Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Pakistan
The 97 best Media & Entertainment companies in Pakistan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tapmad.
Pakistan's Media & Entertainment startup map is smaller than you'd expect — 97 companies tracked, $9M in total disclosed funding, zero unicorns — but the underlying momentum tells a more interesting story. Tapmad leads the directory at $4M raised, followed by Rinstra and Naseeb at $2M each, with Economy, Patari, and Jeeto Naye Andaz Say rounding out a funding pool that's concentrated at the top. The global sector sits around $1.96T with a 7.41% CAGR, and demand drivers like VR, AR, and smarter media attribution are reshaping where capital flows — even if Pakistan's slice of that is still finding its footing.
So what's actually moving here? Median install growth across media and social apps is running at roughly +12% YoY across 3,108 tracked apps, which tells you consumer appetite is real even when formal funding is thin. Hot editorial themes right now are Netflix, film debuts, and the awards cycle, and as shown in 2019 research, quantifying media exposure impact is increasingly central to how operators optimize strategy. Backers like The Nest I/O, 47 Ventures, and National Incubation Center are the names you'll see repeatedly if you dig into who's actually writing checks. The directory ranks these companies by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum — use it as your starting point.
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Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Pakistan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapmad Subscription-based live and on-demand video streaming platform | $4M | 74 mo ago | Series A | Yasir Pasha Founder & CEO | 2014 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+20 | — |
| 2 | RINSTRA Online video streaming platform | $2M | 64 mo ago | Deadpooled | Adil Akhtar Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 3 | Naseeb Social network for muslims | $2M | 221 mo ago | Series B | Monis Rahman President and CEO | 2003 | — | — |
| 4 | Jeeto Naye Andaz Say App-based gaming platform offering real money rewards | $400K | 60 mo ago | Seed | Waqqas Alvi Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 5 | Interacta Broadcasting solution | $220K | 132 mo ago | Deadpooled | Muhammad Ahsan Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Patari Pakistani music streaming platform | $200K | 113 mo ago | Seed | Khalid Bajwa Ex-Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 7 | Economy Online platform offering multi-category news | $150K | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 2 partnerships · 1 expansion |
| 8 | MangoBaaz Curated entertainment content for Pakistani youth | $115K | 114 mo ago | Seed | Ali Ahsan Co-Founder | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
Top 11 Media & Entertainment companies in Pakistan
#1
Seed · Lahore, Punjab$150Kraised▾
Online platform offering multi-category news
#2
Deadpooled · Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory · founded 2020 · 10 employees$2Mraised▾
Operator of an online video streaming platform designed for filmmakers, content creators, and storytellers. The company's platform offers on-demand streaming and the creation of user-generated original content, enabling users to access entertainment as well as access informative content.
#3
Series A · Karachi, Sindh · founded 2014 · 62 employees$4Mraised▾
Operator of a subscription-based live and on-demand video streaming platform intended to provide access to various entertainment content. The company's platform offers entertainment content across multiple languages, major sports content including live coverage, originals, and a huge catalog of hit TV series and blockbuster dubbed productions, with features such as seamless streaming, and HD quality, in a user-friendly interface, providing customers with a variety of entertainment content to enjoy at affordable price.
#4
Seed · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2020$400Kraised▾
App-based gaming platform offering real money rewards
#5
Series B · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2003 · 28 employees$2Mraised▾
Social network for muslims
#6
Seed · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2015 · 8 employees$200Kraised▾
Developer of a music streaming application designed to access musical content. The company's application helps users to discover and listen to their favorite Pakistani artists in real-time and share their playlists with other users, enabling customers to explore, access, and share music.
#7
Deadpooled · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2014 · 1 employees$220Kraised▾
Based on cutting-edge research carried out at LUMS, this company is building products that stand to disrupt the broadcast, advertisement and ratings industry. Without the need of extra hardware, the technology being developed by InteraCta can make all TV and Radio broadcast interactive with the aid of complimentary smart phone applications. Imagine participating in TV quiz shows alongside on-stage participants and recipe cards from cooking shows being pushed to you as you watch the program. If you are an advertiser, imagine getting real-time feedback on number of eyeballs watching your ads and being able to push actionable advertisement to the users' smart phones.
#8
Seed · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2015 · 26 employees$115Kraised▾
Operator of an online information and entertainment company intended to publish digital content. The company generates information, news, entertainment, and fashion-based digital content through its online platform, enabling people to know what's happening around them.
#9
Seed · Lahore, Punjab · founded 2016—raised▾
Mobile games development company
#10
Deadpooled · Karachi, Sindh · founded 2016—raised▾
MentHub is an online mentoring platform. Connects mentors and mentees and enables them to grow personally and professionally. The platform on the basis of user interests and scope of the listed issues matches the mentor and mentees through an inbuilt algorithm. Enables users to set up sessions online or offline depending on their convenience.
- Nov 2016Seed—
#11
Seed · Karachi, Sindh · founded 2015—raised▾
Online portal for cricket news
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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 flat
Common questions
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