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69 Publishing Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023

The Publishing tech sector in Europe booming. In 2022, Publishing raised $120 Million in capital (after raising $120 Million in 2021). Whether you're an experienced investor, a determined founder, or a resourceful operator this year's list of top 69 tech startups is worth exploring. It includes companies of various sizes, ranging from those experiencing rapid growth to smaller, creative startups.

^{Last update: September 08, 2023}

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Perlego perlego.com

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Perlego is an online library, providing students with unlimited access to over 650,000 academic titles with built-in learning tools.

Latest Funding
$50 Million
Employees
51 to 100
Investors
Evli Growth Partners, Mediahuis Ventures
Business Model
B2C, SAAS
Industries
Edtech, Mobile, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
London
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•••••@perlego.com
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Permutive permutive.com

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Permutive is a publisher-focused data management platform.

Latest Funding
$75 Million · Series C
Employees
51 to 100
Investors
SoftBank Group, Octopus Ventures, EQT Ventures
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Industries
Adtech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
London
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•••••@permutive.com
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Global Savings Group global-savings-group.com

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Shopping coupons and rewards marketplace.

Latest Funding
$13 Million · Series D
Employees
501 to 1000
Investors
RTP Global, HV Capital
Business Model
B2C, MARKETPLACE
Industries
Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Ecommerce
Locations
Munich
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•••••@global-savings-group.com
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Zephr zephr.com

Zephr is a technology platform for media companies to grow their subscription revenue.

Latest Funding
$8 Million · Series A
Industries
Adtech, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
London
Employees
51 to 100
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Nauta Capital
Contact
•••••@zephr.com
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ContentCal contentcal.io

ContentCal allows users to collaborate, share, plan and publish content to drive engagement on social media.

Latest Funding
$6.2 Million · Series A
Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
London
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Fuel Ventures
Contact
•••••@contentcal.io
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Contentoo contentoo.com

Europe’s leading platform for content marketing talent.

Latest Funding
$4.9 Million
Industries
Hiring and Recruitement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Amsterdam
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, MARKETPLACE
Investors
No Such Ventures
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•••••@contentoo.com
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iSize Technologies isize.co

iSize Technologies pioneers deep learning for video delivery

Latest Funding
$6.3 Million · Series A
Industries
Data and Analytics, Video, Publishing, Communications
Locations
London
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Octopus Ventures
Contact
•••••@isize.co
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unrd unrd.co

unrd is creating a new genre of entertainment by combining Hollywood quality plots with mobile storytelling techniques.

Latest Funding
$2.5 Million · Seed
Industries
Mobile, Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
London
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2C
Investors
BACKED VC, Play Ventures
Contact
•••••@unrd.co
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CCP Games ccpgames.com

Independent games publisher.

Latest Funding
$40 Million · Series B
Industries
Gaming, Publishing
Locations
Reykjavík
Employees
251 to 500
Business Model
B2C
Investors
New Enterprise Associates, General Catalyst, A16Z, Novator
Contact
•••••@ccpgames.com
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nDreams ndreams.com

nDreams is a videogame developer and publisher based in Farnborough, UK.

Latest Funding
$35 Million
Industries
Gaming, AR / VR, Video, Publishing, Communications
Locations
London
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2C
Contact
•••••@ndreams.com
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Lumos Apps lumosapps.com

Lumos is a mobile apps publisher.

Latest Funding
$1.8 Million · Seed
Industries
Mobile, Publishing
Locations
Paris
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2C, FREEMIUM
Investors
Breega Capital
Contact
•••••@lumosapps.com
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Zapnito zapnito.com

Zapnito is the SaaS online community platform for intelligence-driven organizations.

Latest Funding
$4.6 Million · Series A
Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Business Intelligence
Locations
London
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Octopus Ventures
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•••••@zapnito.com
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BibliU bibliu.com

BibliU is an educational content platform that provide eTextbooks that work for academic libraries.

Latest Funding
$1.4 Million · Series B
Industries
Edtech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
London
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2C, MARKETPLACE
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•••••@bibliu.com
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LaterPay www2.laterpay.net

LaterPay is the frictionless buying, tipping and selling platform for digital content.

Latest Funding
$10 Million
Industries
Fintech, Video, Payments, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Ecommerce, Communications
Locations
New York
Employees
51 to 100
Business Model
SAAS
Investors
Swisscom Ventures
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•••••@www2.laterpay.net
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Lickd lickd.co

Pre-cleared commercial music licensing for YouTube and Online Video Creators.

Latest Funding
$7 Million · Seed
Industries
Legal Tech, Music and Audio, Video, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Communications
Locations
London
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B
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•••••@lickd.co
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Newsvoice newsvoice.com

Newsvoice is a news media app that publishes news and perspectives from high quality sources in one place.

Latest Funding
$520 Thousand · Pre Seed
Industries
Mobile, Consumer Social, Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Stockholm
Employees
1 to 10
Investors
Almi Invest
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•••••@newsvoice.com
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Tipser tipser.com

Tipser helps publishers make money on e-commerce.

