Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Media and Entertainment companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Media and Entertainment Companies & Startups (London)
Vashi
| Founders | Vashi Dominguez |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Vashi is a fine jewellery brand that offers a genuinely unique, disruptive, and omni-channel retail experience.
Cinesite
| Founders | Ed Jones |
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Cinesite is one of the largest and most creative visual effects companies in the world.
Mixcloud
| Founders | Mat Clayton, Nico Perez, Nikhil Shah, Sam Cooke |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mixcloud is an online long-form audio platform providing content such as radio shows, podcasts and DJ mixes.
HYPERVSN
| Founders | Art Stavenka, Kiryl Chykeyuk |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
HYPERVSN is a hardware-enabled technology platform that enables users to create and display 3D holographic content without any headgear.
V-Nova
| Founders | Guido Meardi, Pierdavide Marcolongo |
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Next-generation video and image compression that works today
Poplar Studio
| Founders | David Ripert, Laurie Ainley |
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Poplar is a creative platform that enables brands and retailers to produce 3D and AR experiences on-demand, powered by a talent cloud.
Papercup
| Founders | Jesse Shemen, Jiameng Gao |
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Papercup translates videos using AI by generating voices that sound like the original speaker
Electric Gamebox
| Founders | David Spindler, Will Dean |
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Electric Gamebox delivers immersive team adventures in the world’s smartest room
Live Tech Games
| Founders | Nathan Moore, Sam Furr, Samuel Worsley |
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Live Tech Games is pioneering a new wave in Mobile Entertainment.
KidsKnowBest
| Founders | Joel Silverman, Rob Lough |
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A full-service creative agency; driven by insights; powered by youth. Delivering effective and results-led solutions.
OTHERWORLD
| Founders | Chris Adams, Ed Wardle |
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The brick-and-mortar metaverse. An island paradise in the cloud reached through a growing network of multi-sensory immersion pods.
Coda Platform
| Founders | Sekip Can Gokalp |
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Coda Platform is a publishing platform to enable free-to-play and casual mobile games to go to market.
Zapnito
| Founders | Charles Thiede, Jon Beer |
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Zapnito is the SaaS online community platform for intelligence-driven organizations.
Freeview
| Founders | Matt Seaman |
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Freeview is the biggest TV platform in the UK.
Dugout
| Founders | Elliot Richardson |
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Dugout is an innovative new digital football platform.
Minute Media
| Founders | Asaf Peled, Gilad Beiman, Yuval Larom |
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Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.
BBC
| Founders | John Reith |
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BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Otro
| Founders | Eduardo Brandalise |
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Otro provides a digital platform that brings football fans closer to the players they love.
Deep Zen
| Founders | Kerem Sozugecer, Taylan Kamis |
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AI company focusing on audiobook production and voiceovers with an audiobook marketplace (audiowhale.com)
Recast
| Founders | Andy Meikle |
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Recast operates as a sports Over-The-Top (OTT) platform.
NumberEight
| Founders | Abhishek Sen, Chris Watts |
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On-device AI software to predict user context using mobile sensors
Jungle Creations
| Founders | Jamie Bolding |
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Jungle Creations is a modern media company that specialises in building online communities.
Secret Cinema
| Founders | Fabien Riggall |
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Secret Cinema provides an media platform that combining film screenings with interactive performances in purpose-built sets.
Thrillz
| Founders | Anjan Luthra |
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Personalised celebrity video messages and live experiences
Dexerto
| Founders | Chris Marsh, Joshua Nino De Guzman, Mike Kent, Nicolas Hulsmans |
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Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform.
Sohonet
| Founders | David Scammell |
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Sohonet operates the largest private network for Media & Entertainment in the world, linking over 400 leading studios and creatives.
Kukua
| Founders | Alexandre Terrien, Lucrezia Bisignani |
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The edutainment company for children of the 21st century
Aphetor
| Founders | Carsten Thode, Fivos Pantazis |
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Aphetor is the next generation, creator-based sports/entertainment property for the next generation of fans
UnderPinned
| Founders | Albert Azis-Clauson, Jack Williams |
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UnderPinned develops end-to-end management systems for freelancers and small businesses.
Compass News
| Founders | Matilde Giglio, Mayank Banerjee |
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Compass News is a subscription-based journalism platform powered by an AI editor that makes you smarter, quicker.
Sportrecs
| Founders | Anatoly Vorontsov, Michael Ilyichev |
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Sports Streaming Service
ITV
| Founders | Unknown |
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ITV is an integrated producer broadcaster, operating the largest commercial family of channels in the UK.
DAZN
| Founders | John Gleasure |
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DAZN is the world’s first truly dedicated live sports streaming service.
Copa90
| Founders | Chris Kelly, Gavin Rowe, Richard Welsh |
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Copa90 The voice of football fans around the world.
