Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Saudi Arabia
The 64 best Media & Entertainment companies in Saudi Arabia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: UTURN.
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Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Saudi Arabia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTURN Arabic multi-channel network platform | $10M | 122 mo ago | Series B | Kaswara Al-Khatib Founder & Chairman | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — |
| 2 | Grintafy Technologies Social networking app for footballers | $3M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Majdi Allulu Founder & CEO | 2017 | UbuntuAnimate.cssBootstrap+15 | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 3 | The Stock Online platform offering stock photos and videos | $667K | 58 mo ago | Seed | Abdullah Musharraf CEO | 2021 | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsVue.js+18 | — |
| 4 | Sawerly Photographers Marketplace | $211K | 137 mo ago | Seed | Hussein Attar Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | Murar Technical Online platform for buying and selling books | $133K | 18 mo ago | Seed | Faten Ibrahim Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | Koora Break Digital sports platform offering sports content | — | 18 mo ago | Seed | Bader Alhammad Founder | 2022 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 1 partnership |
| 7 | TeamUp App-based social platform for sports enthusiasts | — | 51 mo ago | Seed | Amer Alamer Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 8 | Dhad Provider of Arabic language lectures and resources for language specialists | — | 62 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2015 | — | — |
Top 10 Media & Entertainment companies in Saudi Arabia
#1
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2017 · 43 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Grintafy is a social networking platform for football enthusiasts. The platform enables users to create a profile, upload videos/images of skills. invite friends to play, browse through available courts, and more. The mobile app is available for download from the App Store and Play Store.
- Dec 2024Seed—
- Mar 2024Seed—
- Feb 2022Seed$2.1M
- May 2020Seed$1.2M
#2
Seed · Khobar, Eastern Province · founded 2018$133Kraised▾
Online platform for buying and selling books. It offers books in various categories, including English, religious books, and more. The mobile application is available for Android users.
- Nov 2024Seed$133K
#3
Series B · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2010 · 68 employees$10Mraised▾
Arabic multi-channel network platform. Provides content on various categories including entertainment vlogging, gaming, and lifestyle.
- Apr 2016Series B$10M
#4
Seed · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2021 · 25 employees$667Kraised▾
Online platform offering stock photos and videos. The platform offers photos and videos from various genres like education, wildlife, nature, and more.
- Aug 2021Seed$667K
#5
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2013 · 15 employees$211Kraised▾
Launching in 2014, Sawerly is a marketplace to connect photographers to customers for wedding, conferences, products and personal photo-shoot services. Customers list their needs, get bids for their photo-shoot from photographers and can filter through them by price, quality, and rating, contact and book online and rate at the end of service. Photographers can create profiles to display past work and services, sell their photos and also purchase cameras and accessories.
- Jan 2015Seed$211K
- 2013Seed—
#6
Seed · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2022—raised▾
Digital sports platform offering sports content. They provide real time football news,scores and updates to its users. They offer a comprehensive sports app that caters to football enthusiasts.
- Dec 2024Angel—
#7
Seed · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2019 · 15 employees—raised▾
App-based social platform for sports enthusiasts. It allows users to connect with other players and organizes sporting events. It enables players from various sports to connect like soccer, volleyball, cycling, and more.
- Mar 2022Seed—
#8
Deadpooled · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2015 · 15 employees—raised▾
Provider of Arabic language lectures and resources for language specialists. It offers a platform for specialists and professionals in the field. The organization supports older adults and people with disabilities. It also provides audiobooks through its platform.
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)—
- Jul 2019Seed—
#9
Seed · Dammam, Eastern Province · founded 2009 · 9 employees—raised▾
Electrony is an online media portal providing news focused on smart gadgets. It offers technology news, articles, and videos based on various topics such as phones, reviews, reports, and more to Arabic readers. Monetizes through native ads.
- Apr 2011Seed—
#10
Seed · Dammam, Eastern Province · founded 2004—raised▾
TrueGaming is a content provider of the gaming industry. The company offers gamers news, reviews, videos, game release date & its descriptions. Also, this portal is available on Android & iOS platform.
- Mar 2011Seed—
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