Latest Funding
$16 Million
Industries
Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
Stockholm
Employees
101 to 250
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@tipser.com
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Faba myfaba.com

FABA is a startup dedicated to the development of products that stimulate children's imagination.

Latest Funding
$3.1 Million
Industries
Edtech, Hardware, CPG & Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Publishing, Ecommerce, Podcast
Locations
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, B2C
Investors
Oltre Venture, CDP Venture Capital Sgr
Contact
•••••@myfaba.com
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Ludenso ludenso.com

Ludenso is a software developer of AR solutions for the education industry.

Latest Funding
$1 Million · Seed
Industries
Edtech, Hardware, AR / VR, Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Oslo
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Atomico
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•••••@ludenso.com
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React & Share reactandshare.com

Create content that serves your online visitors based on the behaviour and feedback.

Latest Funding
$320 Thousand · Pre Seed
Industries
Media and Entertainement, Data and Analytics, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Business Intelligence, Ecommerce
Locations
Helsinki
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Spring Capital
Contact
•••••@reactandshare.com
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Mega Fortuna megafortuna.co

Games and apps developer.

Latest Funding
$2.3 Million · Seed
Industries
Gaming, Publishing
Locations
Istanbul
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2C
Investors
APY Ventures
Contact
•••••@megafortuna.co
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Mylivn mylivn.com

Mylivn is a lifestyle platform that simplifies social life by letting people create their own micro-networks.

Latest Funding
$2.4 Million · Seed
Industries
Publishing
Locations
Munich
Employees
11 to 50
Contact
•••••@mylivn.com
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Frontier Talent befrontier.com

Frontier Talent providing on-site and remote job search opportunities to all job seekers globally.

Latest Funding
$2.8 Million
Industries
Hiring and Recruitement, Data and Analytics, Publishing
Locations
San Francisco
Employees
51 to 100
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Firstminute Capital, NFX, FJ Labs
Contact
•••••@befrontier.com
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Choicely choicely.com

No-code app development platform

Latest Funding
$2.4 Million
Industries
Sportstech, Mobile, Consumer Social, Publishing, Community & Lifestyle
Locations
Helsinki
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, B2C, SAAS
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•••••@choicely.com
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Labrador CMS labradorcms.com

Labrador CMS specializes in the content management system solution and SaaS services to publishers.

Latest Funding
$2.5 Million
Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Oslo
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@labradorcms.com
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StoryChief storychief.io

StoryChief.io is a content marketing automation software

Latest Funding
$3.5 Million
Industries
Adtech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Ghent
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
Peak Capital
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•••••@storychief.io
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BoldBooks boldbooks.com

BoldBooks is a platform/marketplace disrupting the book industry – "Airbnb for book publishing" – giving the power to the authors.

Latest Funding
$680 Thousand · Seed
Industries
Edtech, Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
Oslo
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2C, MARKETPLACE
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•••••@boldbooks.com
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BOOKR Kids corp.bookrkids.com

BOOKR Kids inspires a love of reading whilst boosting literacy, social-emotional and cognitive skills through interactive e-books.

Latest Funding
$1.2 Million · Seed
Industries
Edtech, Publishing
Locations
Budapest
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@corp.bookrkids.com
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Discover Film bestshortfilms.discover.film

A technology and entertainment platform for short movies. Films can be watched online and via mobile and Smart TV Apps.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
London
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@bestshortfilms.discover.film
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Wordproof wordproof.io

WordProof is a documentation firm that offers services for content creation, publishing, content structuring, and copyright protection.

Industries
Crypto & web3, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Amsterdam
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@wordproof.io
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Froomle froomle.ai

Creating AI Powered Experiences for digital publishers.

Latest Funding
$1.7 Million
Industries
AI, Machine Learning, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Business Intelligence, Ecommerce
Locations
Antwerp
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
Investors
PMV
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•••••@froomle.ai
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Mobidys mobidys.com

MOBiDYS facilitate reading for public dys and tends to make the pleasure of reading accessible to all.

Latest Funding
$2.4 Million
Industries
Edtech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
Nantes
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2C
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•••••@mobidys.com
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Poool poool.tech

Convert your audience into leads, members and subscribers.

Latest Funding
$3.9 Million
Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Ecommerce
Locations
Bordeaux
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@poool.tech
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Seen seen.co

Seen is a blogger and entrepeneur focused on technological topics.

Latest Funding
$1.4 Million
Industries
Data and Analytics, Video, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Business Intelligence, Communications
Locations
New York
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@seen.co
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Adnuntius adnuntius.com

Adnuntius expertise in the publishing industry with the digital advertising and marketing platform for data management.

Industries
Adtech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Oslo
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@adnuntius.com
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BlueBottleBiz bluebottlebiz.com

BlueBottleBiz is a collaborative learning platform for business professionals.

Industries
Edtech, Publishing
Locations
Madrid
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@bluebottlebiz.com
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Bundle bundleapp.co

Bundle is the fastest way to organize the photo mess in your camera roll into a beautiful shared photo gallery.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Amsterdam
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@bundleapp.co
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Marfeel marfeel.com

Marfeel is an ad tech platform that revolutionizes the way publishers create, optimize and monetize mobile websites.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Barcelona
Employees
101 to 250
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•••••@marfeel.com
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Odyssey theodysseyonline.com

Odyssey is an internet company that specializes in social media, publisher, and platform used to democratize content.

