Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Michigan, United States
The 168 best Media & Entertainment companies in Michigan, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Newport Media.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Michigan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport Media Developed solutions for wireless connectivity | $81M | 162 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2005 | — | — |
| 2 | Vertigo Music Social music app for synced listening, artist connection, and community | $15M | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | Greg Leekley Chairman & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 3 | Benzinga Provider of financial news, real-time data, and market analysis tools | $4M | 116 mo ago | Acquired | Nina Zdinjak | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+52 | — |
| 4 | FanLabel Record label creation app provider | $4M | 2 mo ago | Seed | Jeff Sloan Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 5 | DanceFight Operator of an application for users to create and vote on dance battles | $2M | 48 mo ago | Seed | Marco Buhlmann Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | Daily Fuel Online platform offering video-centric multi-category news | $1M | 122 mo ago | Seed | — | 2003 | — | — |
| 7 | Slope Content production management software provider | $1M | 117 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | Coliseum Media AI-based podcast aggregator platform | $300K | 55 mo ago | Seed | Mike Hall Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 9 | StreetInsider.com Online media portal | $250K | 29 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1999 | DreamWeaverPHPMicrosoft ASP.NET+26 | — |
| 10 | Fangage Social platform for fan engagement | $220K | 86 mo ago | Seed | Josh Bryant Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 11 | Creative Byline Online platform for content marketplace | $180K | 208 mo ago | Deadpooled | Brad Maclean Ex Founder | 2007 | — | — |
| 12 | Stylfie Junior Fashion photo-poll app | $170K | 157 mo ago | Deadpooled | Andrey Burmus CEO | 2013 | — | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Michigan
#1
Seed · Birmingham, Michigan · founded 2016 · 8 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Record label creation app provider. It allows users to create the record label by participating in music contests. Users can create the label, join the contest, discover music, and earn royalties & prizes including cash, backstage passes, and more. Available for iOS and Android devices. Generates revenue through in-app purchases.
- Apr 2026Seed$200K
- Nov 2024Seed$100K
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt$1.6M
- Nov 2022Seed$2.1M
#2
Acquired · Lake, Michigan · founded 2005 · 52 employees$81.2Mraised▾
Developed solutions for wireless connectivity
#3
Deadpooled · Michigan Center, Michigan · founded 2015 · 6 employees$14.9Mraised▾
Social music app for synced listening, artist connection, and community. It is a free social music application designed to connect people through shared listening experiences. Users can sync their music with friends and fans, eliminating the need to download audio. The platform offers real-time, in-sync streaming, creating a shared experience. Artist Lounges enable fans to stream music together, chat live, and participate in special events and giveaways. Users can create their own Lounges to build playlists, stream in-sync, and chat live. By syncing up in Artist Lounges, fans support artists, increasing stream counts and chart performance. The application integrates with Apple Music and Spotify Premium. It is a social platform for music lovers, artists, and fans to connect and share their passion for music. This is a B2C tech company offering a software application.
#4
Seed · Michigan · founded 2018 · 14 employees$2Mraised▾
Operator of an application for users to create and vote on dance battles. The application allows users to challenge friends or other users to dance-offs. Users can select songs, record dance moves, and add filters. The application includes a leaderboard where users can track their progress.
- 2022Seed—
- Aug 2020Seed$2M
#5
Acquired · Southfield, Michigan · founded 2009 · 206 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Provider of financial news, real-time data, and market analysis tools. The company offers services such as premium financial news, earnings guidance, and market coverage. It delivers tools for investors, including calendars, screeners, and calculators. The company also provides data APIs, market news, and trading signals.
- Sep 2016Seed$3M
- May 2011Seed$1.5M
#6
Acquired · Birmingham, Michigan · founded 1999 · 5 employees$250Kraised▾
Online media portal. It offers stock market news from various industry experts and financial analysts. Also provides e-mail alerts based on ticker, keyword, and trading category. Invites articles from users, which get published after an editorial review. Operates a mobile app for Android and iOS users. Monetizes through advertisements and in-app purchases.
- Dec 2023Unattributed$250K
#7
Acqui-Hired · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2014 · 7 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Slope is a collaboration, workflow, review, and approval tool for producing business content. Features include project planning from creative brief to final deliverable with custom workflows, project/task progress monitoring, and feedback collection. The company was a part of Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in 2015 and had raised seed funding. The platform is available for $30 per user per month. The Slope platform is being used by marketing managers, content marketers, video producers, creative managers, graphic designers, and creative agencies.
- Sep 2016Seed$1M
- Mar 2015Angel$420K
#8
Seed · Birmingham, Michigan · founded 2003 · 2 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Operator of a news company intended to promote startups with real-world tools, work hacks, and lifestyle ideas. The company offers news based on leadership conferences and events where businesses can meet with investors for various financial and growth purposes, enabling readers to receive fresh videos each day directly from successful people in the world.
- Apr 2016Seed$1.5M
#9
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2020 · 5 employees$300Kraised▾
Developer of a sports audio commentary platform intended to reinvent sports fandom. The company's platform uses machine learning and audio AR, usually digital by one or more speakers to add information that plays in real-time with a video, enabling people to comment on the intersection of motorsports, media, gaming, and technology.
- Nov 2021Seed$300K
#10
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 7 employees$220Kraised▾
Fangage is a social platform for fan engagement. It enables users to upload a photo on the platform, choose a celebrity and get the photo signed by their favourite celebrity. It also streams celebrities signing photos on various other social media platforms like Periscope, Instagram, Twitch, and more.
- Mar 2019Seed$200K
- Nov 2018Seed$20K
- 2018Seed—
#11
Deadpooled · Holland, Michigan · founded 2007$180Kraised▾
Online platform for content marketplace
#12
Deadpooled · Petersburg, Michigan · founded 2013$170Kraised▾
Fashion photo-poll app
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