Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping media & entertainment in Toronto. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
49 of 992 tracked companies have open roles.
83 of 992 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 116 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 59.5% of disclosed capital, while 91.6% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $6.55M | 45 | 5 |
| 2017 | $15.93M | 54 | 7 |
| 2018 | $80M | 46 | 7 |
| 2019 | $149.96M | 56 | 13 |
| 2020 | $26.27M | 58 | 9 |
| 2021 | $473.27M | 52 | 14 |
| 2022 | $59.42M | 31 | 7 |
| 2023 | $25.84M | 24 | 8 |
| 2024 | $861.18M | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | $6.26M | 3 | 6 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
136 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in media & entertainment company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures and others.
Backed by Indigo and CK Hutchison.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Block Communications.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Harlo Entertainment and Sheldon Pollack and others.
Backed by Pace Capital and First Round Capital.
Backed by Beedie Capital Partners.
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.
How the Toronto companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
39 of the 992 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (3.9%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 516,975 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattpadwattpad.com | 115,599,997 | 83 | 81% |
| Rumblerumble.com | 38,011,426 | 69 | 58.4% |
| CTV Newsctvnews.ca | 23,366,130 | 79 | 73.6% |
| Sportsnetsportsnet.ca | 12,645,610 | 75 | 59.7% |
| Rogersrogers.com | 11,540,683 | 68 | 71.7% |
| Global Newsglobalnews.ca | 11,006,395 | 75 | 74.8% |
| kobokobo.com | 8,611,487 | 67 | 72.3% |
| TinEyetineye.com | 7,968,696 | 68 | 58.7% |
| Cravecrave.ca | 6,980,025 | 58 | 23.4% |
| cp24cp24.com | 5,895,592 | 70 | 67.4% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
81 of these companies (8.2%) publish at least one Android app — 156 apps in all, carrying 486.3M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad | 337.8M | 3.8 | Books & Reference |
| Kobo | eBooks & Audiobookskobo | 28.1M | 4.5 | Books & Reference |
| WOMBO Dream - AI Art GeneratorDream | 24.8M | 3.7 | Art & Design |
| theScore: Sports News & ScoresScore Media and Gaming | 16.1M | 4.2 | Sports |
| MyRogersRogers | 15.5M | 3.6 | Tools |
| Poke Genie -Remote Raid IV PvPPoke Genie | 12.6M | 4.7 | Tools |
| CraveCrave | 10.3M | 2.8 | Entertainment |
| Rumble: Stream & Watch VideosRumble | 10M | 3.7 | Video Players & Editors |
| Wattpad BetaWattpad | 7.9M | 3.8 | Books & Reference |
| 500px-Photo Sharing Community500px | 6.5M | 4.3 | Photography |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Platforms | 31 | 363.6M | Wattpad - Read & Write Stories 337.8M | |
| Digital Publishing Platforms | 2 | 345.7M | Wattpad Beta 7.9M | |
| Book Tech | 6 | 28.9M | Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks 28.1M | |
| Tv Broadcasting Services | 11 | 19.8M | MyRogers 15.5M | |
| Telecom Operators | 7 | 19.2M | Rogers Xfinity 1.5M | |
| Sports Tech | 9 | 18.6M | theScore: Sports News & Scores 16.1M | |
| Gambling Tech | 5 | 18.3M | theScore Bet Sportsbook Casino 1.7M | |
| Internet First Media | 12 | 17.9M | CTV News: Canada, Local, World 1.6M |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 141 of 156 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
16 companies hiring · $1.35B disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
The angel investors from the €1.1 million seed round reflect this domain specificity: Colin M. Evans (OpenAI), Gustav Lindqvist (Perplexity), Anna Nordell Westling (Sana), Daniel Langkilde (founder of Kognic, sold to Volvo), and several Spotify alumni.
Since its IPO in 2021
Rogers became a 75-per-cent owner when it purchased Bell’s 37.5 per cent stake in the company.
Rumble Inc. (NASDAQ: RUM), the Freedom-First technology platform, today launched its previously announced exchange offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Northern Data AG (“Northern Data”).
Postmedia Network Inc. today announced it has acquired Accelerate360 Canada Inc.
The proceeds from the funding round will be invested in further developing the platform and in marketing.
Sabio Holdings (TSXV: SBIO) (OTCQB: SABOF) (the "Company" or "Sabio"), a Los Angeles-based ad-tech company specializing in helping top global brands reach, engage, and validate (R.E.V.) streaming TV audiences, is pleased to announce the successful closing of the Company's previously announced brokered private placement offering (the "Offering"), raising aggregate gross proceeds of $1,272,800.
Vertiqal Studios Corp. (TSX: VRTS) (FSE: 9PY0), a leading digital media and branded content company, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its M&A journey with the acquisition of the direct media sales business from Enthusiast Gaming.
Bragg Gaming Group has secured a financing deal with Bank of Montreal that provides it with up to $6 million in credit facilities.
Founded in 2021 by former Uber executive Jelle Prins and ex-Google X researcher Steph van Grieken with Elise de Reus, Eli Bixby, and Harmen van Rossum, Cradle has raised over $100M to develop AI models.
