284 Media Founders

284 founders building Media startups, concentrated in New York, NY. Includes Chronicle Studios and Oasiz.

Media founders (284)

Media founders covers 284 founders on Nativo, Wicked Saints Studios and 6AM City and 230 other companies. The most common sector is Media (250). Members are based in 105 cities, led by New York, NY (40), San Francisco, CA (28) and London, UK (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: 284
Companies represented: 233
Top sector: Media (250 founders)
Top location: New York, NY (40 founders)
Locations represented: 105

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
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 Goldberg — Red Seat Ventures
Brian L. Robertson — comScore Inc
Brit Morin — Brit + Co
Charlie Stigler — Tenor
Chris Kruger — JARS AI
Christian Alejandro Asmar — Avid Technology
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 Sanderson — Reelgood
David Steward II — Lion Forge Entertainment
David Steward II — Polarity
Debra Lee — BET
Denis Ladegaillerie — Believe
Dev Karaca — Kyra
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 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
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
Scott Orr — Glu Mobile
Shaan Puri — OpenWeb
Sharath Chandra — Chai Bisket
Simon Breakwell — Business of Fashion
Sir Charles Dunstone — Lovefilm
Sneha Sivakumar — Spur
Soji Akinlabi — Africa Business Radio
Sonny Caberwal — Legends

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