Top Digital Entertainment Startups in 2026

fuboTV. The most sports for the least money. fuboTV carries over 40,000 live events: MLB, EPL, NFL, NBA, NHL and other high profile sporting events. fuboTV is available on Roku, Samsung TV, Kindle fire, iPad & Android tablets. Xbox and phone apps will be available in January.

Wattpad connects a global community of 80 million readers and writers through the power of story. we discover untapped, unsigned, and talented writers and connect them to global multi-media entertainment companies.

Skillz is the leading marketplace platform that helps players discover mobile games and compete against other players around the world. At the same time, the company helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz has hosted over 2 billion tournaments entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. Headquartered in San Francisco and Portland, the company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises including the investment arm of the NFL and owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Tubi is the future of movie and TV consumption, with the largest library of streaming movies and TV shows available for free! Scratch that—we're not just the future, we're the present, too. Tubi has partnered with leading Hollywood studios including Lionsgate, Paramount and MGM to curate an extensive programming guide available on mobile, web, and connected TV devices like iOS, Android, Roku, Xbox, Playstation, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and more. Check out New Releases, see What's Trending, make plans for Movie Night, or browse through our diverse array of categories to find something that fits your mood. We bring the world movies and TV while never charging a cent. Tubi TV: Now Playing, No Paying.

Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. Come join us at the forefront of media and technology.

Volley builds the best voice-controlled games and entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, smartphones, and Fire TVs. Popular Volley voice games include Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and The Price Is Right. Our voice apps are used by millions of people every month. We believe voice control will become the main way people access entertainment in their bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and cars, and our goal is to become the "Netflix of Voice" for this emerging category of devices. Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're a 60+ person hybrid remote/in-person company, headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. While we work to make home entertainment more accessible and engaging, we like to have fun along the way, with team lunches, Friday happy hours, and very active #food and #pets slack channels. If any of this sounds fun to you (we promise it is), come join us! Read more about Volley's culture and mission here: volleythat.com/post/volley-mission-culture-and-what-we-create

Launch Potato is a leading connector of advertisers to qualified customers. We are the DISCOVERY and CONVERSION company. Our brands and technologies help customers DISCOVER new products and services that make their lives better. Then we CONVERT them into loyal customers for our advertising partners. We connect companies to customers at all parts of the consumer journey, from awareness to consideration to purchase. The company connects over 70MM US consumers a month with leading brands looking to acquire new customers. Our newest brand, FinanceBuzz, has grown 10X in the last year with a mission to help consumers become more financially independent. Although Launch Potato is South Florida's fastest-growing digital media company with headquarters in vibrant downtown Delray Beach, Florida, we have a unique international team across more than a dozen countries. We have been pioneering advocates of remote work, and our success comes from our diverse, energetic culture and high-performing, entrepreneurial team. We're always looking for like-minded teammates and partners.

Watch netflix movies & tv shows online or stream right to your smart tv, game console, pc, mac, mobile, tablet and more. watch on smart tvs, playstation, xbox, chromecast, apple tv, blu-ray players, and more. download your shows to watch on the go. save your data and watch all your favorites offline. watch everywhere. stream unlimited movies and tv shows on your phone, tablet, laptop, and tv without paying more. you can watch as much as you want, whenever you want without a single commercial – all for one low monthly price. there's always something new to discover and new tv shows and movies are added every week!

As a burgeoning entertainment startup, we serve multiple industry leaders in television and film through content creation and distribution. We begin with original pictures and sounds direct from our clients and end with deliveries in all languages and product configurations required for global distribution, but it’s what’s in the middle that makes us special. Comprised of a team of industry experts, we have developed novel integrated tools and workflows. Our mission is to deliver unprecedented service, quality, security, and efficiency for all our customers.

Futbol is the only sport played in 200+ countries, has a fan-base of the half the world’s population and is a $44B industry and growing? Even though it’s the largest sport in the world, more than 500M youth go underserved and unnoticed due to economic and geographic barriers, impeding them from connecting outside of their immediate communities; with those best able to help them succeed. A key underserved market is the female population. FutbolConnect’s mobile technology and FREE online tools overcome these barriers so they can be viewed, connected or discovered, by millions of coaches worldwide who are seeking new talent, simply by completing a FREE multimedia profile where they can --Input their stats, start creating their sports resume --Upload & post their pics and videos --Connect & chat with others --Select, follow & see live scores of their favorite professional teams --And engage with great content Our competitors all have a Futbol web presence with multiple features, several language options, and FREE and/or FEE-based services. However, their focus is on established and professional players. FutbolConnect will connect with those players who have the economic means but also the millions of players who don’t. We’re a Freemium model, building a searchable database of a coveted market of footballers to attract digital advertisers, corporate sponsors, and upsell with other premium valued added services; eStore, eTraining, Games and more. . Our Go-to-Market Strategy entails: -- Kick-starting with “Boots on the Ground” --Targeted social media marketing, campaigns and online ads (earned/paid) --Sponsorships, Tournaments and Events --Strategic partnerships --Professional Endorsements