Twitch

Twitch is a livestreaming video platform and community for gamers.

3

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

Unsplash logo

Unsplash

Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing copyright-free photography under the Unsplash license.

2

Funding Rounds

$31.3m

Money raised

Descript logo

Descript

A company offering an audio word processing platform that enables editor and producers to edit sound files while a writer would edit its lyrics.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Simplilearn logo

Simplilearn

Simplilearn is an educational technology company with a focus on courses for digital skills.

5

Funding Rounds

$76.0m

Money raised

Teachable logo

Teachable

Teachable is a company that allows users to create and sell online courses.

4

Funding Rounds

$12.5m

Money raised

SoundCloud logo

SoundCloud

SoundCloud is an entertainment company providing an online audio distribution platform for listening to music and podcasts.

6

Funding Rounds

$208.3m

Money raised

Unacademy logo

Unacademy

Unacademy is an education technology company offering an online learning platform and mobile learning application.

12

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

CreativeLive logo

CreativeLive

CreativeLive is a Seattle-based marketplace for online educational video's for creative entrepreneurs company.

3

Funding Rounds

$54.3m

Money raised

Substack logo

Substack

A software company that allows users to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.3m

Money raised

Coachhub logo

Coachhub

Coachhub is an AI-powered digital coaching platform founded in 2018 by Yannis Niebelschuetz.

9

Funding Rounds

$434.6m

Money raised

Meero logo

Meero

Meero is an enhanced photography services powered by AI founded in 2016 by Lestrade Guillaume.

9

Funding Rounds

$753.4m

Money raised

Torch logo

Torch

Torch Labs is a learning, development and coaching platform.

8

Funding Rounds

$95.4m

Money raised

Outschool logo

Outschool

Outschool is a community marketplace of classes for kids founded in 2015 by Amir Nathoo, Mikhail Seregine and Nick Grandy.

7

Funding Rounds

$248.7m

Money raised

Camera IQ logo

Camera IQ

Camera IQ creates and deploys scalable augmented reality experiences.

5

Funding Rounds

$24.9m

Money raised

Thinkific logo

Thinkific

Thinkific allows users to create online courses and membership sites.

1

Funding Rounds

$22.0m

Money raised

Knowable Universe, Inc. logo

Knowable Universe, Inc.

A company with a platform consisting of podcast-style audio courses. It was founded in 2013 and is located in Los Angeles, California.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.8m

Money raised

Gumroad logo

Gumroad

Gumroad is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 by Sahil Lavingia.

3

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

Moment House logo

Moment House

Moment House is a digital live platform for artists and creators.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Spoon Radio logo

Spoon Radio

Spoon is a live streaming audio application focused on providing everyday people a space to live broadcast and upload original audio content.

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

Anchor.fm logo

Anchor.fm

An online platform for podcast hosting, distribution, analytics, and monetization.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Jolt (education technology company) logo

Jolt (education technology company)

Jolt is a Tel Aviv-based education technology company offering courses for consumers and professionals in micro-campuses across the world.

4

Funding Rounds

$29.7m

Money raised

Wondery logo

Wondery

Wondery is a company founded in 2016.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Luminary logo

Luminary

Luminary is a subscription podcast network that offers amateur and professional podcasts and shows.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

CastBox logo

CastBox

CastBox is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016.

2

Funding Rounds

$29.5m

Money raised

Glow Technologies logo

Glow Technologies

Glow Technologies is a personalized health platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Superpeer logo

Superpeer

Superpeer is a platform for virtual and private mentorship.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised