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Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Zurich, Switzerland

The 106 best Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Copresence.

106companies tracked
$32Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
18have raised

Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
13 Plus TV Network
Subscription-based platform offering video streaming of movies and series
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24Quant
Provider of AI-based image analytics solutions
———Kevin Mader
Founder & CEO
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3Acetrax
Video on demand platform
———Uwe Placzek
Co-Founder & ex-CEO
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4Animatico
Provider of smart 3D avatars
——7Riccardo Roveri
Co-Founder
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5ArcDog
Professional networking platform for architects
———Philip Loskant
Founder
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6argyll entertainment
Argyll is a dynamic and entrepreneurial online gambling operator that is looking to innovate enjoy and engage…
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7Artivon
Provider of a content management platform for news publishers
———Nico Vonau
Founder
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8ASMIQ
Provider of solutions for subscription and membership management
———Ralph Brechlin
CEO
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Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich

#1
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2021
$8.8Mraised
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AI-integrated platform to create virtual avatars. It offers a platform where users can generate 3D virtual avatars of themselves using artificial intelligence. Its models are viewable on multiple devices like PC, smartphones, or VR headsets.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Reallusion) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$6M
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Radek MackowiakCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Pearson Henricks
Tech stack
Google Font ApiHstsHugoJsdelivrMicrosoft 365Nginx
#2
Deadpooled · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2021 · 14 employees
$5.8Mraised
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Developer of virtual worlds for the metaverse. It provides a virtual world that enables users to trade NFTs, learn interactively, create and explore virtual and personalized spaces, and communicate for personal and professional scenarios.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022ICO$6.3M
  • Feb 2022Seed$5.8M
Investors
BOLD Capital Group, Jsquare, Coincu Ventures, Spring Dawn Ventures, Alpha Capital, DCT Capital
#3
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012 · 13 employees
$1.6Mraised
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Online platform offering women related finance content. It provides content related to various topics such as education, career, finance, sustainability, culture, innovation, and much more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 53.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$1.6M
  • Nov 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Simone ZügerCo-Founder and Chief Innovation OfficerPatrizia LaeriCo-FounderNadine JurgensenCo-Founder
Investors
Reto Ringger, Peter A Fanconi, Ines Pöschel, Michèle F. Sutter -Rüdisser
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#4
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2020 · 18 employees
$504.1Kraised
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Cloud-based platform offering production workflow management solutions. It offers management solutions for development, production, and post-production.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Seed$504.1K
Founders & team
Paul-Emile JoësselCo-Founder
Investors
Volker Wendel
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAosApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#5
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2018 · 7 employees
$2.5Mraised
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Provider of wearable devices that translate body movement into music. The devices use spatial sound mapping technology to enable users to create music. The technology allows users to become part of their favorite songs. The devices are compatible with iOS.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Rolf HellatCEO
Investors
PTK Capital, Serpentine Ventures, moby, Swiss Ventures Group, EuroUS Ventures
#6
Series A · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2004 · 64 employees
$5.6Mraised
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Asmallworld is a social network and lifestyle club for travelers. The company charges an annual subscription fee upon which customers can access a private social network of people from around the world. The membership also grants users a number of lifestyle benefits, access to private monthly events, and offers/deals for accommodation & travel. The platform also enables users to connect with each other and share recommendations & travelogues. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2010Series A$5.6M
  • May 2006Seed—
Investors
The Weinstein Company, Venturespring, Globaleye Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AdsGoogle Ads Conversion TrackingGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#7
Series A · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2007 · 40 employees
$2.1Mraised
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Online platform for selling and monetizing music. The platform allows users to publish their music on various platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and more. The platform also provides analytics for their music sold and streamed. It monetizes through subscription charges.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Tumblr CMS Specialist, Artist and Label Relations Executive
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2014Series A$1M
  • Jun 2013Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Tobias WirzCo-Founder
Investors
Zurcher Kantonalbank, Investiere, Venturelab, Verve Ventures, Swiss ICT Investor Club, OCCIDENT
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAosBabel
#8
Deadpooled · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012 · 50 employees
$2Mraised
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Fabby is a video & photo editor application. Users can replace background on the video or photo, add background blur and add motion effects.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Seed$2M
Investors
Haxus
#9
Deadpooled · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2011 · 57 employees
$2.2Mraised
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Rayneer is a personalized music video service. It analyzes the users likes skips and behavior and correspondingly creates playlists to suit tastes. It provides for each user an individual television channel with music, TV series, documentaries, movies and news. The company is dead-pooled.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2013Series A$2.2M
Investors
Zurcher Kantonalbank, Wilmaa
#10
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012
$700Kraised
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Social sharing app for witty quotes

