Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Germany
The 1635 best Media & Entertainment companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SoundCloud.
Germany's Media & Entertainment startup ecosystem, ranked here by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, is sitting on $1.6B in tracked capital across 1,635 companies — and the curve is bending fast. Play Store installs across media, online media, and social media apps grew a median +12% YoY across 3,108 tracked apps, which tells you where consumer attention is actually flowing. The global market stands at roughly $1,960B, with demand compounding at 7.41% CAGR as VR, AR, and smarter media-exposure tools pull investment forward. One unicorn has already cleared the bar. That's not nothing.
Kittl leads the disclosed-funding leaderboard at $48M, with Mirelo AI and Morressier both at $41M. So the prize is concentrating around tooling — audio editors, playback engines, and mindfulness-adjacent content platforms are the hot themes right now, and backers like HV Capital and HTGF are clearly paying attention. I'd watch Black Forest Labs too, at $31M and climbing. The regulatory backdrop around content licensing in the EU adds friction, sure, but it also creates durable moats for whoever solves compliance at scale. If you're mapping where Germany's media capital is pooling, this directory is the place to start.
- Statista
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Germany
| # | Company | App-install YoY | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet5 Geo-based social platform to meet people in groups | +85% | $9M | 9 mo ago | 28 | Joao Filipe Tavares Ferreira Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | — | — |
| 2 | Rausgegangen Online platform offering details about ongoing and upcoming city events | +63% | $1M | 31 mo ago | — | Tim Betzin Founder & Managing Director | SentryLeafletUbuntu+14 | — | — |
| 3 | Prematch Provider of a news media platform for multiple sports | +42% | $4M | 31 mo ago | 15 | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowJava+12 | — | — |
| 4 | ResearchGate Online community for scientists | +41% | $88M | 65 mo ago | 150 150 → 351 (+134%) | Horst Fickenscher CIO & Co-Founder | GitBookZendeskApple iCloud Mail+14 | — | 1 partnership |
| 5 | GameDuell Casual games developer for web and mobile platform | +22% | $18M | 216 mo ago | 101 101 → 119 (+18%) | — | TYPO3 CMSPHPYouTube+7 | — | — |
| 6 | Blinkist App-based book summarizing platform for non-fiction books | +18% | $35M | 95 mo ago | 135 135 → 147 (+9%) | Tobias Balling Co-Founder & CTO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceRadix UI+14 | — | — |
| 7 | RiverApp Smartphone app to monitor river conditions | +16% | $6M | 68 mo ago | — | Florian Bessiere Founder | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+12 | — | — |
| 8 | IDAGIO Music streaming platform for classical music | +12% | $21M | 92 mo ago | 83 | Till Janczukowicz Founder | Cart FunctionalityFourthwallSkolengo+22 | — | — |
| 9 | Soundbrenner Wearable for musicians to replace metronome | +9% | $4M | 53 mo ago | 15 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+27 | — | — |
| 10 | SoundCloud Provider of online platform for streaming and listening to music | +8% | $438M | 76 mo ago | 359 | Katie Geraghty Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+35 | — | — |
| 11 | One Football 🦄 News media platform for soccer | +7% | $320M | 49 mo ago | 212 212 → 305 (+44%) | Vincent Schalk Co-Founder of OneFootball Labs & VP Product | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+33 | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | Jodel App-based social platform connecting students | +6% | $7M | 63 mo ago | 56 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 13 | Mirelo AI AI-powered music creation platform | — | $41M | 6 mo ago | — | Florian Wenzel Co-Founder and CTO | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+22 | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 14 | Just 4 Noise Developer of AI-fueled tools for generating unique music samples from text prompts | — | $1M | 3 mo ago | — | Max Shafer Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 15 | Black Forest Labs AI lab developing generative deep learning models | — | $31M | 22 mo ago | — | Axel Sauer Co-Founder | — | 4 patents Custom ergonomic shoe insoles and footbeds for improved comfort and support | — |
| 16 | Morressier Abstract and presentation management platform | — | $41M | 28 mo ago | 21 | Justus Weweler Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | — |
| 17 | Kittl AI-powered photo editing platform | — | $48M | 28 mo ago | 44 | Tobias Co-Founder | PrismicSentryNode.js+28 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 18 | Slay Social Q&A platform for school students | — | $8M | 23 mo ago | 5 | — | WebflowGSAPStimulus+9 | — | — |
| 19 | Sirius SaaS-based platform offering music courses | — | $4M | 20 mo ago | 5 | Sebastian Riegelbauer Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowReactstyled-components+23 | 2 patents Thermal disinfection systems for potable water and hot‑water supply installations | — |
| 20 | Bookbot Online second-hand bookshop | — | $4M | 21 mo ago | — | Dominik Gazdos CEO & MD | Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+19 | — | — |
| 21 | SongPush Platform offering music promotions through social media platforms | — | $3M | 22 mo ago | 8 | Stefan Kling Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+13 | — | 1 launch |
| 22 | Family.cards Online platform offering to stream movies and series | — | $1M | 20 mo ago | 2 | Teo Ortega Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyGoogle Maps+22 | — | — |
