1) MX Player MX Player is working on a video player that will feature sophisticated hardware acceleration and subtitles.
Details of the startup:
Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2011 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $110,800,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (Tencent, Times Internet) You can find their website here
2) Voicemod Voicemod is a company that develops software that distorts people's voices.
Details of the startup:
Country: Spain State: Comunidad Valenciana City: Valencia Started in: 2014 Founders: Fernando Bosch, Jaime Bosch, Juan Bosch Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 7,600,000 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 6 (Wayra, Demium Startups, BITKRAFT Ventures, Neotec Capital Riesgo, Big Ban angels) You can find their website here
3) Playco Playco is a game studio that creates instant-play games for a range of platforms.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2020 Founders: Justin Waldron, Michael Carter, Takeshi Otsuka, Teddy Cross Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $100,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 14 (Sequoia Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Bragiel Brothers, Mistletoe, Josh Buckley) You can find their website here
4) iflix Iflix is an internet entertainment provider aimed at people in developing countries.
Details of the startup:
Country: Malaysia State: Kuala Lumpur City: Kuala Lumpur Started in: 2014 Founders: Mark Britt, Patrick Grove Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $348,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 22 (Liberty Global, Emtek Group, EDBI, Zain Group, Jungle Ventures) You can find their website here
5) Kumu Holdings Kumu is a social entertainment platform with the goal of fostering Filipino creativity, community, and commerce.
Details of the startup:
Country: Philippines State: Manila City: Manila Started in: 2017 Founders: Rexy Josh Dorado, Roland Navarro de Ros Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $21,550,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 (Endeavor Catalyst, Openspace Ventures, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), Foxmont Capital Partners, Kickstart Ventures) You can find their website here
6) DanAds DanAds is a white label self-serve ad-desk for small and medium advertisers for publishers.
Details of the startup:
Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Sollentuna Started in: 2013 Founders: Istvan Beres, Peo Persson Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $15,136,167 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 12 (Almi Invest, Forward Venture Capital, Wellstreet, Alexander Hars, Jonas Sjögren) You can find their website here
7) 17 Media 17 Media is a mobile application that allows users to stream live video and share material in real time.
Details of the startup:
Country: Taiwan State: T'ai-pei City: Taipei Started in: 2015 Founders: Jeffrey Huang, Joseph Phua, Tai "Popo" Chen Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $108,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 13 (Vertex Ventures, Golden Equator Ventures, Le Sports, AppWorks, Infinity Ventures Japan) You can find their website here
8) Watcha WATCHA (content suggestion service) and WATCHA PLAY are two tech startups based in Seoul (subscription VOD service).
Details of the startup:
Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2011 Founders: Jihyun Won, Taehoon Park Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $19,618,874 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 (Quantum Ventures Korea, Kakao Ventures, Capstone Partners Co., Ltd., Neoplux, Aju IB Investment) You can find their website here
9) 17LIVE 17LIVE is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering artists and entertaining the world.
Details of the startup:
Country: Taiwan State: T'ai-pei City: Taipei Started in: 2017 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $51,500,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 8 (InnoVen Capital, Pavilion Capital, Vertex Growth Fund, Stonebridge Capital, Stonebridge Ventures) You can find their website here
10) CHILI CHILI is a multi-platform entertainment marketplace for movie and television enthusiasts.
Details of the startup:
Country: Italy State: Lombardia City: Milano Started in: 2012 Founders: Giorgio Tacchia, Stefano Flamia, Stefano Parisi Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: € 26,400,000 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 5 (Warner Bros., Viacom, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Antares Private Equity) You can find their website here
11) BeLive BeLive develops technology to improve live streaming. Its services are used by 100 million people every month.
Details of the startup:
Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2014 Founders: Kenneth Tan Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $1,500,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Mediacorp Singapore) You can find their website here
12) NPAW NPAW is a software-as-a-service video analytics company that helps premium content and OTT providers improve their end-user experience.
