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Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France

The 57 best Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Euronews.

57companies tracked
$287.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised

Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Euronews
European news channel with reach in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
$259M31 mo agoAcquiredBénédicte Bachs-Scherrer
Deputy CEO | CFO at Euronews
1993Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Microsoft ASP.NET+31——
2digiSchool.com
Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies
$20M125 mo agoSeries BThierry Debarnot
Co-Founder
2005———
3Glowbl
Social platform for communication & collaboration
$4M109 mo agoSeries BMathieu Labey
CEO
2011WordPressMySQLPHP+1922 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
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4Arturia
Publisher and supplier of puzzle magazines, apps, and games
$2M100 mo agoAcquiredFrederic Brun
Co-Founder & President
1999Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+193 patents
Velocity-sensitive electronic keyboard interfaces for real-time sound modulation
1 launch
5nukeygara
Provider of 3D animation tool for rigging and animation
$1M90 mo agoSeedAurélien Charrier
Co-Founder & CEO
2014———
6Prototypo
Font generator tool
$857K101 mo agoSeedYannick Mathey
Co-Founder
2013TypeScriptGraphQLReact+13——
7Whisperies
App based ebook library & reading platform
$622K113 mo agoSeedDavid Cadusseau
Co-Founder
2014———
8Lucette
Online product discovery platform for beauty products
$572K—DeadpooledAlban Belloy
Co-Founder
2014———
9Gebeka Films
Film distribution company that specializes in distributing critically acclaimed films to theaters, with a…
$348K31 mo agoFunding RaisedMarc Bonny
Co-Founder & CEO
1997WordPressMySQLPHP+17—2 awards

Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes

#1
Acquired · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1993 · 478 employees
$258.7Mraised
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EuroNews is a news TV channel covering world news from a European perspective and is available across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Employs 400+ journalists from 30 nationalities. As of January 2017, claims to reach 400M+ homes in 155 countries and 13 languages and is available across all platforms (websites, mobile apps, connected TVs, radio, YouTube, Google Glass, etc.), as well as on board airlines, cruise lines and in hotels.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$2M
  • Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$358.9K
  • Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$558.1K
  • Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$370.9K
Founders & team
Bénédicte Bachs-ScherrerDeputy CEO | CFO at Euronews
Investors
Europa, NBC News, International Media Investments
Tech stack
Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud Mail
#2
Funding Raised · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1997
$347.9Kraised
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Gebeka Films is a French film distribution company that specializes in releasing high-quality films that appeal to both critics and audiences. With a focus on critically conscious and commercially viable productions, the company has established itself as a prominent player in the French film industry. Gebeka Films has a diversified portfolio of films, including animation, drama, and documentary features. The company is committed to promoting French cinema globally and has built a reputation for its expertise in film distribution and marketing.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$67.3K
  • May 2022Grant (prize money)$102.3K
  • Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$31.8K
  • Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$22.3K
Founders & team
Marc BonnyCo-Founder & CEOJacques KraemerCo-FounderJean-Michel GevaudanCo-Founder
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
AxeptioCore-JsExactmetricsGoogle AnalyticsJqueryJquery Migrate
#3
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2005
$19.7Mraised
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Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies

