292 Media Founders

Media founders (292)

Media founders covers 292 founders on Nativo, Wicked Saints Studios and 6AM City and 230 other companies. The most common sector is Media (250). Members are based in 106 cities, led by New York, NY (38), San Francisco, CA (27) and Los Angeles, CA (16). Companies represented include Amber Technologies, Amplifyd, InMobi, LightFury Games, Medium, Moon Beast Productions, Pixlmob, Popular Pays, Ruckus Games, Sightly, Substack and Twitch, plus 218 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 292
• Companies represented: 233
• Top sector: Media (250 founders)
• Top location: New York, NY (38 founders)
• Locations represented: 106

• Aaron Sisto — Chronicle Studios
• Abel Dagne — Oasiz
• Adam Katz — Sightly
• Adam Nash — Ustream
• Adam Nelson — Revcontent
• Adam Singolda — Taboola
• Ahmed Shafik — Vault
• Alan Chan — Joy
• Alan Gould — MutualMarkets
• Alberto Dalmasso — 4Books
• Alexander Ljung — SoundCloud
• Alexander Seropian — Look North World
• Alex Bard — WhoSay
• Alexis Ohanian — Flickr
• Alexis Ohanian — Odeo
• Alex Sumsky — Forever Network
• Ali Albazaz — Inkitt
• Alicia Clifton — Wicked Saints Studios
• Alok Kejriwal — Games2win Media
• Anand Rajaraman — Qwiki
• Andrea Gori — illuminem
• Andre Cruz — Stage
• Andre Swanston — PHȲND
• Andrew Kortina — Vengo Labs
• Andrew Mccollum — Philo
• Andy Mauro — Storycraft
• Andy Miller — GumGum
• Andy Tian — Verse World
• Anirudh Gupta — LightFury Games
• Ankit Gupta — LightFury Games
• Anthony Brown — Breakr
• Anthony Staehelin — Benable
• Anton Dvorkovich — Dubformer
• Arthur Leopold — Agentio
• Ashwin Navin — Samba TV
• Avery Akkineni — VaynerNFT
• Azhar Iqubal — Inshorts
• Balakrishnan R. — Basilic Fly Studio
• Ben Lerer — Thrillist
• Ben Rattray — Change.org
• Brian Bedol — Bedrocket Media Ventures
• Brian Bedol — CSTV
• Brian & Chris L. O’Kane — Podchaser
• Brian Goldberg — Red Seat Ventures
• Brian L. Robertson — comScore Inc
• Brit Morin — Brit + Co
• Charlie Stigler — Tenor
• Chris Kruger — JARS AI
• Chris Madsen — FRVR
• Christian Alejandro Asmar — Avid Technology
• Christian Printzell Halvorsen — Readly
• Christofer Strasz — Ruckus Games
• Chris Ye — Uken Games
• Claudio Del Vecchio — DICE
• Conrad Wadowski — Kick
• Corbett Drummey — Popular Pays
• Corey Laplante — Mixhalo
• Daniel Ek — Spotify
• Danielle White — Blavity
• Daniel Willis — Amplifyd
• Danis Nova — Boost.Express
• Dan Willis — Amplifyd
• Dave Dohrmann — Gazillion, Inc.
• David Fritz — Creative Intell
• David Karp — Greatist
• David Lee — Imaginary Ones
• David Ormesher — CG Life
• David Rusenko — Make.TV
• David Sanderson — Reelgood
• David Steward II — Lion Forge Entertainment
• David Steward II — Polarity
• Debra Lee — BET
• Denis Ladegaillerie — Believe
• Dev Karaca — Kyra
• Dinesh Melwani — Imagine Entertainment
• Dmitry Shapiro — Soundful
• Donald R. Katz — Audible, Inc.
• Drew Birenbaum — Overtime
• Dylan Field — Substack
• Dylan Telano — Voyceme
• Ellen Hyslop — The GIST
• Emanuel Wiebe — Dream Games
• Eric Bahn — The Pitch
• Eric Sheinkop — The Desire Company
• Eric Yuan — Medium
• Evan Williams — Medium
• Filip Aronshtein — Dirac
• Francisco Buendia — Melboss Music
• Furqan Rydhan — Nebula
• Gabe Newell — Valve Corporation
• Gary Vaynerchuk — VaynerMedia
• Gaurav Misra — Captions
• Geoff Yang — Rock The Bells
• Gerald Yao — Amber Technologies
• Gerardo Vallarta — Around
• German Heller — Eggscape Entertainment
• Greg Baszucki — Pixoart Design
• Gustav Haaland — Telescope
• Guy Baltiansky — Lightricks
• Haatch Ventures Team — Podcast Solutions Brand Auddy
• Hallie Martin — Women's Elite Rugby
• Hamish McKenzie — Substack
• Haonan Li — Codex
• Harley Parks — BearClaw Gaming
• Harrison Wang — Unblocked Brands
• Hector Horta — B Media Group
• Henry Motte-Muñoz — Kumu
• Ilkka Paananen — Supercell
• Imran Amed — The Business of Fashion
• Iqram Magdon-ismail — JellyJelly
• Isaac Bratzel — Avataros
• Ivan Tchatchouwo — The Zone
• Jack Butcher — Superplastic