Details of the startup:
Country: Spain State: Catalonia City: Barcelona Started in: 2008 Founders: Ferran G. Vilaró, Otto Wüst, Sergi Vergés Gasso Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 1,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Suma Capital, Axon Partners Group) You can find their website here
13) Voices.com Voices.com is a website that connects businesses with voice-over artists.
Details of the startup:
Country: Canada State: Ontario City: London-Canada Started in: 2005 Founders: David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $21,293,956 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 2 (Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, BDC Capital Corporation) You can find their website here
14) Meson Network Meson Network provides a layer 2 accelerated network that is decentralized.
Details of the startup:
Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $900,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 3 (Mask Network, SevenX Ventures, Youbi Capital) You can find their website here
15) inSTREAMLY inSTREAMLY is a platform that connects businesses and streamers through automated streamer management.
Details of the startup:
Country: Poland State: Mazowieckie City: Warsaw Started in: 2018 Founders: Damian Konopka, Maciej Sawicki, Szymon Kubiak, Wiktoria Wójcik Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,553,851 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (Colopl Next, SMOK Ventures, Supernode Global, Paul Bragiel, PKO BP) You can find their website here
16) eyeson eyeson is a cloud-based video conferencing SaaS and API.
Details of the startup:
Country: Austria State: Steiermark City: Graz Started in: 2010 Founders: Andreas Kröpfl, Michael Wolfgang Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 4,500,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 6 (aws Gründerfonds (aws Founders Fund), eQventure, Hermann Hauser, Tecnet Equity, i4g Investment) You can find their website here
17) api.video Api.video is a video platform with an API that allows developers to grow and create commercial video content.
Details of the startup:
Country: France State: Aquitaine City: Bordeaux Started in: 2018 Founders: Cedric Montet Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,360,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 14 (Kima Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Thibaud Elziere, Blossom Capital, Eduardo Ronzano) You can find their website here
18) FLUVIP Fluvip is a Latin American and American influencer marketing organization.
Details of the startup:
Country: Colombia State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2013 Founders: Sebastian Jasminoy Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $7,496,821 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 (Wayra, TheVentureCity Fund, Velum Ventures, Cisneros Group) You can find their website here
19) GoPlay GoPlay is Indonesia's Gojek's video streaming service.
Details of the startup:
Country: Indonesia State: Jakarta Raya City: Jakarta Started in: 2019 Funding: $15,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 5 (Golden Gate, Openspace Ventures, ZWC Partners, Ideosource VC, Redbadge Pacific) You can find their website here
20) JioSaavn Saavn is an Indian, Bollywood, and international music streaming service.
Details of the startup:
Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 2007 Founders: Anjali Naik, Anurag Gupta, Paramdeep Singh, Rishi Malhotra, Vinodh Bhat Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $131,591,747 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 13 (Reliance Industries, Tiger Global Management, Eniac Ventures, Bertelsmann, Mousse Partners) You can find their website here
21) Hotstar Hotstar is a video streaming service that is available online.
Details of the startup:
Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 2000 Founders: Nagabhushan Ramappa Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $226,757,381 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (Star India Pvt Ltd) You can find their website here
22) Flickstree Flickstree is a video publisher network powered by artificial intelligence that allows users to engage with and monetise their traffic.
Details of the startup:
Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 2014 Founders: Nagender Sangra, Rahul Jain, Saurabh Singh Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $5,664,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 (SOSV, Venture Catalysts, Keiretsu Forum, Samsung Venture Investment, MOX) You can find their website here
23) Lokal Lokal is a news app that offers local news, job listings, matrimony listings, and other classifieds.
Details of the startup:
Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2018 Founders: Jani Pasha, Vipul Chaudhary Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $3,150,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Google for Startups, I2BF Global Ventures, 3one4 Capital) You can find their website here
24) PPTV PPTV is a Chinese internet video network technology platform that provides enjoyment through TV shows, news, and other material.
