Media & Entertainment Landscape of San Francisco
1,897 Media & Entertainment companies in San Francisco, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in San Francisco
Shows 1,897 San Francisco media & entertainment firms, highlighting which are hiring, best funded, and most covered; 66 are hiring now and 469 have disclosed a funding round.
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Crunchyroll12last posted Jul 2026
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NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP12last posted Jul 2026
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Discord9last posted Apr 2026
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Pinterest9last posted Aug 2026
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Samba TV8last posted Jun 2026
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Tubi8last posted Apr 2026
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Scribd, Inc8last posted Mar 2026
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Snappr6last posted Jun 2026
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Unity$3.1BPost IPO · Feb 2025
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Reddit$1.6BSeries F · May 2023
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World Labs$1.2BSeries E · Feb 2026
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Eventbrite$664.2MPost IPO · Mar 2021
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SmartNews$479.5MVenture Debt · Jan 2024
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Next Door$455.5MSeries F · May 2019
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Reddit$663.4MFY2024 filing
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Gumroad$20.7Msnapshot Dec 2023
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Graphy$3.5MFY2025 filing
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Dashverse$854kFY2024 filing
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Samba384tracked employees
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Twitter10.5%165 tracked events
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StubHub6.0%94 tracked events
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Swish Analytics4.6%73 tracked events
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Bravado2.3%36 tracked events
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Substack7,485articles in the window
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CNET4,196articles in the window
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Instaread3,191articles in the window
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See all 1,897 Media & Entertainment companies in San Francisco
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in San Francisco grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of companies founded each year from 2016‑2025, with the highest count of 106 in 2023 and 31 in 2025.
The Media & Entertainment market map of San Francisco: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting the largest groups such as consumer digital (1,297) and the most common models like subscription (1,234).
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital1,297 companies · $13.3B raised · 42 hiring
- Enterprise Tech441 companies · $7.8B raised · 22 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce187 companies · $2B raised · 9 hiring
- Loneliness Economy166 companies · $4.9B raised · 9 hiring
- Enterprise Software153 companies · $5.6B raised · 8 hiring
- SaaS138 companies · $4.3B raised · 3 hiring
- Marketplaces108 companies · $957.7M raised · 5 hiring
- Real Money Gaming100 companies · $201.7M raised · 1 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers84 companies · $551.1M raised · 2 hiring
- Blockchain in Media and Entertainment67 companies · $221.5M raised · 1 hiring
- Spatial Computing65 companies · $4.9B raised · 4 hiring
- Artificial Intelligence64 companies · $1.7B raised · 5 hiring
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in San Francisco
- M&AStatic Media acquires Engadget from Yahoo Backed by Novacap Management, Static Media has acquired Engadget from Yahoo.2026-05-04
- M&AFirst Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Nexstar Media Group in the third quarter worth approximately $44,000.2026-04-20
- M&ALast year, he acquired the tech podcast network Turpentine.2026-04-03
- FundingSunna Ventures seeded BackChannel’s surplus fashion marketplace in Brazil.2026-04-02
- FundingRival Swish, launched in 2024, however, has raised $54 million so far.2026-03-31
- FundingHe has now raised £11.2 million led by Plural, with participation from First Kind, SNR, Flix and Tiny VC.2026-03-09
- M&AElliott Investment Management, an activist investor known for its assertive involvement in company decisions, has taken a $1 billion stake in Pinterest.2026-03-03
- M&AGloria Foods S.A., the renowned Peruvian company of Grupo Gloria, announced the acquisition of 80% of the shareholding of Molfino Hermanos S.A., known commercially as Saputo Argentina.2026-02-13
- EarningsReddit had financials to report yesterday too, including a big spike in revenues, which were up 69% year-on-year to $663m in the first quarter of 2026.2026-05-01
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in San Francisco was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Elon Musk | $44B | Announced | 2026-07-26 | |
| undisclosed | — | 2026-05-04 | ||
| $881k | Announced | 2026-04-20 | ||
| Danske Bank A S | $59k | Announced | 2026-04-20 | |
| $44k | Announced | 2026-04-20 | ||
| Hantz Financial Services Inc. | $40k | Announced | 2026-04-20 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for companies in the sector.
