6 SaaS Startups in the Media and Entertainment Industry

January 24, 2023

SaaS startups have become the darling of Venture Capital investors, especially in the Media and Entertainment industry. Over the past decade, software has proverbially “eaten the world” and SaaS companies have scaled to become unicorn corporations in staggering amounts of time.

In this article, we are examining 6 VC funded SaaS startups in the Media and Entertainment industry.

Aquifer Motion

With Aquifer, anyone can create cinematic, animated content. Our mobile technology transfers your voice and facial expressions to an animated character, capturing all the nuances of human emotion. The resulting video is a cinematically rendered character in a 3d scene. By using machine learning and automation, we remove the frustrating, technical aspects of animation so the focus is on storytelling. The platform combines augmented reality and machine learning to make professional 3D animation accessible for all creators. Aquifer Motion was founded in 2018 and is based in Austin, Texas, USA.

Company details:
Founders:
Chen Zhang, Matt Udvari
Founded:
2018
Based in:
Austin, Texas, United States
Industries:
3D Technology, Media and Entertainment, SaaS
Latest funding:
$2,000,000
Seed
9 December 2021
Total funding:
$3,334,473
Investors
Techstars, Boost VC, LDV Capital, Wedbush Ventures, Geekdom Fund

Chalkline

Through scalable, tailored, localized white-label free-to-play games, BettorGames Platform helps operators and affiliates increase their consumer base. Sports betting business growth is accelerated in weeks rather than months by best-in-class BettorBI player analytics. Operators like Churchill Downs/TwinSpires, JACK Entertainment and Resorts, and media businesses like Gannett, NESN, and Covers are just a few of our clients.

Company details:
Founders:
Daniel Kustelski, Jason Foster, Joe Kustelski
Founded:
2016
Based in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Website:
Chalkline
Industries:
Analytics, Gambling, Gaming, Media and Entertainment, SaaS, Sports
Latest funding:
$2,700,000
Series A
24 August 2021
Total funding:
$4,000,000
Investors
Parlay Capital Holdings, Afshin Yazdian, Clay Travis, Andrew Braitchouk, Patrick Conroy

MOLTEN

MOLTEN CLOUD gives media content owners more authority. MOLTEN CLOUD streamlines crucial business processes for media and entertainment companies. It links and digitizes rights, material, and financial processes for film and television companies. Teams utilizing MOLTEN are given the tools they need to increase productivity, save costs, and monetize content more thoroughly. This cutting-edge cloud infrastructure, developed by MIT researchers in collaboration with business experts, currently contains more than 200 million film and television rights.

Company details:
Founders:
Arjun Mendhi
Founded:
2018
Based in:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Website:
MOLTEN
Industries:
B2B, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Storage, Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment, SaaS
Latest funding:
$7,000,000
Seed
21 October 2021
Total funding:
$7,000,000
Investors
TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Lakestar, Sound Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Abstract Ventures

PRODUCER

PRODUCER is an all-in-one cloud-based software that provides a suite of digital tools to manage all stages of video production, in one place. Our solution reduces the complexity of producing and managing video content, by consolidating multiple tools and point-to-point solutions used to solve specific steps of the production process, into one unified system.

Company details:
Founders:
Paul-Emile Joëssel, Thomas Gassoul, Xaver Walser
Founded:
2022
Based in:
Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Website:
PRODUCER
Industries:
Film, Film Production, Media and Entertainment, SaaS, Software, TV Production
Latest funding:
$544,304
Seed
1 March 2022
Total funding:
$544,304
Investors
Volker Wendel

Synchronized

Synchronized transforms linear video into ‘Smart-Video’ making video as flexible and powerful as hypertext. Synchronized’s Smart-Video platform – a machine learning turnkey solution for media intelligence allow broadcasters and OTT Platforms to benefit from a central hub for all in-video auto-generated time-coded metadata, objects and assets. This allows clients to automate workflow from linear-tv to digital offers, deliver rich & personalised end user-experiences and fast-track promotional content creation as well as benefiting from an unprecedented level of granular data around their video content. Synchronized is one of the first AWS Partners to achieve AWS Machine Learning Competency status in Applied AI. AWS Partners are vetted and validated against a high bar to achieve the AWS Competency designation, giving customers’ confidence in choosing validated AWS Partners to team up with. Synchronized is an AWS Media Intelligence Solutions launch partner.

Company details:
Founders:
Emmanuel Amara, Guillaume Doret, Nick Gatfield
Founded:
2014
Based in:
Sucy-en-brie, Ile-de-France, France
Website:
Synchronized
Industries:
Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting, Internet, Machine Learning, Media and Entertainment, SaaS, TV, Video
Latest funding:
$678,869
Seed
3 December 2021
Total funding:
$3,206,909
Investors
Nick Gatfield, Catherine Barba Chiaramonti, Christophe Crémer, TF1 One Innovation, Great Expectation Capital

Zapnito

The SaaS online community platform for businesses driven by intelligence is called Zapnito. We support branded, knowledgeable communities where members can learn, share knowledge, and work together. An all-in-one community and learning platform, Zapnito provides all the tools you need to engage, retain and grow your communities so they stay longer, spend more, and encourage others to do the same.

Company details:
Founders:
Charles Thiede, Jon Beer
Founded:
2014
Based in:
London, England, United Kingdom
Website:
Zapnito
Industries:
Business Intelligence, Creative Agency, Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Professional Services, Publishing, SaaS
Latest funding:
$4,656,741
Series A
9 June 2021
Total funding:
$6,221,680
Investors
Octopus Ventures, The Boston Consulting Group, Summit Partners, Thane Kerner, Sven Fund

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