Top 10 categories among 443 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO1 reports
OFS · TSX2 reports
20 tracked people moves
Appointment Member of the Advisory Board
Appointment Previously Managing Director – Institutional Equity Research
Appointment President of Wattpad
Appointment Board Member
Retirement Previously Board Member
Appointment Chair of the Audit Committee
Termination Previously Chairman and CEO
Appointment Member of the Compensation and Governance Committee
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
AI-powered content production
Website
Streaming/AVOD
AVOD
8 recorded customer wins
Customer: SuomiVetoiGaming
Customer: senator groupiGaming
Customer: Northern Data AGTechnology
Customer: tetherTechnology
Customer: alberta sugar beet growers
Customer:
4 companies with reported reductions
10,000 rolescost reduction
10.0% rolesacquisition merger
12.0% rolesrealign for future growth
Scale not stated rolescost reduction
11 recorded events
rejected request to extend funding beyond August 2025CRTC
order revokedOntario Securities Commission
winding-up petition withdrawn after bill settlementHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
approved the dealCFL
15 tracked suits
CEO appointment disputeCivil · Verdict
Stake sale disputeCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 120 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| flutter entertainment→The Stars Group ↗ | Completed | 2026-05-05 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Rogers→shaw communications | 2026-04-23 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| Rogers→Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) | Announced | 2026-04-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Rumble→Northern Data AG | Announced | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| hasbro→Entertainment One ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-14 | $4.0B |
| postmedia network→accelerate360 | Announced | 2026-03-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
3,534 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 4,367-posting snapshot covers 58 employers.
1,747 tracked postings mention remote work.
500 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 4,367 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 716 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Rogers ↗ | 24,500 |
| postmedia network ↗ | 2,098 |
| the globe and mail ↗ | 990 |
| Global News ↗ | 908 |
| SOCAN ↗ | 497 |
| bragg gaming ↗ | 446 |
| Solutions 2 GO ↗ | 392 |
| the canadian press ↗ | 300 |
247 founders and chief executives across 210 companies.
Rumble, ex-Jolted Media, ex-Next Giant Leap, University Of Toronto Mississauga, 2006
Founder & CEO Group 206, ex- bkm Capital Partners, SVG Distribution.
Black Professionals In Tech Network, ex-The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, ex-House Of Anansi Press…
Ex-Google · University of Waterloo BASc 2011, Carnegie Mellon University PhD 2016
Overactive Media, ex-Accelerated Ventures, ex-Sutton Compliance Communications, Canadian Securities institute, 2015
Cableworks Communications.University of Toronto LLB
Toggle3D ai, ARway ai, ex-Atlas Advisors. Long Island University C W Post Campus BA
Ex-CEO Aquilini Sports & Entertainment, QM Environmental, Tuckamore Capital Management, Rogers Communications. University of Toronto BA…
Ex-Aver Media Finance, Entertainment Group.
Ex-FEI Young Luminaries, GestureLogic, Scotiabank. Carleton University - The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs 2013
Founder Crash Media, ex- Transfatty Lives, Vancouver Film School, FITC. Western University 1993
Director PlayVIG, LootMarket.com, ex-M Partners, Portfolio Advisory Group. Western University BA 2012
52 profiles with education records.
7 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
69,846 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Media & Entertainment coverage tagged Toronto · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 18,104 |
| 2021Q3 | 17,710 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,897 |
| 2022Q1 | 18,759 |
| 2022Q2 | 18,795 |
| 2022Q3 | 18,088 |
| 2022Q4 | 18,670 |
| 2023Q1 | 17,446 |
| 2023Q2 | 19,652 |
| 2023Q3 | 19,885 |
| 2023Q4 | 18,389 |
| 2024Q1 | 22,563 |
| 2024Q2 | 23,835 |
| 2024Q3 | 23,402 |
| 2024Q4 | 25,193 |
| 2025Q1 | 28,971 |
| 2025Q2 | 19,722 |
| 2025Q3 | 24,643 |
| 2025Q4 | 14,492 |
| 2026Q1 | 17,142 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
604 recorded company events across 27 companies; percentages use that event total.
Media & Entertainment coverage tagged Toronto · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Canada comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| multilateral diplomacy | 1,075 | 729 | 47% |
| angel investors | 1,033 | 385 | 168% |
| ice sports | 878 | 229 | 283% |
| international cups | 838 | 596 | 41% |
| wto rulings | 759 | 393 | 93% |
| investment deal | 721 | 441 | 63% |
| conceptual rock albums | 656 | 50 | 1212% |
| national security strategy | 638 | 395 | 62% |
| share price | 604 | 431 | 40% |
| public offering | 597 | 420 | 42% |
| tariff negotiations | 6,313 | 15,322 | -59% |
| free trade deals | 3,136 | 6,388 | -51% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 2,932 | 4,668 | -37% |
| bilateral trade | 1,924 | 3,509 | -45% |
| preferential tariff | 1,294 | 3,315 | -61% |
Canada comparison coverage
tariff negotiations, free trade deals, trade dispute mechanisms
35.1% critical · 35.7% positiveangel investors, investment deal, trade deficits fx
27.7% critical · 42.6% positiveleague expansion news, nba expansion teams, earnings report
26.5% critical · 46.6% positiveMedia & Entertainment coverage tagged Toronto. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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