• Jack Conte — Patreon
• Jacob Navok — Genvid Technologies
• Jacqueline Reses — Lead
• Jaime Bosch — Wicked Saints Studios
• James Wilsterman — Volley
• Jamie Cullinane — CoPromote
• Jamie Ottilie — Telltale Games
• Jared Davis — Foundry
• Jared Leto — Baobab Studios
• Jason Fairchild — tvScientific
• Jason Krikorian — Sling Media
• Jason Levin — Memelord Technologies
• Jason Maier — Reservoir
• Jay Chaudhry — issuu
• Jeff Biart — Flagcat
• Jefferson Hack — Nowness
• Jeffrey Housenbold — Beast Games
• Jeff Skoll — Propagate Content
• Jeff Smith — Smule
• Jeff Zucker — Game Show Network
• Jesse Grushack — Ujo Music
• Jesse Lydon — Popular Pays
• Jessica Murrey — Wicked Saints Studios
• Jessica Powell — Audioshake
• Jimmy Gendron — Ludia
• Joe Marchese — true[X]
• Joe Pak — Amber Technologies
• Johan Stokking — CCP Games
• John K. Gannett — Captivate Network
• John Skipper — ESPN
• John Vitti — VersusGame
• Jonas Kjellberg — Electric Noir Studios
• Jonathan Gandolf — The Juice
• Jonathan Klein — Hang
• Jonathan Neil — Inversion Art
• Jon Carder — Vessel
• Joseph Perla — Turntable Labs
• Juan Pablo Zorrilla — Bravo
• Justin Choi — Nativo
• Justin Kan — Twitch
• Kari Albert — Forks Over Knives
• Kate Adamson — Folio
• Katie Kang — Titan Content
• Kelvin Cui — Peripheral Labs
• Kevin Espiritu — Epic Gardening
• Kevin Jones — Blue Wire
• Kevin Reilly — Kartel
• Kevin Rivers — Bluurp
• Kevin Rose — Digg
• Kevin Ryan — Business Insider
• Khaled Helioui — Kitab Sawti
• Khaled Zaatarah — VUZ
• Kip Pastor — Pique Action
• Kygo — Palm Tree Crew
• Lauren Antonoff — Nativo
• Lavell Juan — Brag House
• Lisa Utzschneider — Integral Ad Science
• Luca Netz — Pudgy Penguins
• Lucy Guo — Passes
• Marc Hustvedt — Machinima
• Mark Cuban — Broadcast.com
• Mark Rein — Epic Games
• Marquel Martin — 3point0 labs
• Mary Lee Schneider — SG360
• Masayoshi Son — Yahoo! Japan
• Matt Hansen — Mountaintop Studios
• Matthew Anderson — AWA Studios
• Matthew Berry — Fantasy Life
• Matt Wright — Gaia
• Matty Fisher — Pixlmob
• Max Flannery — Adgile Media Group
• Meng Kuok — BandLab
• Mia Davis — Motherly
• Michael Barrett — Nativo
• Michael Beebe — EveryScreenMedia
• Michael Litman — SuperAwesome
• Michael Maponga — AfroLandTV
• Michael Phelps — Wave Sports + Entertainment
• Michael Rhee — Wavlake
• Michael Seibel — Twitch
• Michael Su — Qloud Games
• Michele Attisani — The Muse
• Miheer Walavalkar — LiveLike
• Mike McCarley — TMRW Sports
• Mike Skogmo — LOST iN
• Mikko Linnamäki — Last.fm
• Moses Nickerson — Pixlmob
• Mursal Hedayat — Chatterbox
• N/A — Crew (now Unsplash)
• Nadav Fraimov — Moon Active
• Naveen Tewari — InMobi
• Neil Patel — Endorse
• Nicholas Carpenter — Bonfire Studios
• Nicholas Rudder — Sphere
• Nick D'Agostino — SeatGeek
• Nicole Jiang — Fable
• Nir Zicherman — Gimlet Media
• Obi Emetarom — Zone
• Oisín James — Twelve A.M.
• Oleksandr Kosovan — Depositphotos
• Oren Kaniel — Adap.tv
• Pablo Laurino — publica.la
• Patrick Collison — Particle.News
• Paula Muninger — StyleHaul
• Paul Sage — Ruckus Games
• Paul Wiltshire — Songtradr
• Paul Wiltshire — Vinyl Group
• Pete Billington — Fable Studio
• Peter C. Brown — National CineMedia, Inc.
• Peter Hu — Moon Beast Productions
• Phil Shenk — Moon Beast Productions
• Raagulan Pathy — Kast
• Rafael Broshi — Notch
• Rafat Ali — Skift
• Ralph Mack — Sightly
• Ramie Chaarani — Coop Records
• Riccardo Donadon — StartupItalia
• Riley Keough — Felix Culpa Films
• Rishi Mandal — Future
• Robin Thurston — Outside
• Rohan Bopanna — Turnip
• Rohith Anisetty — Airoclip
• Roneil Rumburg — Audius
• Ryan Heafy — 6AM City
• Ryan Hoover — Product Hunt
• Ryan Johnston — 6AM City
• Sam Farber — Zealot
• Sami Arpa — Largo.ai
• Sam Lurye — Kargo
• Sandeep Jain — InMobi
• Sanjay Govil — Infinite Reality
• Sarabeth Berman — American Journalism Project
• Sarah Suzor — Ink
• Sari Azout — Sublime
• Saša Vučinić — Media Development Investment Fund
• Scott Dorsey — The Odyssey Online
• Scott Mann — Flawless

