Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Georgia, United States
The 357 best Media & Entertainment companies in Georgia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Shadowbox Studios.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Georgia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadowbox Studios Provider of studio platform and sound stage facilities services | $500M | 48 mo ago | Series D | 15 | — | Top 5M | — | — |
| 2 | HowStuffWorks Online platform offering multi category news | $102M | 105 mo ago | Acquired | 1,000 | — | Top 100k | — | — |
| 3 | PlayOn Sports High school sports media, streams events and videos on-demand | $88M | 52 mo ago | Series D | 246 | David Rudolph CEO | Top 5M | — | — |
| 4 | Yik Yak Anonymous college social media platform connecting students within their campus | $75M | 139 mo ago | Acquired | 22 | — | Top 5M | — | — |
| 5 | YuppTV Provider of live and on-demand Indian television channels | $58M | 116 mo ago | Series B | 375 | Udaynandan Reddy Founder & Co-CEO | Top 50k | — | — |
| 6 | Cove.tool AI and web-based building design platform for AEC professionals | $37M | 54 mo ago | Series B | 82 | Patrick Chopson Co-Founder | — | — | 1 award |
| 7 | Gem Shopping Fine jewelry and gemstone entertainment through live shows and online shopping | $28M | 151 mo ago | Acquired | 135 | Colin Taylor CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Southbox Entertainment Provider of films and TV production services | $25M | 35 mo ago | Series B | — | Jon Gosier Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | VIDAA Developer of an operating system and content platform for televisions | $25M | 47 mo ago | Series B | 42 | — | Top 500k | — | 1 launch · 3 partnerships |
| 10 | You42 Fan engagement platform for celebrities & influencers | $21M | 99 mo ago | Series B | — | Chris Moreau Co-Founder & CEO | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Athena Studios Producer of film and TV studio | $20M | 46 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | — | Top 50M | — | — |
| 12 | Crown Online retailer of articles covering watches, machines, travel, food, and style | $17M | 73 mo ago | Acquired | 37 | Hamilton Powell Founder & CEO | Top 5M | 162 patents Interactive gaming platforms with networked event-driven resource and broadcast management | — |
| 13 | Fanbase SaaS-based social platform for sharing photos and videos | $15M | 6 mo ago | Series B | 14 | Isaac Hayes III Founder | Top 5M | — | — |
| 14 | Eclipse Gaming Provider of game design and development services | $14M | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | 80 | Timothy Minard CEO | Top 10M | — | — |
| 15 | Streaming Global Cloud-based media delivery solutions provider | $10M | 57 mo ago | Series A | 19 | Richard Oesterreicher President and CEO | — | 23 patents Cloud-based adaptive media streaming, synchronization, encoding, and voice-initiated data delivery | — |
| 16 | Green Mountain Digital Provider of articles on business, travel, health, and general topics | $9M | 153 mo ago | Series B | — | David Roberts Co Founder & Chairman | — | — | — |
| 17 | ThePort Network Social network solutions provider | $7M | 192 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Bob Cramer Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 18 | Trioscope Online platform providing animation tools for film industry | $6M | 32 mo ago | Seed | 35 | Greg Jonkajtys Chief Creative Officer (CCO)/Co-Founder | Top 5M | — | — |
| 19 | Soapbox Virtual reality platform offering to stream music | $6M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | Kevin Sellors Co-Founder & CEO | Top 50M | — | — |
| 20 | The Cipher Brief Digital news platform | $4M | 115 mo ago | Series A | 15 | Suzanne Kelly Founder & CEO | Top 5M | — | 1 internship |
| 21 | Circle Labs Developer of an AI-based virtual character development platform | $4M | 43 mo ago | Seed | 9 | — | — | 26 patents Network-based data collection, analysis, and security for vehicle and bioinformatics systems | — |
| 22 | OpenStudy Free social networking platform for students and teachers | $1M | 216 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 27 | Preetha Ram Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | State Affairs Online platform offering state affairs news | $1M | 55 mo ago | Seed | 21 | — | Top 1M | — | — |
| 24 | Music Tech Works Online platform for music rights management | $1M | 50 mo ago | Seed | — | Bryson Nobles Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 25 | Stone Impact Media Provider of film and media production services | $1M | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | Jeanette Towne CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Isegoria Blockchain-based platform for streaming news | $1M | 49 mo ago | Series A | — | Ben Swann Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 27 | Dragonfruit Studios TV & online video production company | $1M | 197 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Michael Koziol Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 28 | Umenta A web application that captures and preserves family stories for the future generation to read | $725K | 146 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Felix Hu Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 29 | Yopima Event-finding app | $600K | 156 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Vernell Woods Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents Advanced geofencing algorithms for dynamic location-based services | — |
| 30 | Good Country Pictures Producer of films and TV series | $550K | 166 mo ago | Seed | — | Joe Goodman CEO | — | — | — |
| 31 | RF Poker Provider of cloud-based poker management and live-streaming solutions | $500K | 43 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Maanit Madan Founder & CEO | — | 10 patents Electronic gambling tournament payout algorithms and wagering game mechanics | — |
| 32 | Cycloramic Panoramic camera app provider | $500K | 148 mo ago | Seed | — | Bruno Francois Founder | Top 50M | — | — |
| 33 | Medical Innovation Holdings Online platform offering multi-category sports news | $294K | 105 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Jake Sanchez CEO/COB | — | — | — |
| 34 | CBMJ Provider of news and media content | $125K | 31 mo ago | Seed | — | Mark Schaftlein CEO | — | — | — |
| 35 | Khush Music creation app developer | $125K | 179 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 10 | Parag Chordia Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 36 | TRiBL Social money pooling platform for communities | $120K | 88 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Ikechi Nwabuisi CEO | — | — | — |
| 37 | Productions.com Online freelancer marketplace for entertainment and production industry | $100K | 36 mo ago | Early Stage | 11 | Carolyn Pitt Founder & CEO | Top 10M | — | — |
| 38 | SaidThat Mobile app platform for social reviews and recommendations of movies, TV shows, podcasts, and books | $100K | 56 mo ago | Seed | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Georgia
#1
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2018 · 14 employees$15.3Mraised▾
SaaS-based social platform for sharing photos and videos. The platform allows users to create and share content like photos, videos, live videos, and more. Users that can share content on the platform include athletes, musicians, models, foodies, fitness enthusiasts, makeup artists, comedians, and more. The app is available for iOS users.