| 23 | Bayes Esports Provider of official esports live match data and statistics | — | $19M | 40 mo ago | 36 | Alexander Fuhrmann Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Neue Visionen Distributor of multi-category film and TV | — | $5M | 32 mo ago | — | Wulf Sorgel Co-Founder | PHPNette FrameworkBootstrap+11 | — | 6 awards |
| 25 | STYLE Protocol Online platform for NFTs and virtual assets across the metaverse | — | $2M | 25 mo ago | — | Leo Hilse Founder | — | — | — |
| 26 | Enote Provider of digital sheet music with personalized score adjustment features | — | $12M | 38 mo ago | 50 | Evgeny Mitichkin Co-founder | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365YouTube+19 | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 27 | Linearity Design and animation tools for marketing | — | $26M | 57 mo ago | 58 | Vladimir Danila Founder & CEO | StoryblokSentryApple iCloud Mail+23 | 9 patents Automated bitmap-to-vector conversion and time‑lapse generation in graphics authoring tools | 2 launchs |
| 28 | biddz Online crowdfunding platform for the music industry | — | $5M | 36 mo ago | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Native Instruments Manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based audio production | — | $59M | 103 mo ago | 2 | — | WordPressZohoMySQL+28 | 30 patents Digital audio signal processing and tempo synchronization for music software and hardware | 1 partnership |
| 30 | Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin Platform that featuures in showcasing and promoting various cultural events and festivals | — | $10M | 59 mo ago | — | Thomas Oberender CEO | SentryNode.jsVarnish+6 | — | — |
| 31 | Staige Provider of edge artificial intelligence and video analytics for sports | — | $9M | 47 mo ago | 64 64 → 34 (-47%) | Jan Taube Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityWordPressTypeScript+33 | — | — |
| 32 | Nurogames Developer of gamified applications and serious games | — | $8M | 56 mo ago | 36 | Jens Piesk Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | 3 patents Simulation-based serious gaming tools for interdependent critical infrastructure resilience analysis | — |
| 33 | Scompler Content operation management system for enterprises | — | $7M | 49 mo ago | 10 | Mirko Lange Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+18 | — | 1 partnership |
| 34 | Dubsmash An application to record and share short lip sync videos | — | $20M | 86 mo ago | 288 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Nebenan Social networking platform for neighbours | — | $26M | 98 mo ago | 214 214 → 128 (-40%) | Matthes Scheinhardt Co-Founder | WebflowVWOLinkedin Insight Tag+17 | — | — |
| 36 | Springer Nature Provider of technology-enabled platforms, products, and services for research dissemination | — | $495K | 28 mo ago | 13,000 | Claude Diebolt Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+32 | — | — |
| 37 | EyeEm Online stock photo marketplace | — | $24M | 134 mo ago | 68 | — | WebflowCart FunctionalitySentry+22 | — | — |
| 38 | informed News-aggregator offering multi-category news | — | $5M | 49 mo ago | 24 | Martin Kaelble Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceStripe+3 | — | — |
| 39 | Moviepilot Online community for movie fans | — | $23M | 129 mo ago | 93 | — | SentryZendeskUserReport+37 | — | — |
| 40 | Highsnobiety Online streetwear, sneaker, and lifestyle magazine and foundation focused on education investments for… | — | $8M | 58 mo ago | 101 | David Fischer CEO | Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+29 | — | 1 partnership |
| 41 | Simfy Online music streaming platform | — | $23M | 181 mo ago | — | Steffen Wicker Founder | — | — | — |
| 42 | Activaero Inhaler devices | — | $23M | 184 mo ago | 50 | — | — | 122 patents Inhalable aerosol drug formulations and devices for asthma and viral infection therapies | — |
| 43 | Mediakraft Networks Multi channel network platform | — | $23M | 143 mo ago | 12 | Spartacus J. Olsson Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 44 | make.tv Live video acquisition and management platform | — | $13M | 85 mo ago | 42 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Mobius Labs Developer of open-source multimodal AI for text, audio, and video | — | $6M | 57 mo ago | 29 | Aleksandr Movchan Co-Founder | WebflowYouTubecore-js+20 | 12 patents AI-driven video highlight selection, automated image capture, and training data generation. | — |
| 46 | Sola Media Operator of film festivals and producer of animated films & TV series | — | $5M | 65 mo ago | — | Solveig Langeland Founder | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptNode.js+13 | — | — |
| 47 | Qype Social platform for providing users reviews of businesses & places | — | $18M | 213 mo ago | 84 | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Pixabay Online platform offering stock photos and videos | — | $9M | 75 mo ago | 2 | Simon Steinberger Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySentryFacebook Login+15 | — | — |
| 49 | Cinector Media production and 3D visualization software provider | — | $3M | 50 mo ago | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | GOP Variety Ticket booking platform for theatre events | — | $1M | 44 mo ago | 900 | — | Cart FunctionalityTYPO3 CMSPHP+17 | — | 1 partnership |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Germany
#1
Seed · Tubingen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2023$41Mraised▾
AI-powered music creation platform. It allows users to create music using AI models.
