Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Austria
The 207 best Media & Entertainment companies in Austria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: HEROcoin.
Austria's Media & Entertainment startup scene is smaller than you'd expect for a market this active, but the 207 companies we're tracking tell a real story. Total disclosed funding sits at $67M across that cohort, and the distribution is anything but even. HEROcoin leads at $18M, Emmi AI follows at $17M, and those two alone account for more than half the capital pool. Atlas trails at $6M, and everything else drops off fast. No unicorns yet, but the investor roster, Europa, Speedinvest, Pioneers, and the European Union itself, signals that institutional money is watching this market seriously.
So what's actually moving? Median app install growth is running at roughly +12% year-over-year across more than 3,000 media and social media apps globally, which tracks with the broader Statista picture of a global Media & Entertainment market forecast at around $1,100B by 2024 on a 7.41% CAGR. The hottest themes in coverage right now are audio editor tooling, playback engines, and mindfulness content, and that last one might surprise you if you've been watching the streaming wars dominate the headlines. Austria's funding base is still concentrated, still early, and honestly still underpriced relative to what demand drivers like VR and optimised media strategies are doing to reshape how smaller markets attract capital. The window for the next breakout name here is open.
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Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Austria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEROcoin Decentralized crypto coin for betting | $18M | 104 mo ago | Paul Polterauer Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Emmi AI AI-powered physics simulation models to accelerate industrial engineering processes | $17M | 13 mo ago | Miks Mikelsons Co-Founder | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+10 | Top 10M | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 3 | Atlas 3D model generation platform | $6M | 28 mo ago | Benjamin James Founder & CEO | 5 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowVimeo+12 | Top 50M | — |
| 4 | Hitbox Esports live streaming platform | $5M | 127 mo ago | — | 31 | Node.jsNext.jsstyled-components+10 | Top 10M | — |
| 5 | Updatemi App-based digital news aggregating platform | $3M | 130 mo ago | Andreas Schietz Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Newsadoo Online platform aggregating multi-categories news | $3M | 67 mo ago | Anna Hauer Co-Founder | 12 | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+11 | Top 50M | — |
| 7 | Breshna Official website to create video games | $2M | 47 mo ago | Mariam Nusrat Founder & CEO | 17 | Node.jsZohoLeaflet+25 | Top 5M | — |
| 8 | Mikme Studio-grade wireless recording microphone provider | $2M | 106 mo ago | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Gronda Online community and content platform for chefs | $2M | 76 mo ago | Tobias Zetzsche Co-Founder & COO | 30 | WebflowStripeAmazon Web Services+14 | Top 5M | 1 job opening |
| 10 | Snapscreen Second screen-based audience engagement solutions provider | $2M | 55 mo ago | Matthias Grieder Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | SiMAX Provider of software for translating text into 3D-animated sign language | $1M | 81 mo ago | Georg Tschare CEO | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 10M | — |
| 12 | Elevate Organization that hosts range of events | $937K | 89 mo ago | Bernhard Steirer Co-Founder | — | TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+4 | Top 10M | — |
| 13 | PRIA Provider of robotics education and research advancement | $668K | 73 mo ago | Munir Merdan Co-Founder | — | VarnishTailwind CSSGitHub Pages+5 | Top 10M | — |
| 14 | Greetzly Social platform for celebrities to engage with fans | $562K | 121 mo ago | Paul Resch Co-Founder & CEO | 2 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Journi Mobile application for travel blogging | $552K | 117 mo ago | Andreas Roettl CEO and Co-Founder | 32 | ContentfulSentryZendesk+22 | Top 500k | 5 job openings |
| 16 | Fretello Assist app for guitar learning | $547K | 92 mo ago | — | 12 | TypeScriptNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+11 | Top 10M | — |
| 17 | Proofcheck Provider of AI-based automated SEO content platform | $542K | 28 mo ago | Alexandre Paris Co-Founder | 2 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Spectralmind Intelligent audio technology | $503K | 197 mo ago | Thomas Lidy Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Mischief Films Producer of documentary films | $396K | 57 mo ago | Ralph Wieser Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | FreibeuterFilm They produce and support films, achieving recognition at prestigious film festivals | $341K | 41 mo ago | Oliver Neumann Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Herosphere Provider of a blockchain-based betting platform for fantasy sports | $334K | 120 mo ago | Bernhard Blaha Co-Founder & COO | 5 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Soup Video collage maker app using photos | $300K | 177 mo ago | Christopher Clay CEO / Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | ToolsOnAir End-to-end Mac-based broadcast software | $289K | 114 mo ago | Walter Kuntner CEO | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+12 | Top 10M | 2 launchs |
