231 Media Founders

Media founders (231)

Media founders covers 231 founders on Wicked Saints Studios, 6AM City and Amber Technologies and 212 other companies. The most common sector is Media (231). Members are based in 108 cities, led by New York, NY (32), San Francisco, CA (20) and London, UK (14). Companies represented include Amplifyd, ByteDance, Epic Games, InMarket, LightFury Games, Medium, Moon Beast Productions, Nativo, Pixlmob, Ruckus Games, Sightly and TMRW Sports, plus 200 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 231
• Companies represented: 215
• Top sector: Media (231 founders)
• Top location: New York, NY (32 founders)
• Locations represented: 108

• 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 Seropian — Look North World
• Alex Bard — WhoSay
• 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
• 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
• Christofer Strasz — Ruckus Games
• Chris Ye — Uken Games
• Conrad Wadowski — Kick
• Corbett Drummey — Popular Pays
• Corey Laplante — Mixhalo
• Daniel Willis — Amplifyd
• Danis Nova — Boost.Express
• Dan Willis — Amplifyd
• Dave Dohrmann — Gazillion, Inc.
• David Fritz — Creative Intell
• David Lee — Imaginary Ones
• David Ormesher — CG Life
• David Sanderson — Reelgood
• Debra Lee — BET
• Dev Karaca — Kyra
• Dmitry Shapiro — Soundful
• Donald R. Katz — Audible, Inc.
• Drew Birenbaum — Overtime
• 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
• Gabe Newell — Valve Corporation
• Gary Vaynerchuk — VaynerMedia
• 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
• Haonan Li — Codex
• Harley Parks — BearClaw Gaming
• Harrison Wang — Unblocked Brands
• Hector Horta — B Media Group
• Henry Motte-Muñoz — Kumu
• Ilkka Paananen — Supercell
• 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
• Jason Fairchild — tvScientific
• Jason Krikorian — Sling Media
• Jason Levin — Memelord Technologies
• Jason Maier — Reservoir
• Jeff Biart — Flagcat
• Jeffrey Housenbold — Beast Games
• Jeff Smith — Smule
• Jeff Zucker — Game Show Network
• Jesse Grushack — Ujo Music
• Jessica Murrey — Wicked Saints Studios
• Jessica Powell — Audioshake
• Jimmy Gendron — Ludia
• Joe Pak — Amber Technologies
• Johan Stokking — CCP Games
• John Skipper — ESPN
• John Vitti — VersusGame
• Jonathan Gandolf — The Juice
• Jonathan Neil — Inversion Art
• Jon Carder — Vessel
• Joseph Perla — Turntable Labs
• Juan Pablo Zorrilla — Bravo
• Justin Choi — Nativo
• 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 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 Rein — Epic Games
• Marquel Martin — 3point0 labs
• Matt Hansen — Mountaintop Studios
• Matthew Anderson — AWA Studios
• Matt Wright — Gaia
• Matty Fisher — Pixlmob
• Max Flannery — Adgile Media Group
• Meng Kuok — BandLab
• Mia Davis — Motherly
• Michael Beebe — EveryScreenMedia
• Michael Litman — SuperAwesome
• Michael Maponga — AfroLandTV
• Michael Phelps — Wave Sports + Entertainment
• Michael Rhee — Wavlake
• Michael Su — Qloud Games
• 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
• Nicholas Carpenter — Bonfire Studios
• Nicholas Rudder — Sphere
• Nick D'Agostino — SeatGeek
• Nicole Jiang — Fable
• 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
• Pete Billington — Fable Studio
• Peter Hu — Moon Beast Productions
• Phil Shenk — Moon Beast Productions
• Raagulan Pathy — Kast
• Rafael Broshi — Notch
• Ralph Mack — Sightly
• Ramie Chaarani — Coop Records
• Riccardo Donadon — StartupItalia
• Rishi Mandal — Future
• Robin Thurston — Outside
• Rohan Bopanna — Turnip
• Rohith Anisetty — Airoclip
• Roneil Rumburg — Audius
• Ryan Heafy — 6AM City
• 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
• Scott Mann — Flawless
• Shaan Puri — OpenWeb
• Sharath Chandra — Chai Bisket
• Sir Charles Dunstone — Lovefilm
• Sneha Sivakumar — Spur
• Soji Akinlabi — Africa Business Radio
• Sonny Caberwal — Legends
• Soo Jin Kim — Dramafever
• Sören Wrenn — TITLES
• Stefano Bernardi — Viralize
• Stephen Curry — TMRW Sports
• Steven Chiang — Doppio Games
• Steven Galanis — Cameo
• Tanisha Artman — SBTV
• Thao Nguyen — Constellation Immersive
• Thomas Høegh — Shazam
• Thomson Reuters Executive Team — Thomson Reuters
• Tim Sweeney — Epic Games
• Tino 'T' Mager — Super Evil Mega Corp
• Todd Dipaola — InMarket
• Todd Morris — InMarket
• Vasu Goyal — Dose
• Victor Trindade — Fly Media
• Vincent Tjendra — ASTRO
• Vivek Y. Ranadivé — Sacramento Kings
• Vivek Y. Ranadivé — Sacramento River Cats
• Vlad Tenev — Harmonic
• Walter Knapp — Sovrn
• Will Yin — Mandolin
• Woody Sears — Autio
• Xavier Constantin — Streamforge
• Yat Siu — Animoca Brands
• Yiming Zhang — ByteDance
• Zach Perret — CrowdStar
• Zheng Liu — ByteDance

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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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• Industrial Machinery (1 founder)
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• Adtech (4 founders)
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• Cybersecurity (575 founders)
• Space Technology (1 founder)
• Energy Storage (1 founder)
• Computer Games (1 founder)
• Consumer Packaged Goods (2 founders)
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• Insurance (4 founders)
• Legal Tech (10 founders)
• E-commerce (843 founders)
• Government Services (1 founder)
• Insurance and Financial Services (1 founder)
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