- Dec 2025Series B$15.3M
#2
Series D · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2017 · 15 employees$500Mraised▾
Provider of studio platform and sound stage facilities services
- Jun 2022Series D$500M
#3
Series A · Marietta, Georgia · founded 2021$5.6Mraised▾
Virtual reality platform offering to stream music. It provides users with a three-dimensional audio experience. Its listeners can step into a virtual world and explore music in a new way.
- Aug 2024Series A$5.6M
#4
Series D · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2008 · 246 employees$87.9Mraised▾
PlayOn Sports is the nation’s premier high school sports media company and is composed of six operating divisions: the NFHS Network, PlayOn Sports Properties, PlayOn Sports Technology, PlayOn Sports Productions, School Broadcast Program, and Digital Scout. They are the rights holder, producer, and aggregator of high school sports events distributed across television, the Internet, and mobile devices. By combining State Athletic Association postseason content with the regular season events of member schools, Playon sports provides viewers the high school sports content available and marketers with a unique multimedia platform solution to reach teens, young adults, and families.
- Feb 2022Series D—
- Jan 2021Series D$10M
- Dec 2019Series D$25M
- Sep 2017Series D$5M
#5
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2017$25Mraised▾
Provider of films and TV production services
- Jul 2023Series B$25M
#6
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2017 · 82 employees$36.6Mraised▾
Cove Tool is an AI and web-based building design platform for AEC professionals. Features include design analysis, energy analysis, time management, cost & carbon emission management, automated reporting, project management, and more.
- Dec 2021Series B$30M
- Oct 2020Series A$5.7M
- Jun 2019Seed$150K
- Nov 2018Seed$750K
#7
Funding Raised · Duluth, Georgia · founded 2008 · 80 employees$14Mraised▾
Provider of game design and development services
- May 2023Conventional Debt$14M
#8
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 1998 · 1000 employees$101.5Mraised▾
HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics with podcasts, videos, and illustrations to help users learn how everything works. It provides easy to understand answers and explanations on many topics. Its in-house writers, editors, podcasters and video hosts share videos and illustrations on a diverse range of topics. The company claims to get 30 million visitors to the site each month. It also has mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.
- Aug 2017Series A$15M
- Apr 2007Series A$75M
- 2006Unattributed$10.8M
- Oct 2005Conventional Debt$29.8M
#9
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2019 · 35 employees$5.9Mraised▾
Online platform providing animation tools for film industry. It offers solutions to create animations for live-action performances in movies. It provides users with practical solutions that enable creators to have emotional fidelity to live-action performances.
- Oct 2023Seed$650K
- Dec 2022Seed—
- Oct 2021Seed$5.2M
#10
Series B · Suwanee, Georgia · founded 2019 · 42 employees$25Mraised▾
Developer of an operating system and content platform for televisions. The company designs its TV operating system with user-friendliness as a core principle. It aims to provide a seamless experience for users. The company focuses on continuous improvement to become a leading TV operating system.
- Jun 2022Series B$25M
#11
Funding Raised · Athens, Georgia · founded 2021 · 2 employees$20Mraised▾
Producer of film and TV studio
- Aug 2022Conventional Debt$20M
#12
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2013 · 22 employees$75Mraised▾
Anonymous college social media platform connecting students within their campus. It is a location-based social networking platform designed for college students to connect anonymously with others on campus. The platform fosters a sense of community by allowing users to share thoughts, ideas, and experiences without revealing their identities. It provides a space for open communication and discussion on various topics relevant to college life. The platform offers features such as community guardrails and safety resources to ensure a positive and secure environment for its users. It is a B2C tech company offering a social media platform.
- Nov 2014Series B$62M
- Jun 2014Series A$11.5M
- Apr 2014Seed$1.5M
- Feb 2014Seed$20K
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