Media and entertainment startups that raised money in the last 12 months
99 media and entertainment startups announced or filed 109 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $1.7B of it stated. 22 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Gateway Fiber (Venture round · $578M), Duetti (Venture round · $200M) and BRAHMA AI (Venture round · $150M). 20 of these startups are hiring now, with 98 open roles.
The newest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gateway FiberCBRE Investment Management | Venture round · $578M | 28 Oct 2026 | – |
 Ready Chapter 1 | Venture round · $957kSEC Form D | 15 Oct 2026 | – |
 Bloom | Seed · $3.6M | 7 Oct 2026 | – |
 StuutInsight Partners | Series B · $52.5M | 7 Oct 2026 | – |
 Rival Technologies | Venture roundregistry filing | 3 Oct 2026 | – |
 Rainmaker | Series B · $100M | 2 Oct 2026 | – |
 RentGuarantor | Venture round · $16.5M | 1 Oct 2026 | – |
 Aphrodite Media | Convertible note · $10kSEC Form D | 30 Sep 2026 | – |
 ANote MusicSeventure Partners, ScaleFund | Venture round · $2.2M | 29 Sep 2026 | – |
 BRAHMA AIMultiples Today News, Multiples | Venture round · $150M | 23 Sep 2026 | 22 |
 SPOTTBalderton Capital, Balderton Capital | Series A · $21M | 22 Sep 2026 | – |
 Centillion Technology | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Sep 2026 | – |
 Notes | Venture round · $5M | 16 Sep 2026 | – |
 elasticStage | Venture roundregistry filing | 16 Sep 2026 | 7 |
 IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS | Venture round · $40M | 11 Sep 2026 | – |
 Justified Studio | Venture roundregistry filing | 9 Sep 2026 | 1 |
 Fluencify | Pre-seed · $4.3M | 7 Sep 2026 | – |
 Trace Flow | Venture roundregistry filing | 4 Sep 2026 | – |
 Trint | Venture roundregistry filing | 1 Sep 2026 | – |
 TaxAssembly | Convertible note · $25kSEC Form D | 13 Aug 2026 | – |
 Andmar Machinery Services Ltd | Venture roundregistry filing | 12 Aug 2026 | – |
 FlairMakersSFC Capital | Pre-seed · $635k | 12 Aug 2026 | – |
 Audoo | Venture roundregistry filing | 31 Jul 2026 | – |
 ClicknClear | Venture roundregistry filing | 23 Jul 2026 | – |
 xigxag | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Jul 2026 | – |
 rage | Venture round · $50kSEC Form D | 10 Jul 2026 | – |
 thumpNArijit Singh, Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Pre-seed · $3.8M | 8 Jul 2026 | 5 |
 Dryvebox – | Venture roundregistry filing | 1 Jul 2026 | – |
 Primordial Soup | Venture round · $11MSEC Form D | 1 Jul 2026 | – |
 Uncommon Minds | Venture roundregistry filing | 29 Jun 2026 | – |
 Pixisdrones | Venture round · $6.1MSEC Form D | 26 Jun 2026 | – |
 HC Media Group | Venture roundregistry filing | 24 Jun 2026 | – |
 Thoughtform | Venture round · $6.6MSEC Form D | 18 Jun 2026 | – |
 HighGround | Seed · $6.5M | 17 Jun 2026 | – |
 Firebird Music | Venture round · $71.2MSEC Form D | 10 Jun 2026 | 1 |
 Vytal Global | Venture roundregistry filing | 5 Jun 2026 | – |
 TruefanBaring PE, Z3Partners | Series A · $10M | 3 Jun 2026 | 7 |
 BibliU | Venture round · $55M | 2 Jun 2026 | 12 |
 Civic Media | Venture round · $2.7MSEC Form D | 2 Jun 2026 | – |
 Utopic | Convertible note · $210kSEC Form D | 1 Jun 2026 | – |
 Panavision | Venture round · $130M | 29 May 2026 | – |
 Filmless | Convertible note · $500kSEC Form D | 20 May 2026 | 1 |
 Moburst | Venture round · $11.8M | 19 May 2026 | – |
 OdysseyPBC | Convertible note · $1MSEC Form D | 12 May 2026 | – |
 Modelia | Venture round · $1.9MSEC Form D | 11 May 2026 | – |
 Ethos | Series A · $22.8M | 6 May 2026 | – |
 Intentful | Convertible note · $100kSEC Form D | 6 May 2026 | – |
 Gains App | Venture roundregistry filing | 5 May 2026 | – |
 MARS Markets | Venture round · $50kSEC Form D | 1 May 2026 | – |
 Pictoria | Venture round · $2.2M | 30 Apr 2026 | 4 |
The largest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway FiberCBRE Investment Management | Venture round · $578M | 28 Oct 2026 | – |
 Duetti | Venture round · $200M | 21 Jan 2026 | 2 |
| BRAHMA AIMultiples Today News, Multiples | Venture round · $150M | 23 Sep 2026 | 22 |
| Panavision | Venture round · $130M | 29 May 2026 | – |
| Rainmaker | Series B · $100M | 2 Oct 2026 | – |
| Firebird Music | Venture round · $71.2MSEC Form D | 10 Jun 2026 | 1 |
| BibliU | Venture round · $55M | 2 Jun 2026 | 12 |
| StuutInsight Partners | Series B · $52.5M | 7 Oct 2026 | – |
 Breakaway Festival | Venture round · $48.9MSEC Form D | 10 Dec 2025 | – |
| IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS | Venture round · $40M | 11 Sep 2026 | – |
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Questions
Which media and entertainment startups raised money recently?
99 media and entertainment startups announced or filed 109 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $1.7B of it stated. 22 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Gateway Fiber (Venture round · $578M), Duetti (Venture round · $200M) and BRAHMA AI (Venture round · $150M). 20 of these startups are hiring now, with 98 open roles.
Where do these rounds come from?
From the startups' own announcements and the press, from SEC Form D filings in the United States and from the share allotments company registers publish (a filing is marked as one in the list). One round per startup, type and week; amounts as stated, in US dollars.
Are these startups hiring?
20 of the 99 startups have open roles on their own careers boards right now, 98 roles in all; each count links to them.