1) Twitch Twitch is a social video platform that allows gamers to stream, watch, and discuss video games.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States 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 amount: $35,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 9 You can find their website here
2) 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 City: Los Angeles Started in: 2007 Founders: Elizabeth Comstock, Jason Kilar Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding amount: $683,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 You can find their website here
3) Wristcam Wearables with Computer Vision
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: San Mateo Started in: 2012 Founders: Adam Korbl, Ari Roisman, Jonathan Caras, Matt Frischer, Roi Ginat Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $76,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 16 You can find their website here
4) 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 City: New York Started in: 2004 Founders: Jake Lodwick, Zach Klein Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $450,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 You can find their website here
5) 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 City: New York Started in: 2004 Founders: Adam Fawer, Brian Rifkin, Dave Otten, Jeroen Wijering Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $145,724,984 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here
6) Mux Mux is a video platform that allows any development team to stream video and track analytics.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: San Francisco Started in: 2015 Founders: Adam Brown, Jon Dahl, Matt McClure, Steve Heffernan Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $173,920,000 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 25 You can find their website here
7) 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 City: Los Angeles Started in: 2018 Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $10,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here
8) Fanatiz Fanatiz is a sports streaming platform providing live and on-demand sports channels.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: Miami Started in: 2017 Founders: Matias Rivera Larrain Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $17,022,158 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here
9) Pluto TV Pluto TV is the most popular free streaming television provider in the United States.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: Los Angeles Started in: 2013 Founders: Ilya Pozin, Tom Ryan Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $51,800,000 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 17 You can find their website here
10) 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 City: Seoul Started in: 2011 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $110,800,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here
11) JioSaavn Saavn is an Indian, Bollywood, and international music streaming service.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Mumbai Started in: 2007 Founders: Anjali Naik, Anurag Gupta, Paramdeep Singh, Rishi Malhotra, Vinodh Bhat Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $131,591,747 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 13 You can find their website here
12) Voicemod Voicemod is a company that develops software that distorts people's voices.
Details of the startup:
Country: Spain City: Valencia Started in: 2014 Founders: Fernando Bosch, Jaime Bosch, Juan Bosch Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: € 7,600,000 Number of funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here
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13) Playco Playco is a game studio that creates instant-play games for a range of platforms.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan City: Tokyo Started in: 2020 Founders: Justin Waldron, Michael Carter, Takeshi Otsuka, Teddy Cross Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $100,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 14 You can find their website here
14) 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 City: Austin Started in: 2014 Founders: Alexander Khuda, Andrew Surzhynskyi Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $53,400,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 You can find their website here
15) iflix Iflix is an internet entertainment provider aimed at people in developing countries.
Details of the startup:
Country: Malaysia City: Kuala Lumpur Started in: 2014 Founders: Mark Britt, Patrick Grove Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $348,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 22 You can find their website here
16) Kumu Holdings Kumu is a social entertainment platform with the goal of fostering Filipino creativity, community, and commerce.
Details of the startup:
Country: Philippines City: Manila Started in: 2017 Founders: Rexy Josh Dorado, Roland Navarro de Ros Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $21,550,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here
17) DanAds DanAds is a white label self-serve ad-desk for small and medium advertisers for publishers.
Details of the startup:
Country: Sweden City: Sollentuna Started in: 2013 Founders: Istvan Beres, Peo Persson Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $15,136,167 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 12 You can find their website here
18) 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 City: Shanghai Started in: 2004 Founders: Bill Yao Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $706,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here
19) 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 City: Taipei Started in: 2015 Founders: Jeffrey Huang, Joseph Phua, Tai "Popo" Chen Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $108,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 13 You can find their website here
20) 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 City: Seoul Started in: 2011 Founders: Jihyun Won, Taehoon Park Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $19,618,874 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 You can find their website here
21) 17LIVE 17LIVE is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering artists and entertaining the world.
Details of the startup:
Country: Taiwan City: Taipei Started in: 2017 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $51,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here
22) CHILI CHILI is a multi-platform entertainment marketplace for movie and television enthusiasts.
Details of the startup:
Country: Italy City: Milano Started in: 2012 Founders: Giorgio Tacchia, Stefano Flamia, Stefano Parisi Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: € 26,400,000 Number of funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here
23) BeLive BeLive develops technology to improve live streaming. Its services are used by 100 million people every month.
Details of the startup:
Country: Singapore City: Singapore Started in: 2014 Founders: Kenneth Tan Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $1,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here
24) Hotstar Hotstar is a video streaming service that is available online.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Mumbai Started in: 2000 Founders: Nagabhushan Ramappa Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $226,757,381 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here
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25) 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 City: Mumbai Started in: 2014 Founders: Nagender Sangra, Rahul Jain, Saurabh Singh Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $5,664,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here
26) 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 City: Barcelona Started in: 2008 Founders: Ferran G. Vilaró, Otto Wüst, Sergi Vergés Gasso Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: € 1,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here
27) Lokal Lokal is a news app that offers local news, job listings, matrimony listings, and other classifieds.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Bengaluru Started in: 2018 Founders: Jani Pasha, Vipul Chaudhary Number of employees: 1-10 Funding amount: $3,150,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 You can find their website here
28) Voices.com Voices.com is a website that connects businesses with voice-over artists.
Details of the startup:
Country: Canada City: London-Canada Started in: 2005 Founders: David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $21,293,956 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here
29) Meson Network Meson Network provides a layer 2 accelerated network that is decentralized.
Details of the startup:
Country: Singapore City: Singapore Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 1-10 Funding amount: $900,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 3 You can find their website here
30) inSTREAMLY inSTREAMLY is a platform that connects businesses and streamers through automated streamer management.
Details of the startup:
Country: Poland City: Warsaw Started in: 2018 Founders: Damian Konopka, Maciej Sawicki, Szymon Kubiak, Wiktoria Wójcik Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $1,553,851 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here
31) eyeson eyeson is a cloud-based video conferencing SaaS and API.
Details of the startup:
Country: Austria City: Graz Started in: 2010 Founders: Andreas Kröpfl, Michael Wolfgang Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: € 4,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here
32) 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 City: Bordeaux Started in: 2018 Founders: Cedric Montet Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $6,360,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 14 You can find their website here
33) FLUVIP Fluvip is a Latin American and American influencer marketing organization.
Details of the startup:
Country: Colombia City: Bogotá Started in: 2013 Founders: Sebastian Jasminoy Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $7,496,821 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 You can find their website here
34) GoPlay GoPlay is Indonesia's Gojek's video streaming service.
Details of the startup:
Country: Indonesia City: Jakarta Started in: 2019 Funding amount: $15,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here
35) Miaopai Miaopai is working on a video sharing and live streaming platform.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Beijing Started in: 2011 Founders: Chan Sheng, Kun Han Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $775,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 16 You can find their website here
36) Nonolive Nonolive is a video live streaming app and a mobile game.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Guangzhou Started in: 2016 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $13,366,847 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here