Founders & team
Steffen SchietingerCo-Founder & CEORaphael KrastevCo-FounderDan KrusiCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Swiss ICT Investor Club
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesGoogle AdsenseGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#11
Acquired · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012 · 3 employees
$200Kraised
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Social platform for like-minded people. It enables users to connect with others to participate in joint activities. It also offers users tailored deals, offers, and locations they can activate together. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2015Seed—
  • Jan 2012Seed$200K
Founders & team
Christoph SeitzCo-Founder
Investors
New Media Ventures, Jochen Schweizer, Media Ventures, Swiss ICT Investor Club
Tech stack
Apache WicketApple Sign-InCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFancybox
#12
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012 · 7 employees
$100Kraised
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Newscron is a news aggregator app which uses intelligent algorithms to classify large amount of news information. They have developed another product called Niuws which has all of Newscron’s server-side data crunching logic, in combination with specialists selecting the best articles from their area of expertise every day. Has more than 500,000 downloads.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2013Grant (prize money)$108.6K
  • Oct 2012Angel$100K
Founders & team
Roberto PratoCo-FounderElia PalmeCo-Founder & CEOPatrick LardiCo-Founder
Investors
W.A. de Vigier Stiftung, Swisscom StartUp Challenge, Swiss ICT Investor Club

Funding & investor landscape

$32Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Swiss ICT Investor Club9 rounds
Venturelab4 rounds
Zurcher Kantonalbank3 rounds
EuroUS Ventures2 rounds
Swisscom StartUp Challenge2 rounds
Venture Kick2 rounds
Alpha Capital1 rounds
Anchor Group1 rounds
Axelra1 rounds
BOLD Capital Group1 rounds

Notable founders

Radek Mackowiak
Co-Founder & CEO · Copresence
Simone Züger
Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer · Ellexx
Patrizia Laeri
Co-Founder · Ellexx
Paul-Emile Joëssel
Co-Founder · Producer
Rolf Hellat
CEO · Mictic
Tobias Wirz
Co-Founder · iMusician
Steffen Schietinger
Co-Founder & CEO · Boldomatic
Raphael Krastev
Co-Founder · Boldomatic
Christoph Seitz
Co-Founder · Spontacts
Roberto Prato
Co-Founder · Newscron
Elia Palme
Co-Founder & CEO · Newscron
Simon Hofer
Co-Founder · Rebels Technologies
Prism market signals · Switzerland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,167,048 docs

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 rising

Common questions

How many Media & Entertainment companies are there in Zurich, Switzerland?
Radar tracks 106 indexable Media & Entertainment companies headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland?
The Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland on this list have raised a combined $32M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Zurich, Switzerland?
Copresence is the highest-funded Media & Entertainment company in Zurich, Switzerland, with $8.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland are funded?
13 of the 106 Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Media & Entertainment unicorns are there in Zurich, Switzerland?
None of the Media & Entertainment companies in Zurich, Switzerland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Zurich, Switzerland Media & Entertainment companies?
The most active investors in Zurich, Switzerland Media & Entertainment companies on this list include Swiss ICT Investor Club, Venturelab, Zurcher Kantonalbank, EuroUS Ventures, Swisscom StartUp Challenge.
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