Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Central District, Israel
The 39 best Media & Entertainment companies in Central District, Israel in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: LiveU.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Central District
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LiveU Live video transmission solutions provider | $50M | 70 mo ago | Acquired | Samuel Wasserman CEO | 2006 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+25 | 98 patents Multi-link cellular bonding and adaptive streaming for vehicular and live video transmission | 2 launchs · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 2 | BitBand Provider of content management and delivery systems | $19M | 260 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1999 | — | 10 patents Interactive digital TV services: fast channel switching, video-on-demand, ad insertion, trick modes | — |
| 3 | Meetey Local social discovery and networking app | $2M | 163 mo ago | Deadpooled | Shy Rosenzweig Co-Founder & COO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 4 | MagnetU A device for proximity networking | $180K | 200 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Perovskite-Info Online platform offering information related to materials | — | 41 mo ago | Series A | Ron Mertens Founder & Owner | 2015 | DrupalPHPBootstrap+8 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 6 | Tokabot Provider of an AI-based social chatbot for football fans | — | 86 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Spitball Online social studying platform for students in higher education. | — | 93 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 8 | Orad Provider of real-time 3D broadcast graphics solutions | — | 197 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1993 | — | — | — |
Top 8 Media & Entertainment companies in Central District
#1
Acquired · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 2006 · 345 employees$50Mraised▾
Live video transmission solutions provider. It enables television broadcasters to broadcast live video links via wireless cellular networks. LiveU’s solutions include multiple 4G LTE3G, HSPA, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi cellular links, which are optimized for maximum video quality based on the available network conditions. They are used for breaking news and high-profile events.
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$902.6K
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$372.1K
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$1.2M
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$640.3K
#2
Acquired · Netanya, Central District · founded 1999 · 15 employees$18.6Mraised▾
Provider of video content delivery solutions. The solution includes an audio-video server, the vision on-demand, installed at network nodes the maestro content distribution and server management suite, also installed at the service provider, and the video client end-user software package, installed within the converter in the customer's home.
- Dec 2004Series A$4.8M
- Mar 2003Series A$3.8M
- Aug 2002Series A$6M
- May 2000Series A$4M
#3
Deadpooled · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 2012$1.6Mraised▾
Local social discovery and networking app
#4
Seed · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 2010$180Kraised▾
Provider of a wearable device for social networking. The company offers a magnetic, wearable device for social networking allowing users to network with other users through a social matches concept that magnetizes people with matched social desires.
#5
Series A · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 2015—raised▾
Online platform offering information related to materials. It is a knowledge base and news source that disseminates news and information regarding perovskite materials. Perovskites are a class of materials that have the potential to produce solar cells with great performance and low production costs.
- Mar 2023Series A—
#6
Seed · Petah Tikva, Central District · founded 2017 · 4 employees—raised▾
Provider of an AI-based social chatbot for football fans. The platform provides live updates about teams. It also facilitates content management and fan engagement and enables users to interact with content such as trivia, fan surveys, friendly wagers, and match highlights.
- Jun 2019Seed—
#7
Seed · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2014 · 18 employees—raised▾
Spitball is a free and mobile social studying platform that enables university students to collaborate online for a variety of study requirements such as note sharing, getting doubts answered, question discussion, discovering appropriate study material and more. App available on iOS & Android.
- Nov 2018Seed—
#8
Acquired · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 1993 · 223 employees—raised▾
Orad is a provider of real-time 3D broadcast graphics solutions. Offers real-time video processing and pattern recognition algorithms, hardware engines, sensor technologies and other tools to Broadcasters. Solutions are used in news, channel branding, sports productions, elections, events broadcasting, virtual studios and advertisements. Clientele includes Turner, ESPN, CANAL+ and others. It went public and was listed on Frankfurt Exchange (OHT) in 1999. Acquired by Avid in Jun, 2015 for $65M.
- Mar 2010PE—
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