69 Best Photography Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Photography 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 153 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $45.7m.

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

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Instagram logo

Instagram

Instagram is a Menlo Park-based photo-sharing social media platform.

3

Funding Rounds

$57.5m

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

DJI logo

DJI

DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$105.0m

Money raised

Matterport logo

Matterport

U.S-based 3D media technology company providing worldwide end-to-end virtual media solutions.

5

Funding Rounds

$60.2m

Money raised

Color logo

Color

A genetics testing company founded in 2013, based in San Francisco.

7

Funding Rounds

$482.0m

Money raised

PhotoRoom logo

PhotoRoom

PhotoRoom is a French company that provides photo editing software via an AI-powered photo editor.

6

Funding Rounds

$93.3m

Money raised

Mapillary logo

Mapillary

Street-level imagery platform that uses computer vision to fix the world's maps

3

Funding Rounds

$24.5m

Money raised

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Synthesia

Synthesia is an AI-powered video platform founded in 2017 by Victor Riparbelli, Lourdes Agapito, Matthias Niessner and Steffen Tjerrild.

9

Funding Rounds

$582.7m

Money raised

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BeReal.

BeReal is social media platform that prompts users to take one photo each day at a random time.

1

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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CreativeLive

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

3

Funding Rounds

$54.3m

Money raised

Like.com logo

Like.com

Like.com is a San Mateo, California-based company founded in 2008.

3

Funding Rounds

$47.3m

Money raised

Hipcamp logo

Hipcamp

A company that has designed a marketplace for transactions related to camping and outdoor activities. It was founded in 2013

4

Funding Rounds

$359.5m

Money raised

RefaceAI logo

RefaceAI

A company developing machine learning a AI technology for face swapping in videos.

2

Funding Rounds

Blokur logo

Blokur

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

2

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

PhotoBox logo

PhotoBox

PhotoBox is a company founded in 2000.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Picfair logo

Picfair

Millions of images from photographers worldwide, available as downloads & prints. Fair pricing and fairly paid photographers. Upload, name your price, start selling downloads & prints instantly from your own customizable photography store, and from our marketplace, for free.

7

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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Flickr

Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website founded in 2004 by Caterina Fake.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.5m

Money raised

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Tangent (marketing company)

Tangent is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence and synthetic media company developing a platform to provide synthetic media content for marketing campaigns.

2

Funding Rounds

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Depositphotos

Depositphotos is an online platform that sells high-quality, licensed stock photographs, graphics, vectors, and videos.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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DroneAI

DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Quantum Art logo

Quantum Art

Quantum Art is the first platform focused solely on photographers and their work, curating and dropping NFT collections and making NFT photography easily accessible for both artists and collectors

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

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EyeEm (company)

EyeEm builds technology to showcase the best images from the world's leading photo community.

5

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

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

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TRUEPIC (company)

TRUEPIC is a photo and video verification platform that uses blockchain.

4

Funding Rounds

$36.5m

Money raised

Moneybrain logo

Moneybrain

Moneybrain is a Seoul-based developer of artificial intelligence and synthetic media tools.

4

Funding Rounds

$51.8m

Money raised

ArcSoft logo

ArcSoft

ArcSoft is a Fremont, California-based company founded in 1994.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

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VSCO

VSCO is an Oakland, California-based company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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Polarr

Polarr is a company which develops AI for photographic editing.

2

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

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Rephrase

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

3

Funding Rounds

$12.2m

Money raised

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Rosebud AI

Rosebud AI technology company offering a mobile application that enables users to apply in their selfies makeup styles from celebrities and influencers and share them on social media.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Prisma Labs

Prisma Labs is a San Francisco-based synthetic media company offering tools for photo-editing and video editing using neural networks and artificial intelligence systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Red Tricycle

Red Tricycle is a company founded by Jacqui Boland, Craig Zingerline and Dan Zaner.

3

Funding Rounds

$4.1m

Money raised

Imeem logo

Imeem

Imeem is a social media web site founded in 2004 by Dalton Caldwell, Jan Jannink and Dalton Caldwell.

4

Funding Rounds

$18.8m

Money raised

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Kicksend

Kisend provides an application for web and mobile solution for printing, receiving and sending photographs.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Lalaland (company)

Lalaland is a Dutch company based in Amsterdam that uses machine learning and neural networks to create AI-generated human models for e-commerce webshops.

