Top Entertainment Industry Startups in 2027

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We are a fantasy sports focused betting company and bookmaker based in New York and owned by flutter entertainment. Or primary offering is a platform where sports fans can select a sport, pick a team and then for fun, or a real wager have those teams compete to score points and ultimately, win prizes. We offers a multitude of one-day, weekly and season-long game options for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Golf, WNBA, and the EPL. In addition to this we also offer a traditional sportsbook allowing fans to place odds based bets on a wide range of live sporting events around the world.

Fever is the global leader in the digitalization of the Experience Economy, helping over 40 million people every month to discover the best experiences in their cities. Through its platform, Fever inspires users to enjoy the best local experiences, from gigs to theatre, live music, immersive experiences, and pop-ups, while empowering event organizers to create new original content.

Founded by IIT and Top US University graduates, Sciative Solutions is a leader in helping companies find right prices for every product, every market, every customer, every transaction. We are leading the Dynamic Pricing Revolution with our award winning machine learning and artificial intelligence powered technology tools. Sciative is powering price optimization of +100 Million prices globally across industries - such as retail, ecommerce, hospitality, travel, entertainment, technology services, CPG, and industrial products. For example our product in Retail is called BRIO. BRIO leverages big data architecture and applies cutting edge machine learning algorithms to help users find optimal prices for their products and services. A rich set of analytics features - Sales analytics dashboards, scenario planning with, a/b testing, 2nd margin estimation - allows users to make informed decisions and stay on top of business dynamics at play. This SaaS platform is live with more than 200 retailers in the country in electronics, fashion, cosmetics, and furniture domains. Our clients are getting 20% to 40% improvements in margins.

►Six Beats Of Separation® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. ►Our mission is to educate, inspire, enlighten and unite people by instilling in them the importance and power of sharing. ►We create fan-driven, celebrity-fueled media content which generates revenue that benefits an ever-expanding portfolio of charitable causes. ►Celebrities, share their favorite songs for their favorite charities, via photographs and video interviews. ►This content then becomes a testament to our mission. One moment shared, can perpetually and positively change the world. ►Celebrate what's possible when we share...

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into GalateaTV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse.

We want to empower fans to connect to the creators they follow and love. Awesome worlds are being created by talented individuals around the world. Makeship allows these worlds to collide through collectible merchandise developed in partnership with the biggest creators on the internet. We admire these personalities because of the excitement and joy they bring into our lives, and we want to bring that same feeling to millions of fans worldwide through physical merch.

Built by theatre professionals with real experience in the tech industry, On The Stage is an all-in-one, cloud-based platform designed for theatre makers of every budget and experience level in mind. We offer Broadway caliber tools and technology to help creators achieve their goals by providing ticketing services, live-streaming and on demand event distribution, promotional support, and audience engagement tools.

What are we solving? Pocket FM is a social audio sharing platform where literally anyone can become an radio jockey (RJ). We are democratising the radio for India to bring back the nostalgia we all grew up with. Our mission is to build a radio platform to bring together communities to share stories and spread knowledge. What's the oppurtunity? Globally $4 billion was invested in audio content platforms in 2018. for the first time user base of audio platforms crossed 500 million with majority of it driven by growth in US and China. Last year, Spotify annouced transformation from a music company to a "audio first" company while Ximalaya FM, China largest audio platform become the 1st audio platform to launch it's presence across 100+ devices ranging from smart spekaers to smart cars.

Our aim is to turn machine hobbies into organised sport, where competitors build, upgrade and maintain their own machines, then race them. What we are building - The sport: races, rankings and leagues, built around rivalries and progression. - TorqWars Garage: machines, parts, accessories and technical support. - The community: competitors, creators, builders and fans who love machines. Why now Esports showed that a hobby can become an organised sport. We are building the same for machines in India. Who backs us We are part of The Foundery. Our investors include Nikhil Kamath, Kishore Biyani and Ronnie Screwvala. We work from Worli and Bandra in Mumbai. Build. Battle. Belong.