Jet Media Network
| Founders | Jesper Schertiger, Robin Shelley |
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Jet Media Network is a media network that creates change through the empowerment of communities.
Fusebox Games
| Founders | Wil Stephens |
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Live the stories you love with Fusebox Games.
Sliide
| Founders | Corbyn Munnik, Frankie Kearney |
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Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.
NextUp
| Founders | Daniel Berg, Kenny Cavey, Sarah Henley, Stuart Snaith |
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The home of stand-up, showcasing all the wonders of live comedy worldwide.
Monterosa Productions
| Founders | Simon Brickle |
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Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce
The Rattle
| Founders | Bobby Bloomfield, Chris Howard, Jon Eades |
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The Rattle is a venture studio and incubator for provocative artists, hackers, inventors, and startups.
Anything World
| Founders | Gordon Midwood, Sebastian Hofer |
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Anything World is a platform to create worlds powered by voice and populated with anything you can think of – with AI behaviours applied!
Volta
| Founders | Alex Kane, Mitchell Bayer-Goldman, Will Dixon, Yuli Levtov |
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Volta is an artist-driven XR platform that empowers them to create their own performance experience.
Flight Club
| Founders | Steve Moore |
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Flight Club is the home of Social Darts, Spectacular bar, Electric atmosphere, Mind-blowing experience.
Wonderhood Studios
| Founders | Aidan McClure, Alex Best, David Abraham, Sachin Dosani |
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Wonderhood Studios is a creative company built to create ideas that shift culture for brands and broadcasters.
Instrumental
| Founders | Abi Hanna, Charles Mindenhall, Conrad Withey |
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Our TalentAI platform uses machine learning to discover emerging talent, predominantly for the music and entertainment industry.
Encore Technologies
| Founders | James King, James McAulay |
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Encore is an online network of musicians that enables them to access many performance opportunities in the music community around them.
unrd
| Founders | Adam Lowe, Shib Hussain |
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unrd is creating a new genre of entertainment by combining Hollywood quality plots with mobile storytelling techniques.
Nightset
| Founders | Andrzej Frankowski, Anna Frankowska |
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Nightset is a nightlife marketplace that connects people, venues, and brands on one platform globally.
Bazaar Daily UK
| Founders | Mohammed SHK, Taylor ‘TJ’ Wallis |
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Bazaar Daily (UK) is the British counterpart to Bazaar Daily News, a massive online news agency founded by Sultan H. Khane II.
Yahoo Finance
| Founders | Lianna Brinded, Rosemarie Pahayo |
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Yahoo Finance is a News and media company.
Culture Trip
| Founders | Kris Naudts |
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Culture Trip is a travel e-commerce brand with content at its core
BBC Three
| Founders | Stuart Murphy |
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The UK’s youth-focused online TV channel.
FilmDoo
| Founders | Weerada Sucharitkul |
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FilmDoo is a global media company utilising disrupting technology to distribute entertainment, cultural and language learning content.
Emme Films
| Founders | Tonya Bowers |
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Emme is a multinational media production Company headquarter based in the UK cover Europe, Middle East and Asia regions.
Dojo App
| Founders | Devran Amaratunga Karaca, Nicholas Dart, Robbie Shimmin |
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Dojo is a mobile app that helps in finding leisures in the area.
DingIt.tv
| Founders | Mark Hain |
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DingIt is a leading destination for premium eSports and Gaming content
Flat Iron
| Founders | Charlie Carroll |
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A UK-based steak restaurant group .
Bigballs Media
| Founders | Chris Kelly, Gavin Rowe, Luke Taylor |
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Bigballs Media is the world’s largest independent digital football media business.
Caper
| Founders | Ben Geliher, Sara Perkins |
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Caper is a startup providing interactive entertainment to families.
The Cauldron
| Founders | David Duckworth, Matthew Cortland |
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The Cauldron operates as a technology-led entertainment studio.
Purely Capital
| Founders | Elaine Godfrey, Wayne Marc Godfrey |
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Purely Capital is a media and entertainment financing company that helps producers, rights owners, and others in the industry.
Future Thinking
| Founders | Unknown |
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Future Thinking provides its clients with insight across NPD and brand development, media and marketing communications.
Discover Film
| Founders | Sarah Jane Thomson, Steve Harmston |
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A technology and entertainment platform for short movies. Films can be watched online and via mobile and Smart TV Apps.
Octaive
| Founders | Ben Swinburne, Sam Peters |
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Octaive believes in creating a digital world where advertising creates more meaningful connections between brands and consumers.
Smash
| Founders | Fiona Gillies, Mahesh Ramachandra |
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SMASH is an IP marketplace for the creative industries. SMASH starts in film &tv before expanding into games
Skylark
| Founders | Unknown |
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The CMS and VMS for content-first businesses
Coolabi
| Founders | Gareth Jones |
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Coolabi Group is specialized in the creation, development and brand management of children’s and family intellectual property rights.
