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Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Lisbon, Portugal

The 37 best Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DuelNow.

37companies tracked
$17.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised

Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1DuelNow
A decentralized platform offering P2P sports betting activities
$11M25 mo agoSeries BHayden Yong Lee
Co-Founder
2023Node.jsFirebaseHeadless UI+16—
2Musiversal
Music production platform and online recording studio
$5M12 mo agoSeries AXavier Jameson
Co-Founder & COO
2018UbuntuVarnishAstro+23—
3Volt Games
Developer of games
$2M54 mo agoSeedPedro Cabaco
Co-Founder & CEO
2020JSSEmotionReact+9—
4Impresa Group
Publishing house in Portugal
—9 mo agoPublicFrancisco Pedro Pinto Balsemao
CEO
1972WordPressMySQLRedis+23—
5Storyo
AI-based photo storytelling app
—127 mo agoSeedFilipe Vasconcellos
CEO
2014——
6Nowo
SaaS-driven telecommunication service provider offering TV, mobile, and telephone services
—128 mo agoAcquiredMiguel Venancio
Group CEO NOWO / ONI
1993HugoMaterial Design LiteNginx+15—
7BoomApp
Provider of a mobile app with video and image recognition
—134 mo agoDeadpooledJoao Da Maia Jorge
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——
8Surfstoke
Social networking app for surfing
—147 mo agoDeadpooledNuno Ferro
Co-Founder
2014——

Top 8 Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon

#1
Series A · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2018 · 30 employees
$4.6Mraised
▾

Music production platform and online recording studio. It offers a portal where users can record their music and collaborate with other artists, musicians & producers. It also provides live recording sessions for artists to record & distribute their music with professionals.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 11.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. American Songwriter) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Xavier JamesonCo-Founder & COOAndre MirandaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Europa, LC Ventures, Shilling, REDangels, Best Horizon, Iberis Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAstroCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Series B · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2023
$11Mraised
▾

A decentralized platform offering P2P sports betting activities. It is a decentralized sports prediction marketplace that enables peer-to-peer wagers, allowing users to place bets and win on their terms.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Series B$11M
Founders & team
Hayden Yong LeeCo-Founder
Investors
Gem Dgital
#3
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2020 · 23 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

Developer of games

Founders & team
Pedro CabacoCo-Founder & CEOGoncalo BanhaCo-Founder & COOJohn AlbuquerqueCo-Founder
Investors
Voodoo, Shilling, AREA CODE
Tech stack
Core-JsEmotionGatsbyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#4
Public · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 1972
—raised
▾

Impresa Group is a company that operates as a publishing house in Portugal. It publishes for the Press sector, publishing titles like Expresso, Visão, Exame, Caras, Activa, and other 16 magazines, 14 internet sites and 3TV shows (as brand development). The company also produces custom publishing magazines, sites and mobile app's for major companies, from different sectors, operating in Portugal.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 27.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Gest/a Comercial
Activity: 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Francisco Pedro Pinto BalsemaoCEO
Investors
Europa, MEDIAFOREUROPE
#5
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2014 · 5 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of a video-making application designed to create long-lasting video memories to review and relive. The company's application selects the photos that sum up the fun and fleshes them out with time, places, pertinent posts and friend's photos of the same event, enabling users to share more than a glimpse into the essence of an occasion.

Founders & team
Filipe VasconcellosCEO
Investors
Portugal Ventures
#6
Acquired · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 1993
—raised
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SaaS-driven telecommunication service provider offering TV, mobile, and telephone services. It offers a product known as Nowo TV, which enables users to stream live TV on their PC, Tablet, and Smartphone devices. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 14.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Técnico(a) de Tesouraria
Founders & team
Miguel VenancioGroup CEO NOWO / ONI
Investors
Fortino Capital
Tech stack
AngularApache Http ServerAxiosCdnjsCloudflareCookiebot
#7
Deadpooled · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2015 · 8 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of a mobile app with video and image recognition. The company claims that its patented technology can search and find a video within a database of thousands of hours of video in seconds even when recorded from a low-quality smartphone camera. Its mobile application is available for iOS and android platforms only. It also provides a development tool that can also be integrated into user mobile app or web platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Joao Da Maia JorgeCo-Founder & CEONuno MoutinhoCo-Founder & CTOPaulo FitasCo-Founder
Investors
Portugal Ventures
#8
Deadpooled · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2014
—raised
▾

Surfstoke is a social networking app for surfing. Users can create their surf profile. They can upload picture and video, comment and share to show their surf skill. Users can save their preferred surf spot. The collects individualised surf data to make surf reports. It won the Desafio Mar competition in November 2013.

Funding rounds
  • 2014Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Nuno FerroCo-FounderJoao RodriguesCo-FounderJoana Neves de MatosCo-Founder
Investors
BGI

Funding & investor landscape

$17.1Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
1disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Startup Lisboa5 rounds
Europa2 rounds
Portugal Ventures2 rounds
Shilling2 rounds
AREA CODE1 rounds
BGI1 rounds
Best Horizon1 rounds
Bynd Venture Capital1 rounds
Fortino Capital1 rounds
Gem Dgital1 rounds

Notable founders

Xavier Jameson
Co-Founder & COO · Musiversal
Andre Miranda
Co-Founder & CEO · Musiversal
Hayden Yong Lee
Co-Founder · DuelNow
Pedro Cabaco
Co-Founder & CEO · Volt Games
Goncalo Banha
Co-Founder & COO · Volt Games
Francisco Pedro Pinto Balsemao
CEO · Impresa Group
Filipe Vasconcellos
CEO · Storyo
Miguel Venancio
Group CEO NOWO / ONI · Nowo
Joao Da Maia Jorge
Co-Founder & CEO · BoomApp
Nuno Moutinho
Co-Founder & CTO · BoomApp
Nuno Ferro
Co-Founder · Surfstoke
Joao Rodrigues
Co-Founder · Surfstoke
Prism market signals · Portugal · country-scoped Prism corpus, 742,684 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Media & Entertainment coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Media & Entertainment companies are there in Lisbon, Portugal?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Media & Entertainment companies headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal?
The Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal on this list have raised a combined $17.1M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Lisbon, Portugal?
DuelNow is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Lisbon, Portugal, with $11M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal are funded?
3 of the 37 Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Media & Entertainment unicorns are there in Lisbon, Portugal?
None of the Media & Entertainment companies in Lisbon, Portugal on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Lisbon, Portugal Media & Entertainment companies?
The most active investors in Lisbon, Portugal Media & Entertainment companies on this list include Startup Lisboa, Europa, Portugal Ventures, Shilling, AREA CODE.
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