Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Philippines
The 81 best Media & Entertainment companies in Philippines in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kumu.
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Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Philippines
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumu Online platform to connect with Filipino communities | $100M | 55 mo ago | Series C | Roland Navarro Co-Founder | 2017 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | 1 internship |
| 2 | Podcast Network Asia AI-based online podcast network | $750K | 64 mo ago | Seed | Ron Baetiong Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — |
| 3 | Ticket2Me Event discovery and ticket booking platform | $350K | 87 mo ago | Seed | Darwin Mariano Founder And Chairperson | 2018 | Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+10 | — |
| 4 | Freyo Mobile first digital magazine | $213K | 121 mo ago | Deadpooled | Renz Mar Velasco Co-Founder & President | 2015 | — | — |
| 5 | Piclyf Photo-diary platform | $41K | 187 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jayson Basañes Co-Founder & CTO | 2009 | — | — |
| 6 | TV5 Operator of entertainment, news, and sports TV channels | — | 46 mo ago | Series C | Robert Galang CEO | 1960 | PHPFacebook LoginRed Hat+27 | — |
| 7 | CIGNAL Subscription-based satellite TV service provider | — | 93 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jane Jimenez-Basas President & Ceo | 2009 | Cart FunctionalityWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+18 | — |
| 8 | Rappler Social News Network | — | 127 mo ago | Series A | Lian Buan | 2012 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+58 | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Philippines
#1
Series C · Makati, National Capital Region · founded 2017 · 403 employees$100Mraised▾
Online platform to connect with Filipino communities. It allows users to connect with fellow Filipinos around the world and watch live shows, post updates, earn money, and more. It also offers features like personal and group chat, games, and more. Users can also participate in quizzes, live shows, and more.
- Oct 2021Series C$73.7M
- Jun 2021Series B—
- Mar 2021Series B$15M
- Apr 2020Series A$5M
#2
Seed · Manila, Metro Manila · founded 2019 · 72 employees$750Kraised▾
AI-based online podcast network. Users can stream podcasts on various topics like comedy, education, art, sports, and more. Users can also stream on-demand networks.
#3
Seed · Manila, Metro Manila · founded 2018 · 9 employees$350Kraised▾
Ticket2Me provides event discovery and ticket booking platform. It allows users to search for the event, manage event promotions and book ticket for the events. It is a marketplace where users can sell and buy tickets for the events. The application is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
#4
Deadpooled · Makati, National Capital Region · founded 2015$213Kraised▾
Developer of a newsstand application designed to discover topics of interest and share those stories. The company's application facilitates users to manage all the magazines on their dashboard, choose on the different categories they want to view, explore and enjoy lots of magazines for free on topics ranging from fashion, travel, celebrities, food, weddings, sports, and cars and stay connected with the stories by just following a specific magazine, enabling users to enjoy unlimited access to different magazine wherever they are at no cost.
#5
Deadpooled · Davao City, Davao Region · founded 2009$41Kraised▾
Photo-diary platform
#6
Series C · Quezon City, Metro Manila · founded 1960—raised▾
Operator of entertainment, news, and sports TV channels
#7
Funding Raised · Makati, National Capital Region · founded 2009—raised▾
Subscription-based satellite TV service provider
#8
Series A · Manila, Metro Manila · founded 2012 · 188 employees—raised▾
Created in 2012, Rappler is an all-digital social news network that uses technology and crowdsourcing techniques. It has a patented Mood Meter (which tracks the emotions elicited by its stories), Mood Navigator (acts as the aggregator), and a mapping tool called Reach that shows how stories move through the community. More than just another reaction button, the Mood Meter is a crowdsourcing initiative that provides better insight into how emotions affect the way people think and act. Users can filter stories by emotions.
#9
Deadpooled · Manila, Metro Manila · founded 2012—raised▾
Developer of an event discovery application. The company's event discovery application allows to discover the best parties, events and nightlife hotspots, enabling users to book tables and get on the guest list through the application.
#10
Seed · Quezon City, Metro Manila · founded 2012—raised▾
Provider of digital entertainment content and business technology solutions. The company offers digital entertainment content for consumers. It also provides business technology solutions, including platforms for crowdfunding and crowdsourcing. Additionally, the company offers e-commerce and gamification solutions. The company provides customer support for its platforms and content. It may also offer implementation and managed services for its business technology solutions.
#11
Public · Quezon City, Metro Manila · founded 1953 · 4751 employees—raised▾
Chicken Pork Adobo is an YouTube certified multi-channel network. Allows brands to promote their channel across ABS-CBN platforms. Also provides opportunities to collaborate with ABS-CBN artists. Clients can use ABS-CBN originally produced songs and videos as YouTube content and get access to the Kapamilya music and video library.
#12
Deadpooled · Davao City, Davao Region · founded 2013—raised▾
Developer of a social networking platform designed to improve people's life. The company's social platform offers a free social journal which is fast, smooth, simple, enabling users to make their life more interesting.
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