- Dec 2025Seed$41M
#2
Series A · Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse · founded 2017 · 28 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Meet5 is a geo-based social platform to meet people in groups. Users can geo-locate themselves, and create a group meeting at their location. The application offers various features including meeting with more than six people with a fix location & radius, profile updates, and favorite lists, etc. The application is available on Android & iOS platform. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.
- Sep 2025Series A$9.4M
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2024$1Mraised▾
Developer of AI-fueled tools for generating unique music samples from text prompts. The company provides tools that generate specific sounds for music production. It reduces sample search time by generating unique noises that can be integrated into digital audio workstations. The company utilizes ethically trained models to provide royalty-free sounds.
- Feb 2026Seed$1M
#4
Seed · Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2024$31Mraised▾
AI lab developing generative deep learning models
#5
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2014 · 21 employees$40.7Mraised▾
Abstract and presentation management platform. It is a platform for conferences, seminars, and workshops. The platform provides solutions for organizers, presenters, and speakers to collect and review abstracts, upload presentations, and manage digital content. It supports the entire pre-publishing journey, from hybrid and virtual conferences.
- Jan 2024Series B$16.5M
- May 2021Series A$18M
- Dec 2018Series A$4.5M
- Nov 2017Seed$1.7M
#6
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 44 employees$47.8Mraised▾
AI-powered photo editing platform
- Jan 2024Series B$36M
- Jan 2023Series A$11.8M
#7
Series D · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2008 · 212 employees$320.1Mraised▾
News media platform for soccer. It allows football fans to follow their idol teams. Its app enables fans to find live scores and commentaries, breaking news, videos, tables, statistics, live audio commentary, and background information on football, and engage through social media channels and comments. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Apr 2022Series D$300M
- Dec 2017Series C—
- 2017Series C—
- 2014Series B—
#8
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 5 employees$7.7Mraised▾
Developer of a social media platform intended to offer anonymous compliments. The company's platform aims to promote mental well-being by normalizing and reinforcing positive social media interactions by showing questions when they open the app, which they must answer by choosing another user to anonymously compliment through social gaming products, enabling teenagers to improve the mental health of teens in the digital world.
#9
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 5 employees$4Mraised▾
SaaS-based platform offering music courses. Its platform helps musicians to optimize the sound quality of musical instruments and singing. It offers private singing lessons for the users and uses self-developed online music lesson software.
- Sep 2024Seed$4M
#10
Series A · Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1997$4.4Mraised▾
Online second-hand bookshop. It allows you to buy books of various genres and topics such as crime and thriller, cooking, fairytales, sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and more.
- Aug 2024Series A$4.4M
#11
Series F · Germany · founded 2007 · 359 employees$437.8Mraised▾
Provider of online platform for streaming and listening to music. The platform allows users to access and enjoy various audio content. It requires JavaScript to be enabled for full functionality.
- Feb 2020Series F$75M
- Aug 2017Series F$169.5M
- Mar 2017Venture Debt$70M
- Jun 2016Series E$70M
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 8 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Platform offering music promotions through social media platforms. It allows creators to earn money through their TikTok videos. It enables viral music promotion campaigns on various social media platforms. Available on both Android and iOS platforms.
- Aug 2024Seed$3.2M
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