Founders & team
Thierry DebarnotCo-FounderAnthony KuntzCo-Founder
Investors
Auchan, LEROY MERLIN, Creadev, Sepfi, Bpifrance, Turenne Capital
#4
Funding Raised · Annecy, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2015
$26.3Kraised
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Animalps Productions is an animation production company based in France, specializing in the development and production of animated films for television, cinema, and internet. The company's focus is on producing animated content across various age ranges, with a range of genres and styles.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$26.3K
Founders & team
Ariane DionyssopoulosCo-FounderFrancesca CapelliniCo-FounderAlain GedoviusCo-Founder
Investors
Europa
#5
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2011 · 17 employees
$4.1Mraised
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Glowbl is a real-time social platform for communication & collaboration. Users can share media content with others in real time, as well as sharing live events. Offers 'LiveStage' which is an interactive world where you can exchange ideas and share events.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Series B$1.1M
  • Sep 2014Angel$2M
  • Oct 2013Seed$957.9K
Founders & team
Mathieu LabeyCEO
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAws Certificate Manager
#6
Acquired · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1999 · 181 employees
$1.8Mraised
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Publisher and supplier of puzzle magazines, apps, and games. This entity creates and distributes a variety of puzzle products, including print magazines, digital applications, and physical puzzle books. They also provide puzzle content to other media outlets, such as newspapers and websites. The company's offerings cater to both individual consumers and business clients seeking puzzle content for their publications or platforms. Their product line encompasses various puzzle types, from classic crosswords to more specialized formats. They offer subscription services for their magazines and apps.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 55k LinkedIn followers — 20.6% of this cohort's audience · 82 engagements/post (3.4× cohort median)
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Unattributed$1.8M
Founders & team
Frederic BrunCo-Founder & President
Investors
Turenne Groupe
Tech stack
Amazon AdvertisingAmazon WebstoreApple Icloud MailBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjs
#7
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 2 employees
$1.1Mraised
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Provider of 3D animation tool for rigging and animation. It offers a desktop app that can be used by artists, game developers, and professional animators for animation. The tool offered by the company simplifies the workflow of animation, skinning, and rigging. Its feature includes spinner, direct model interaction, auto-rigging, non-destructive workflow, space witching, skin painting, breakdown pose editors, and integration with FBX production, Unity, and UE4.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Aurélien CharrierCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Kreaxi, Bpifrance
Tech stack
BootstrapApache Http ServerModernizrJqueryFancyboxGoogle Font Api
#8
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2013 · 11 employees
$856.5Kraised
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Prototypo provides a cloud-based font generation platform. Provides features like font exports, manual editing, Gylph individualization, web preview extension, user roles management, collaboration tools. As of August 2017 claims to have 36170 end users. Subscription based pricing model, pricing starts at 8$ per month.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed$856.5K
Founders & team
Yannick MatheyCo-FounderLouis-Remi BabeCo-FounderAntoine Heber-SuffrinCo-Founder
Investors
Investisseur Prive, Vox Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#9
Seed · Vichy, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$622.4Kraised
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Whisperies is an app based ebook library & reading platform. It provides weekly published animated stories for children. Enable users to their favourite animated stories and once synced, it will be accessible with or without a internet connection. The app is available for both iOS and Android users.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Seed$622.4K
Founders & team
David CadusseauCo-FounderAdeline FradetCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
JEREMIE AUVERGNE, LMDF, Sofimac Investment Managers
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGsapApache Http ServerJqueryCloudflareSlick
#10
Deadpooled · Chamalieres, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$572.2Kraised
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Lucette is an online product discovery platform for beauty products. It enables users to discover products based on their texture, price, ingredients & preferences. It also enables users to test the products. Users can also learn about products by posting videos & photos.

Funding rounds
  • Seed$572.2K
Founders & team
Alban BelloyCo-FounderAnne BelloyCo-Founder
Investors
JEREMIE AUVERGNE, Sofimac Investment Managers
#11
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2017 · 2 employees
—raised
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Krabbi is an image management solutions for the professionals. It provides the cloud-based photo library management platform for the businesses including agencies and photographers. It provides solutions for managing the photos on multiple platforms and manage licenses to the businesses and provides photo organization based on the artwork, keywords, and share with their employees and customers.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Benjamin SchulerCo-Founder & CEOCeline AumardCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
1Kubator
#12
Seed · Clermont Ferrand, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2017
—raised
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Kiwibook is an online marketplace for pre-owned books. It allows users to buy and sell books across categories like literature, history, art & culture, comics, and more. Some of the authors available are MC Beaton, Marc Levy, Eric Plamondon, Pierre Lemaitre, and others.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Benjamin AugrosCo-FounderBenjamin LointierCo-Founder & President
Investors
Kima Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$287.9Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
89disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa3 rounds
1Kubator2 rounds
Bpifrance2 rounds
Eiffel Investment Group2 rounds
JEREMIE AUVERGNE2 rounds
Kima Ventures2 rounds
Le Village by CA2 rounds
Sofimac Investment Managers2 rounds
Auchan1 rounds
BigBooster1 rounds

Notable founders

Bénédicte Bachs-Scherrer
Deputy CEO | CFO at Euronews · Euronews
Marc Bonny
Co-Founder & CEO · Gebeka Films
Jacques Kraemer
Co-Founder · Gebeka Films
Thierry Debarnot
Co-Founder · digiSchool.com
Anthony Kuntz
Co-Founder · digiSchool.com
Ariane Dionyssopoulos
Co-Founder · Animalps Productions
Francesca Capellini
Co-Founder · Animalps Productions
Mathieu Labey
CEO · Glowbl
Frederic Brun
Co-Founder & President · Arturia
Aurélien Charrier
Co-Founder & CEO · nukeygara
Yannick Mathey
Co-Founder · Prototypo
Louis-Remi Babe
Co-Founder · Prototypo
Prism market signals · France · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,425,728 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Media & Entertainment coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

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Common questions

How many Media & Entertainment companies are there in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France?
Radar tracks 57 indexable Media & Entertainment companies headquartered in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France?
The Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France on this list have raised a combined $287.9M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France?
Euronews is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France, with $258.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France are funded?
10 of the 57 Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Media & Entertainment unicorns are there in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France?
None of the Media & Entertainment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France Media & Entertainment companies?
The most active investors in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France Media & Entertainment companies on this list include Europa, 1Kubator, Bpifrance, Eiffel Investment Group, JEREMIE AUVERGNE.
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