Details of the startup:
Country: China State: Shanghai City: Shanghai Started in: 2004 Founders: Bill Yao Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $706,500,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 7 (Threshold, Suning.com, SAIF Partners, SoftBank Capital, BlueRun Ventures) You can find their website here
25) Miaopai Miaopai is working on a video sharing and live streaming platform.
Details of the startup:
Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2011 Founders: Chan Sheng, Kun Han Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $775,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 16 (Sequoia Capital China, Weibo, Redpoint, YG Entertainment, Kleiner Perkins) You can find their website here
26) Nonolive Nonolive is a video live streaming app and a mobile game.
Details of the startup:
Country: China State: Guangdong City: Guangzhou Started in: 2016 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $13,366,847 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 (Alibaba Group, JOYY, Douyu TV, UCWeb, Engage Capital) You can find their website here
27) Hulu Hulu is an online video service that streams a variety of popular episodes, snippets, movies, and documentaries.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2007 Founders: Elizabeth Comstock, Jason Kilar Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $683,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (The Walt Disney Company, Providence Equity Partners, Time Warner) You can find their website here
28) NTWRK NTWRK is the first and only live streaming video commerce platform designed for Generation Z and Millennials.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2018 Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $10,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (Live Nation Entertainment, Foot Locker, Aubrey Graham (Drake), UTA Ventures, Jimmy Iovine) You can find their website here
29) Fanatiz Fanatiz is a sports streaming platform providing live and on-demand sports channels.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Started in: 2017 Founders: Matias Rivera Larrain Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $17,022,158 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (777 Partners) You can find their website here
30) Pluto TV Pluto TV is the most popular free streaming television provider in the United States.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2013 Founders: Ilya Pozin, Tom Ryan Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $51,800,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 17 (Universal Music Group, LionTree, Great Oaks Venture Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Samsung Ventures) You can find their website here
31) Restream Restream is a multi-streaming solution that allows content creators to track and communicate with their audience across several platforms.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: Texas City: Austin Started in: 2014 Founders: Alexander Khuda, Andrew Surzhynskyi Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $53,400,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 (Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Silverton Partners, Kakao Ventures) You can find their website here
32) Twitch Twitch is a social video platform that allows gamers to stream, watch, and discuss video games.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: San Francisco Started in: 2007 Founders: Emmett Shear, Justin Kan, Kevin Lin, Kyle Vogt, Michael Seibel, Omar Javed Number of employees: 5001-10000 Funding: $35,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 9 (Bessemer Venture Partners, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Draper Associates, Thrive Capital) You can find their website here
33) Wristcam Wearables with Computer Vision
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: San Mateo Started in: 2012 Founders: Adam Korbl, Ari Roisman, Jonathan Caras, Matt Frischer, Roi Ginat Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $76,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 16 (Menlo Ventures, Qihoo 360 Technology, Eniac Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Two Sigma Ventures) You can find their website here
34) Vimeo Vimeo is the world's most popular all-in-one video program. We make professional-quality video accessible to everyone.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: New York City: New York Started in: 2004 Founders: Jake Lodwick, Zach Klein Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $450,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 (GIC, T. Rowe Price, Thrive Capital, Oberndorf Enterprises) You can find their website here
35) JW Player JW Player is a video streaming and analytics platform that includes an HTML5 video player for web content, publishing, and video ad distribution.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: New York City: New York Started in: 2004 Founders: Adam Fawer, Brian Rifkin, Dave Otten, Jeroen Wijering Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $145,724,984 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 7 (Greenspring Associates, Greycroft, LLR Partners, Headline, Cue Ball) You can find their website here
36) Mux Mux is a video platform that allows any development team to stream video and track analytics.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States State: California City: San Francisco Started in: 2015 Founders: Adam Brown, Jon Dahl, Matt McClure, Steve Heffernan Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $173,920,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 25 (Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Accel) You can find their website here
