Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Detroit, United States
The 40 best Media & Entertainment companies in Detroit, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Slope.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Detroit
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slope Content production management software provider | $1M | 119 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 2 | Coliseum Media AI-based podcast aggregator platform | $300K | 57 mo ago | Seed | Mike Hall Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 3 | Fangage Social platform for fan engagement | $220K | 89 mo ago | Seed | Josh Bryant Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 4 | Opnr Online social platform for music enthusiasts | $20K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Bart Daems Co-Founder & Creative Director | 2018 | Node.jsGoogle MapsBootstrap+12 | — |
| 5 | Vloggle Social media platform for video blogs | $20K | 98 mo ago | Deadpooled | Michael Jajou CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 6 | JxJ Ventures Ticket booking platform for party events | — | 26 mo ago | Seed | Brendan Asante Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12 | — |
| 7 | Rapt fm Freestyle online rapping | — | 156 mo ago | Deadpooled | Erik Torenberg Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | 1 Girl Revolution Social community platform for women | — | — | Unfunded | Kate Bryan Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
Top 7 Media & Entertainment companies in Detroit
#1
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2020 · 5 employees$300Kraised▾
Developer of a sports audio commentary platform intended to reinvent sports fandom. The company's platform uses machine learning and audio AR, usually digital by one or more speakers to add information that plays in real-time with a video, enabling people to comment on the intersection of motorsports, media, gaming, and technology.
- Nov 2021Seed$300K
#2
Acqui-Hired · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2014 · 7 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Slope is a collaboration, workflow, review, and approval tool for producing business content. Features include project planning from creative brief to final deliverable with custom workflows, project/task progress monitoring, and feedback collection. The company was a part of Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in 2015 and had raised seed funding. The platform is available for $30 per user per month. The Slope platform is being used by marketing managers, content marketers, video producers, creative managers, graphic designers, and creative agencies.
- Sep 2016Seed$1M
- Mar 2015Angel$420K
#3
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2018 · 3 employees$20Kraised▾
Online social platform for music enthusiasts
- Dec 2022Seed$20K
#4
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 7 employees$220Kraised▾
Fangage is a social platform for fan engagement. It enables users to upload a photo on the platform, choose a celebrity and get the photo signed by their favourite celebrity. It also streams celebrities signing photos on various other social media platforms like Periscope, Instagram, Twitch, and more.
- Mar 2019Seed$200K
- Nov 2018Seed$20K
- 2018Seed—
#5
Deadpooled · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 1 employees$20Kraised▾
Vloggle is a social media platform for video blogs. It allows users to create, edit, share, and stream videos within their social network. It also allows users to combine, duplicate, edit, and delete different video clips into a single video. Users can like, comment, re-vlog on the platform. Also, allows them to share videos on other social networks. The mobile platform is available for iOS users.
- Jun 2018Seed$20K
#6
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2016—raised▾
Ticket booking platform for party events. The platform allows users to search for events listed on the website and buy tickets for nightlife events. The platform provides users with information about events such as dates, timings, venue details, and ticket details.
- Jun 2024Seed—
#7
Deadpooled · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2012 · 4 employees—raised▾
Developer of an online live video platform designed to offer rap music. The company's platform hosts live video rap competitions and cyphers, enabling users to enjoy freestyle rap with top rappers around the world and challenge others to one-on-one rap battles.
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