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Narrow Media founders

• Austin, TX · Media (4 founders)
• San Francisco, CA · Media (20 founders)
• Sydney, Australia · Media (2 founders)
• Shanti Bergel · Media (3 founders)
• Atlanta, GA · Media (4 founders)
• Cary, NC · Media (2 founders)
• El Segundo, CA · Media (3 founders)
• Greylock · Media (3 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Media (5 founders)
• Indianapolis, IN · Media (2 founders)
• Golden Section · Media (3 founders)
• Nanabianca · Media (3 founders)
• London, UK · Media (14 founders)
• Mumbai, India · Media (2 founders)
• Electric Feel Ventures · Media (3 founders)
• Greenville, SC · Media (4 founders)
• Boulder, CO · Media (2 founders)
• Lee Daly · Media (3 founders)
• Oak Investment Partners · Media (3 founders)
• The Mini Fund · Media (4 founders)
• Miami, FL · Media (2 founders)
• Dougal Cameron · Media (3 founders)
• Alessandro Sordi · Media (3 founders)
• Los Angeles, CA · Media (13 founders)
• Washington, DC · Media (2 founders)
• Lucas Teuchner · Media (3 founders)
• Founderville.VC · Media (4 founders)
• New York, NY · Media (32 founders)
• Lee Ann Daly · Media (3 founders)
• Transcend Fund · Media (3 founders)

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