| 24 | Colorful SaaS-based platform offering product photography solutions | $264K | 49 mo ago | — | 12 | WebflowSentryWistia+17 | Top 50M | — |
| 25 | Re-Compose Music composition & production software | $163K | 109 mo ago | Roland Trimmel Co-Founder & GM | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Newsgrape Interest based news streams aggregators | $121K | 174 mo ago | Leo Fasbender Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Weekend Online platform offering blogs on diverisified sectors | $112K | 79 mo ago | Christian Lengauer Managing Director | 55 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+22 | Top 500k | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Austria
#1
Acquired · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2024$17Mraised▾
AI-powered physics simulation models to accelerate industrial engineering processes. The company's AI builds foundation models inspired by physics and driven by AI, targeting sectors such as aerospace, automotive, semiconductors, and energy.
- Apr 2025Seed$17M
#2
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2020 · 5 employees$6Mraised▾
3D model generation platform. It helps users generate content from reference models and text using artificial intelligence. It caters to asset creation in the metaverse.
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$4.5M
- Nov 2023Seed$6M
#3
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2022 · 2 employees$541.6Kraised▾
Provider of AI-based automated SEO content platform. It offers solutions such as finding errors and eliminating mistakes automatically, PDF & ePub support, and more.
- Feb 2024Seed$541.6K
- Oct 2022Seed—
#4
Acquired · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2017$18Mraised▾
Decentralized crypto coin for betting. It allows game creators to integrate tokens into the games enabling users to bet. It enables gamers to play the games and earn coins and redeem the tokens on the platform.
- Oct 2017ICO$16M
- ICO$2M
#5
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2013 · 17 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Official website to create video games
- Jul 2022Seed$635K
- Jun 2022Seed$2.3M
#6
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2013$1.6Mraised▾
Second screen-based audience engagement solutions provider. The solution offered by the company is Clip Share which provides a solution to connect the TV with mobile. It also allows the user to share programs on social media.
- Nov 2021Seed$1.2M
- 2020Seed$20K
- Seed$400K
#7
Seed · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2017 · 12 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Online platform aggregating multi-categories news. It provides news on various categories such as politics, business, finance, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, and others from multiple sources. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Nov 2020Seed$2.6M
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)—
#8
Acquired · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2013 · 31 employees$5Mraised▾
Hitbox is an esports live streaming platform for streamers. It enables gamers to stream videos based on various esports games such as Starcraft, League of Legends, Farming Simulator, etc. Also allows gamers to broadcast their game playing videos.
- Nov 2015Series A$4M
- 2014Seed$1M
- May 2014Seed—
#9
Funding Raised · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2008$341.3Kraised▾
They produce and support films, achieving recognition at prestigious film festivals. The company's work has been showcased at Cannes, Berlinale, and Viennale, among others. They have received numerous awards for their films, including accolades for best film, directing, and screenwriting. Their productions span various genres and have garnered critical acclaim. They are involved in all aspects of filmmaking, from initial concept to final release.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$273.5K
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$67.8K
#10
Series A · Innsbruck, Tyrol · founded 2016 · 30 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Online community and content platform for chefs. It allows chefs to share culinary creations and recipes. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Feb 2020Series A$1.7M
- Mar 2017Seed—
- 2016Seed$125K
#11
Deadpooled · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2013$2.8Mraised▾
App-based digital news aggregating platform. The platform that offers AI-based summarized news from various sources to users. Also allows users to follow people and organizations in media sectors. The app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jul 2015Seed$552.4K
- 2014Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2016$1.3Mraised▾
Provider of software for translating text into 3D-animated sign language. It provides sign language translations, making the digital world accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$1.2M
- Jul 2015Grant (prize money)$54.8K
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