Venue Group
| Founders | Ben Lovett |
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Venue Group is an entertainment and hospitality operator in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Mirada
| Founders | Jose Luis Vazquez |
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Mirada offers a multi-screen approach to digital TV platforms with a complete suite of end-to-end modular products.
Colony
| Founders | Sarah Tierney |
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Colony is global video streaming platform connecting content owners to engaged audiences.
Roadbook
| Founders | Fouad Ghanma, Michael Parker, Samir Wildemann |
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ROADBOOK is an innovative digital media platform designed for a new era of travel.
Transterra Media
| Founders | Jonathan Giesen, Maria Lynne Dayton |
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video archive, stock and original stories for brands, agencies and publishers from journalists and filmmakers in 180 countries
Xperience Plus
| Founders | Fabrizio Gramuglio, Pedro Ferreira, Valeria Zacchei |
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X+ is the first extended-reality framework allowing companies and content creators to create 5 senses experiences
The Tab
| Founders | Jack Rivlin |
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The Tab is a university news network run by people who like being first.
Nuella TV
| Founders | Charles Liburd, Ishmael Yamson, Leonid Belyaev |
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Mobile-first video streaming platform for 1.2B Africans
Channel Mum
| Founders | Siobhan Freegard |
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Channel Mum is dedicated to shopping hauls and includes bloggers that give shopping and style tips.
Latimer Group
| Founders | John Woodcraft, Matt Hay, Nicholas Marcq |
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Latimer works with the best in youth talent to produce cutting edge film and digital media.
Makematic
| Founders | Catherine Ross-Davies, Mark Nagurski |
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Connecting brands with education through exceptional content and distribution
Sing King
| Founders | Chris Michael |
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Sing King is the world’s biggest online karaoke community.
Global
| Founders | Ashley Tabor-King |
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Global is a media and entertainment company that operates commercial radio stations.
BeInCrypto
| Founders | Alena Afanaseva |
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BeInCrypto is a cryptocurrency news platform that provides the highest level of journalistic, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin content.
Wave
| Founders | Armani Vashi, Sion Buckler, Sion Buckler |
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Wave offers software designed to transform single-board computers into smart home hubs which can make internet and energy freer.
OnlyFans
| Founders | Tim Stokely |
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OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media and content-sharing platform.
FlairBox
| Founders | Elliot Janks, Robert Eades |
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The home of the performers, where they can perform, connect & be discovered.
Wellbeing Network
| Founders | Chris Wronski |
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The Wellbeing Network is dedicated to making it easy for you to maintain a happy, healthy lifestyle.
The Narrative Digital Studios
| Founders | Lawrence Kao, Nick Hayward |
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Digital production company and entertainment studio based in London. Every project we create is build on our data driven processes.
Ascential Plc
| Founders | Richard Winfrey |
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Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Tin Roof Media Ltd.
| Founders | Neil Court |
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Tin Roof Media is a factual entertainment formats.
ImmVRse
| Founders | Farabi Shayor MSc CSci, Limon Rahman |
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A Decentralised Hybrid VR Content Distribution Platform and Marketplace for VR Content Creators built on Ethereum Blockchain
Air & Grace
| Founders | Claire Burrows |
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Air & Grace is a Great shoes make us feel amazing.
Ali Rasoul LTD
| Founders | Ali Rasoul |
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An independent creative marketing agency committed to uncompromising visions working in the entertainment and corporate industries.
Blurrt
| Founders | Jason Smith, Nick Miller |
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Blurrt is a social analytics & content software platform allows users to collect, listen, showcase, anaylse and engage with social audience.
Head Set
| Founders | Aela Callan, Kate Parkinson |
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Virtual reality training
The Memo
| Founders | Kate Casey, Phoebe Simmonds |
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Online publication covering technology, innovation and the changing face of business.
Vumicentral
| Founders | Martin Macharia, Wilfred Kinyanjui |
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A single app for all your entertainment needs.
Aggregion
| Founders | Nukri Basharuli |
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Intellectual property licensing and rights governance platform
Ruby Labs
| Founders | Roman Taranov |
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RubyLabs build high-value products that users will be willing to purchase and use continually.
Bright Little Labs
| Founders | Sophie Deen |
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Sesame Street For A Digital Age
Skywalker
| Founders | Unknown |
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Skywalker Ltd is a network operator.
The Busking Project
| Founders | Liliana Maz, Nick Broad |
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Busk is a mobile app that allows street artists exposure and a way to earn money.
Last Second Tickets
| Founders | Craig Massey, Max Kelly |
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Last Second Tickets works directly with promoters, producers and venues to secure amazing discounts and prizes.