StravaIPO · US · 3 reportsJan 2026
MisoIPO · BSE-NSE · 1 reportDec 2025
PhiloMike Keyserling · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
KnownLynn Lewis · Appointment → Chief Client OfficerApr 2026
ImpactAlphaImpactAlpha Edge (Platform)Apr 2026
CantoDAM for Products (Digital Asset Management Platform)Mar 2026
Midjourneywon metaAug 2025
Visual Supply Co~24 roles reported · restructureDec 2025
- california, colorado, Connecticut, illinois, indiana, kansas v nexstar, tegnaantitrust merger block · OngoingMay 2026
- directv, Eight State Attorneys General v nexstar, tegnaAntitrust merger violation · OngoingApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +18.0%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in San Francisco
Profiles 1,007 founders and CEOs across 683 firms, showing top alma maters like Stanford (67) and common prior employers such as Google (38).
Ex-Co-Founder Hipmunk, Image Matters · University of Virginia BS 2005
Ex-Activision Blizzard, King, McKinsey. Western University BA 1991, Queen's University MA 1992, Yale University MBA 2001
Smartnews, ex-Rmake, ex-Open Knowledge, tokyo Institute of Technology, 2005
Nextdoor, ex-N26, ex-Palmetto, Stanford University
Y Combinator, ex-Startx, ex-Google, Stanford University, 2006
Apple, ex-Aardvark, Co-Founder Chomp
Classdojo, ex-Durham University, ex-Jagex, University of Durham, 2008
Ex - Founder Wikia, Inc., Chair Emeritus and Board Member of the Wikimedia Foundation.Auburn University B.S., Finance 1989…
Ex-Kik Interactive, Tesla, PandoDaily. University of Otago BA 2004, Western University MA 2006
- flagged as repeat founders38
- no repeat-founder flag839
- women123
- men774
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Who funds Media & Entertainment in San Francisco
Records 613 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,086 investors, with an average round size of $3.4 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 62 | 28 | Feb 2026 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 27 | 14 | Jul 2025 |
| Sequoia Capital | 15 | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| 500 Global | 14 | 9 | Aug 2021 |
| Accel | 13 | 6 | May 2025 |
| Tencent | 12 | 8 | Jul 2022 |
| Greylock Partners | 10 | 5 | Feb 2022 |
| Index Ventures | 10 | 3 | Oct 2021 |
| New Enterprise Associates | 9 | 6 | Dec 2024 |
| Founders Fund | 8 | 4 | May 2023 |
The typical round is $3.4M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in San Francisco
Lists the ten largest disclosed rounds, led by World Labs’ $1 billion Series E funding.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Emega-round | $1B | Feb 2026 | Autodesk, AMD, Emerson Collective +2 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $700M | Aug 2021 | Fidelity Investments | |
| Series Imega-round | $500M | Sep 2021 | Dragoneer Investment Group, Baillie Gifford, Coatue +2 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $410M | Aug 2021 | Fidelity Investments | |
| Series Dmega-round | $400M | May 2017 | Silver Lake | |
| Series Emega-round | $367.9M | Feb 2021 | Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Tencent | |
| Series Gmega-round | $367.1M | Mar 2015 | — | |
| Series Dmega-round | $300M | Feb 2019 | Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Investments +4 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $300M | Feb 2019 | Tencent | |
| Series Emega-round | $250M | Feb 2021 | — |
95 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Seed$2.3MMar 2026
Series B$75MFeb 2026
SeedundisclosedFeb 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in San Francisco
Tracks 43,168 news articles published in the last year, covering topics such as administrative divisions, geopolitical disputes, and international relations.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,359,357▲+15%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas320,899▲+28%
- International and transnational geographic entities320,731▲+28%
- International political relations217,657▲+22%
- Security and defense policies158,276▲+48%
- Celebrity fashion and style updates106,866→-4%
- International relations and diplomacy96,818→+6%
- Professional league updates90,547▼-11%
- Political satire and commentary89,269▼-12%
- Trade policies and agreements84,290▼-18%
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126 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in San Francisco: who is hiring and what they ask for
Aggregates 5,240 job postings from 177 employers in 12 months, highlighting top skills like Python and AWS and a median advertised salary of $138 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in San Francisco put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python229▲
- aws140▲
- react118▲
- typescript107▲
- sql102▲
- kubernetes98▲
- pytorch66▲
- ai60▲
- gcp44▲
- excel41▲
- Manager$141k/yr (n=156)
- Senior$158k/yr (n=86)
- Lead$178k/yr (n=38)
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