5

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Greentoe

Greentoe is a company providing an e-commerce marketplace wherein consumers make an offer for products and the site connects them to the retailers willing to accept the offer.

1

Funding Rounds

DeviantArt logo

DeviantArt

DeviantArt is an online art gallery and community founded in 2000.

2

Funding Rounds

$13.5m

Money raised

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Qwiki

Qwiki is a New York-based photography company founded in 2011 by Louis Monier.

3

Funding Rounds

$10.5m

Money raised

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Aviary (company)

Aviary is a New York-based company founded in 2007 by Avi Muchnick, Michael Galpert and Israel Derdik.

5

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

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Lumoid

Lumoid is a company providing a try before you buy service for photography gear, drones, fitness trackers and audio gear. It also offers reviews, industry news, buying guides and opinions. It participated in the S13 cohort of Y Combinator.

1

Funding Rounds

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Bonsai (company)

A company providing a global operating system for freelance labor

1

Funding Rounds

$7.6m

Money raised

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Gowalla

Gowalla is an Austin, Texas-based photography company founded in 2020.

3

Funding Rounds

$14.3m

Money raised

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Pond5

Pond5 is a New York City-based company founded in 2006.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

Timehop logo

Timehop

Timehop is a smartphone app founded in 2011 by Jonathan Wegener.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Twenty20 (company)

Twenty20 is a company founded by Kevin Fremon, Matt Munson and Todd Emaus.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

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Captureproof

Company

1

Funding Rounds

Snappr logo

Snappr

Snappr is a technology company for booking professional photographers founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Smilebox logo

Smilebox

Smilebox is a photography company founded in 2005 by Andrew Wright.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.6m

Money raised

Prynt logo

Prynt

Prynt is an instant camera case for smartphones.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Gigapan logo

Gigapan

Gigapan is a global, privately held technology company founded in 2008.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Advanced Aerial Services, LLC

Advanced Aerial Services, LLC is a company that offers services and equipment for unmanned aerial systems.

1

Funding Rounds

$175.0k

Money raised

Vermeer logo

Vermeer

Vermeer is a company founded in 2015 by Brian Streem.

4

Funding Rounds

$2.1m

Money raised

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teliportme

Company

1

Funding Rounds

PhotoShelter logo

PhotoShelter

PhotoShelter is a New York-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

EmbodyMe logo

EmbodyMe

EmbodyMe is a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence company developing technology for synthetic media, including for video chat, live stream, and video production.

4

Funding Rounds

$2.9m

Money raised

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Memoir (company)

Memoir is a New York City-based mobile application developer, offering a phone application allowing users to share photos with friends.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

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ShareGrid

ShareGrid is a US-based e-commerce company co-founded by Arash Shiva, Brent Barbano, Marius Ciocirlan, and Siavash Shiva in 2013.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

Let's Enhance logo

Let's Enhance

Let's Enhance is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2018.

4

Funding Rounds

$3.1m

Money raised

Cluster logo

Cluster

Company

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

Precious logo

Precious

Precious is an application that automatically organizes baby's best pictures into timelapse videos.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

Ctrl Me Robotics, Inc. logo

Ctrl Me Robotics, Inc.

Ctrl Me Robotics, Inc. is a company that focuses on developing drones and related technology.

1

Funding Rounds

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Peerspace

Peerspace is a peer-to-peer marketplace for booking space for events, meetings, and productions.

2

Funding Rounds

$27.0m

Money raised

Aryeo logo

Aryeo

Aryeo is a Boston-based company.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.3m

Money raised

Mylio logo

Mylio

Mylio provides a cloud-based photo management system that enables users to find, view, arrange, and edit photos and videos from various connected devices.

2

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

ListingZen logo

ListingZen

ListingZen is a vendor and contract management operating system solution provider aimed at real estate agents.

1

Funding Rounds

Pimloc logo

Pimloc

Platform for automatically managing and securing image and video content using deep learning.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.8m

Money raised

Lomography (company) logo

Lomography (company)

Lomography is a photography company.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Snapjoy logo

Snapjoy

Snapjoy is a company providing an online photo storage service.

1

Funding Rounds

ReelSurfer logo

ReelSurfer

ReelSurfer is a company providing an online platform that enables users to clip and share videos from any website. It aims to build a content network from saved, watched and shared of users.

1

Funding Rounds

$880.0k

Money raised