Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Melbourne, Australia
The 168 best Media & Entertainment companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Linius Technologies.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Melbourne
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linius Technologies Video virtualization technology | $24M | 53 mo ago | Public | Chris Richardson CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 2 | DorsaVi Provider wearable sensor for motion analysis technologies | $9M | 104 mo ago | Public | Daniel Ronchi Co-Founder & CTO | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 3 | Lumi interactive Provider of game development services | $7M | 47 mo ago | Seed | Lauren Clinnick Co-Founder and CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 4 | Tuned Global Provider of B2B music streaming technology and integrated platform solutions | $5M | 130 mo ago | Series A | Con Raso Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director | 2008 | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesFancyBox+23 | 1 launch |
| 5 | Qsic Music streaming solutions for businesses | $4M | 16 mo ago | Series B | Matthew Elsley Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Surreal Cloud based solutions for managing live entertainment events | $4M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Brandon Crimmins Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowSvelteVercel+22 | — |
| 7 | SportChamps Sports and racing tournament betting platform | $4M | 104 mo ago | Seed | Alan Eskander Founder & CEO | 2016 | FirebaseGoogle MapsChart.js+28 | — |
| 8 | Steppen Mobile-based community platform for fitness-related activities and challenges | $2M | 43 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Jake C Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 9 | Omny Studio Cloud-based audience engagement solution provider | $450K | 156 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | TurbopackSentryNode.js+11 | — |
| 10 | Story Box Library Provider of an online platform for children to access stories by favorite storytellers | $334K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Nicole Brownlee Founder & CEO | 2013 | SentryPHPChart.js+25 | 1 award |
| 11 | Goodfilms Social platform for movie lovers | $170K | 172 mo ago | Deadpooled | Glen Maddern Founder | 2011 | — | — |
| 12 | Refni Global news and content platform focusing on connected experiences | $100K | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | Xiao Han Drummond Founder | 2012 | — | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Melbourne
#1
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 36 employees$4Mraised▾
QSIC is a music solution provider for businesses, shops, pubs, and professionally curated in-store music playlists. They cover a catalog of commercially licensed tracks. It monetizes through subscription charges.
- Jan 2025Series B$25M
- May 2021Series A$4M
#2
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 21 employees$23.8Mraised▾
Linius Technologies Ltd provides video virtualization technology for converting legacy video into virtual video. By converting to virtual video through their proprietary video virtualization engine, users like satellite and cable tv providers can access features such as personalized TV advertising, enhanced search, security, and piracy protection. Users can also tag, index and manage the virtual video file.They have collaborated wih IBM to promote and sell their virtualization engine. The company reported revenues of AUD 41,492 for FY 2016-17.
- Jan 2022Post IPO$2.1M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$5M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$3M
- Feb 2018Post IPO$7.9M
#3
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018$6.8Mraised▾
Provider of game development services
- Jun 2022Seed$6.8M
#4
Acqui-Hired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2021 · 4 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Mobile-based community platform for fitness-related activities and challenges. The platform enables individuals to connect with fitness creators for workout challenges and training. Also, it helps creators build, showcase and monetize their online fitness community.
- Oct 2022Seed$1.6M
- Aug 2021Seed$500K
#5
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018 · 18 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Cloud based solutions for managing live entertainment events. It allows users to interact with fans, connect with each other, and share interests during events. It allows users to connect with artists and manage live streams. Its features include automatic website promotion and live event guides, creating invoices for entertainers, using entertainment data to increase sales and understand ROI, and more.
- Oct 2021Seed$2M
- Oct 2019Seed$1.5M
#6
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2008 · 34 employees$8.9Mraised▾
DorsaVi makes wearable sensor solutions for motion analysis which have applications for clinics, companies and athletes. It has three products in its range: ViSafe for workplace solutions which measures how people move in real-time work situations, so companies can assess risky movements to create a safer work environment; ViMove for clinical solutions, it measures range of movement, postural angles, and muscle activity; ViPerform, it measures leg symmetry, average ground reaction force, average initial peak acceleration, average ground contact time, average steps per minute and many other parameters.
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$868.6K
- Jan 2017Post IPO$1M
- Dec 2016Post IPO$7M
- Apr 2008Seed—
#7
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2008 · 29 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Provider of B2B music streaming technology and integrated platform solutions. The company delivers music catalog ingestion, streaming service application programming interfaces, and music licensing consultation. It offers tools for playlisting, seamless song transitions, and social radio integration. The company provides content management systems, reporting, analytics, and infrastructure for music streaming services.
- Aug 2015Series A$5.1M
- Seed—
#8
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 12 employees$3.5Mraised▾
SportChamps is a sports and racing tournament betting platform. It allows users to participate in multiple betting tournaments of games. Users can improve their leadership position to win rewards and real money through the app. The app is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Oct 2017Angel$3.5M
#9
Funding Raised · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2013$334.4Kraised▾
Provider of an online platform for children to access stories by favorite storytellers. It provides users with a platform that offers an ever-growing library of stories read aloud by professional storytellers, suitable for preschool and primary-aged children. They also provide a variety of stories covering different themes and topics to engage young audiences.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$334.4K
#10
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 6 employees$450Kraised▾
Omny Studio provides cloud-based audience engagement solution provider for podcasters and radio stations. It offers a cloud-based on-demand audio management solution that helps podcasters to publish their content for the targeted audience, reduce production costs, and monetize their podcasts.
- 2013Seed$450K
- 2012Grant (prize money)$20K
#11
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2011 · 2 employees$170Kraised▾
Goodfilms lets users to share movie reviews with their peers, keep a list of films to watch, and help them to find online portals to legally stream movies. Founded in 2011 by Glen Maddern. Based out of New York. Raised $150K in Feb 2012.
- Feb 2012Seed$150K
- Sep 2011Seed$20K
#12
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012$100Kraised▾
Refni is a global news and content platform focusing on connected experiences. Claims to solve the media bias problem where users are only shown the content based on their recommendations and in the process, missing out on a global, world view. Lets users choose the perspectives they would want to see based on location and user profile selected and presents them with a relevant news feed, based on their choices. Yet to launch as of February 2017.
- Nov 2016Seed$100K
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