Best Internet First Media Companies in Georgia, United States
The 58 best Internet First Media companies in Georgia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: HowStuffWorks.
Ranked: Best Internet First Media companies in Georgia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HowStuffWorks Online platform offering multi category news | $102M | 106 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | Tailwind CSSNginxAmazon Web Services+33 | — |
| 2 | Crown Online retailer of articles covering watches, machines, travel, food, and style | $17M | 74 mo ago | Acquired | Hamilton Powell Founder & CEO | 2012 | WordPressSentryMySQL+49 | — |
| 3 | The Cipher Brief Digital news platform | $4M | 116 mo ago | Series A | Suzanne Kelly Founder & CEO | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 1 internship |
| 4 | State Affairs Online platform offering state affairs news | $1M | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+27 | — |
| 5 | Medical Innovation Holdings Online platform offering multi-category sports news | $294K | 106 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jake Sanchez CEO/COB | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | CBMJ Provider of news and media content | $125K | 32 mo ago | Seed | Mark Schaftlein CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | N4MD Content aggregation and curation platform | $25K | 176 mo ago | Deadpooled | Michael Seneadza Co-founder & CTO | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | The Players' Lounge Provider of media and interaction platform created by players for student-athletes | — | 42 mo ago | Seed | Keith Marshall Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | Node.jsNextAuth.jsMUI+22 | — |
Top 8 Internet First Media companies in Georgia
#1
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2014$125Kraised▾
Provider of news and media content. It offers news and operate numerous social media accounts across various platforms.
- Oct 2023Seed$125K
#2
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 1998 · 1000 employees$101.5Mraised▾
HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics with podcasts, videos, and illustrations to help users learn how everything works. It provides easy to understand answers and explanations on many topics. Its in-house writers, editors, podcasters and video hosts share videos and illustrations on a diverse range of topics. The company claims to get 30 million visitors to the site each month. It also has mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.
- Aug 2017Series A$15M
- Apr 2007Series A$75M
- 2006Unattributed$10.8M
- Oct 2005Conventional Debt$29.8M
#3
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2012 · 37 employees$17Mraised▾
Online retailer of articles covering watches, machines, travel, food, and style. The platform delivers editorial content focused on luxury goods and lifestyle topics. It provides articles and media related to horology, automobiles, travel destinations, culinary arts, and fashion. The website also offers a newsletter subscription service.
- Apr 2020Conventional Debt$17M
- Mar 2013Seed—
#4
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2021 · 21 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Online platform offering state affairs news. It provides all news and information related to the political affairs of different regions. It also provides weekly commentary and investigative reporting. It informs and empowers communities and the people who live in them through truthful, well-reported, non-partisan, investigative coverage.
- Nov 2021Seed$624K
- Feb 2020Seed$535K
#5
Series A · Marietta, Georgia · founded 2014 · 15 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Digital news platform. It provides news updates and information related to politics, economy, war, national security, business, and more. It also offers open source reports, opinions, podcasts, and more.
- Nov 2016Series A$3M
- Mar 2015Seed$1.3M
#6
Deadpooled · Duluth, Georgia · founded 2015$294.2Kraised▾
Online platform offering multi-category sports news. It offers news on volleyball, tennis, football, golf, boxing, badminton, and more.
- Sep 2017Post IPO$294.2K
#7
Deadpooled · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2011$25Kraised▾
N4MD is a tool for publishers to aggregate and curate the content into e-books and Flipboard-like e-magazines. It also provides its users with advertorial advertising opportunities with the help of its partners. It has partnership with Flipboard, Google Currents, Pulse etc.
- Oct 2011Seed$25K
#8
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2021 · 8 employees—raised▾
Provider of media and interaction platform created by players for student-athletes. It offers fans a redesigned experience and partners with athletes and universities to create and distribute content, fan experiences, community events, and other premium engagements.
- Dec 2022Seed—
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