Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Gauteng, South Africa
The 77 best Media & Entertainment companies in Gauteng, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Music In Africa.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Gauteng
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Music In Africa Platform providing news, articles, and resources for the music industry | $5M | 66 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | DrupalPHPCloudflare+15 | — |
| 2 | Howler Cashless payment solutions at events | $270K | 76 mo ago | Seed | Stephen Cuzen Co-Founder | 2012 | SentryAlgoliaRuby+29 | — |
| 3 | Auto Advisor Online platform for car & dealerships reviews and news | $4K | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Murali Naidu Founder & Managing Director | 2015 | Node.jsUbuntuGoogle Maps+18 | — |
| 4 | Rapid Blue TV production company | — | 122 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1994 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 5 | ShowMax Subscription-based on-demand video streaming platform | — | 126 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+13 | — |
| 6 | 4Racing Subscription-based platform providing streaming of sports content | — | — | Deadpooled | Fundi Sithebe CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 7 | Africa Creative Agency Provider of films and TV production services | — | — | Unfunded | Colin Gayle Co-Founder | 2015 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+27 | 1 award |
| 8 | Africori Platform offering music distribution solutions | — | — | Unfunded | Yoel Kenan CEO | 2020 | Node.jsNginxOpenResty+9 | — |
Top 5 Media & Entertainment companies in Gauteng
#1
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012$4.6Mraised▾
Platform providing news, articles, and resources for the music industry. It offers a magazine featuring news, reviews, and articles. The platform also provides a directory of artists, service providers, events, venues, and organizations. It includes educational resources, instrument lessons, and a music database.
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$4.6M
#2
Seed · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 140 employees$270Kraised▾
Cashless payment solutions at events
- Jan 2020Seed$150K
- Apr 2017Seed$120K
#3
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2015$3.6Kraised▾
Online platform for car & dealerships reviews and news. Users can anonymously write reviews for cars & dealerships as per their experiences & browse reviews given by others based on car make & model and dealership location & name. The platform also features automotive information & expert car reviews as well as the latest motoring news & launches.
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$3.6K
#4
Acquired · Randburg, Gauteng · founded 1994 · 40 employees—raised▾
Rapid Blue is a South Africa-based TV production company. Produces documentaries and shows on youth & children, music, adventure, sport, talk, magazine & current affairs. Produced shows such as SA's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Strictly Come Dancing, The Weakest Link. As of Aug 2018, the firm claims to have won an array of local and international awards including Emmy Awards.
#5
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2015 · 211 employees—raised▾
Subscription-based on-demand video streaming platform. It enables users to stream TV shows, movies, kids shows, and documentaries. It offers Hollywood, British, Kenyan, and South African content. It features content in English, Zulu, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Xhosa, and Polish languages. Users can also create profiles for children. The application is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Nov 2015Seed—
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