Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Auckland, New Zealand
The 77 best Media & Entertainment companies in Auckland, New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Narrative.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Auckland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narrative Builds software tools for professional photographers | $5M | 71 mo ago | Series A | Steffan Levet Co-Founder | 2017 | SentryNode.jsElement UI+24 | — |
| 2 | Baboom Indie music streaming platform | $4M | 143 mo ago | Deadpooled | Marco Oliveira Co-Founder & CTO | 2014 | — | — |
| 3 | Space Rock Games Developer of games | $2M | 32 mo ago | Seed | Kieran Dunn Co-Founder - Creative Director | 2020 | WixSentryBootstrap+13 | — |
| 4 | Melodics Developer of virtual drumming pad software to learn the music playing | $1M | 105 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Node.jsRadix UIReact+17 | — |
| 5 | Imagination Television Producer of factual, reality, and entertainment television programming | $125K | 98 mo ago | Late Stage | Bettina Hollings Founder & Managing Director | 2001 | — | — |
| 6 | VectorStock Royalty-free stock vector image marketplace | $46K | 77 mo ago | Funding Raised | Stephen Green Founder & Director | 2007 | Amazon Web ServicesNew RelicPriority Hints+10 | — |
| 7 | Estimeet Platform to organise social meetings & track friends | $18K | 135 mo ago | Deadpooled | Hayden Do Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | Sky General entertainment channel | — | 73 mo ago | Public | Terry Jarvis Co-Founder | 1987 | ContentfulSentryApple iCloud Mail+26 | 1 partnership |
Top 10 Media & Entertainment companies in Auckland
#1
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2020 · 13 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Developer of games
- Oct 2023Seed$900K
- Feb 2022Seed$650K
#2
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2017 · 26 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Builds software tools for professional photographers
- Jul 2020Series A$4M
- May 2019Seed$700K
#3
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 22 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Baboom is an indie music streaming platform. It provides technological and financial tools for the artists to promote their music and fan engagement. It works on “Fair Trade Streaming” model. Fair Trade Streaming offers full visibility of payments from streaming. The model claims to provide the subscription fees from the fan directly to the artists. It also provides an event ticketing portal for music selling. It also provides music content distribution and monetization solutions for artists. Generates revenue through subscriptions.
- Jul 2014Seed$3.5M
#4
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 39 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Melodics is a music learning platform for drums, keyboards, pad controller, and other musical instruments. It develops software for pad drumming that is available for Mac and Windows devices. It offers music education with tracks, such as hip-hop, future beats, footwork, EDM, techno, trap, dubstep, downbeat, jungle, funk, soul, electronic, Bmore, electro, classic breaks, and others for playing. It also provides the insights for the users of their favorite producers, DJs, and performers for their music tracks. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices. Generates revenue through subscriptions.
- Sep 2017Seed$1.2M
- Aug 2016Seed—
#5
Late Stage · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2001$125Kraised▾
Producer of factual, reality, and entertainment television programming. This company creates television content for worldwide broadcast and streaming platforms. Its production capabilities encompass a wide variety of genres, including documentaries, lifestyle shows, and animation, in addition to commercials. The company has a history of developing successful television series for large audiences. It is known for its in-house production expertise and its ability to create high-quality programming.
- Apr 2018Post IPO$125K
#6
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2007$46.4Kraised▾
VectorStock is a royalty-free stock vector image marketplace. Provides vector images belonging to several categories with over 10,000 vector images added daily. While some vectors are available for free, others are available on demand and on monthly subscriptions.
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$46.4K
#7
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014$18Kraised▾
Platform to organise social meetings & track friends
#8
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1987—raised▾
General entertainment channel
#9
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2013 · 23 employees—raised▾
Vidapp is a developer of custom branded video apps. The company's unique offering is that it helps users sell their DVDs and videos through custom branded video apps. The apps are generally published under the developer title "Vidapps". However, the user can opt otherwise paying fixed additional costs. The company also helps users increase app store search traffic with app store search optimization.
- Apr 2017Seed—
- Seed—
#10
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2004—raised▾
Online book retail platform. It offers books in various genres. It also offers a group buy option to buyers for shopping at reduced prices. It also offers free worldwide shipping.
- 2009Seed—
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