Latest Funding
$4.6 Million · Seed
Industries
Fintech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Employees
51 to 100
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@theodysseyonline.com
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PastBook pastbook.com

PastBook enables users to collect photos from social networks and develop personalized albums that can be printed.

Industries
Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
Amsterdam
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@pastbook.com
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Shifter shifter.no

Norwegian tech blog.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing
Locations
Oslo
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@shifter.no
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Surfly surfly.com

Surfly provides co-browsing and video chat technology that lets you support customers as if you are sitting side-by-side.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Amsterdam
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@surfly.com
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Torcha torcha.it

Torcha is a social media that bring young people closer to current events, politics, and the economy.

Industries
Adtech, Music and Audio, Media and Entertainement, Video, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Communications
Locations
Milan
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@torcha.it
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Zetland zetland.dk

Zetland offers a digital newspaper that provides its users with daily news.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Copenhagen
Employees
11 to 50
Business Model
SAAS
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•••••@zetland.dk
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Mofibo mofibo.com

Mofibo offers an all-you-can-read type of ebook and audiobook subscription service currently in Denmark and Sweden

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Copenhagen
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@mofibo.com
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We Wealth we-wealth.com

An Italian holding operating in the digital and fintech industries.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Milan
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@we-wealth.com
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Accurat accurat.ai

We offer location intelligence solutions to better understand the offline behaviour of app users for publishers and retailers.

Latest Funding
$1.3 Million
Industries
AI, Machine Learning, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Business Intelligence, Ecommerce
Locations
Ghent
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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•••••@accurat.ai
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Newsadoo newsadoo.com

Newsadoo personalizes news with artificial intelligence.

Latest Funding
$2.6 Million
Industries
AI, Machine Learning, Mobile, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Internet of Things
Locations
Linz
Employees
Business Model
B2C, FREEMIUM, SAAS
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•••••@newsadoo.com
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Tales taleswriter.com

Tales is a platform for visual, audible, and interactive stories

Latest Funding
$160 Thousand · Pre Seed
Industries
CPG & Consumer Goods, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Ecommerce
Locations
San Francisco
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2C
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•••••@taleswriter.com
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Quartz qz.com

Quartz is a digitally native news and online media outlet for business people in the new global economy.

Industries
Fintech, Media and Entertainement, Publishing, Ecommerce
Locations
New York
Employees
101 to 250
Business Model
B2B, B2C
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•••••@qz.com
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SciFlow sciflow.net

SciFlow is a publishing platform is the most intuitive way for researchers to create and share their work.

Industries
Publishing
Locations
Berlin
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B, B2C, SAAS
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•••••@sciflow.net
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Medieninsider medieninsid

Medieninsider is the new information offering for media professionals that focuses on the economic, content and cultural development.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Employees
1 to 10
Business Model
B2B
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•••••@medieninsid
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Beamr beamr.com

Beamr is an innovative private company comprised of the world\'s leading imaging scientists and veterans of the Israeli technology industry.

Industries
Publishing
Locations
Tel Aviv
Employees
51 to 100
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•••••@beamr.com
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Content Fleet contentfleet.com

Content Fleet offers technology that assists online publishers in content creation.

Industries
Data and Analytics, Publishing
Locations
Hamburg
Employees
101 to 250
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•••••@contentfleet.com
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Edinburgh Molecular Imaging emimaging.com

Edinburgh Molecular Imaging is a developer of optical molecular imaging technology.

Industries
Health Tech, Publishing
Locations
Edinburgh
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@emimaging.com
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Fabby fab.by

Fabby is an app that automatically edits photos and videos like a professional designer.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Minsk
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@fab.by
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Faveeo faveeo.com

Faveeo is the first AI-Driven trusted content platform.

Industries
Data and Analytics, Publishing
Locations
Geneva
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@faveeo.com
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Game Insight game-insight.com

Game Insight is a developer and publisher of free-to-play games for Facebook, iPad, iPhone, Android, Amazon, Windows 8 and Windows Phone.

Industries
Gaming, Publishing
Locations
Vilnius
Employees
501 to 1000
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•••••@game-insight.com
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Gjirafa gjirafa.com

Gjirafa is a video content and e-commerce platform for the Balkans built on top of an Albanian language specialized search engine.

Industries
Publishing
Locations
Tirana
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@gjirafa.com
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IndaBox indabox.it

IndaBox allows to pick-up online purchases at the nearest shop

Industries
Data and Analytics, Publishing
Locations
Turin
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@indabox.it
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IPV ipv.com

IPV is a provider of multi-media content management systems

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Cambridge
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@ipv.com
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Komodo Learning komodomath.com

Komodo Learning is an online mathematics home learning app for children.

Industries
Edtech, Publishing
Locations
Belfast
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@komodomath.com
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Mapillary mapillary.com

Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision.

Industries
Data and Analytics, Publishing
Locations
Malmö
Employees
51 to 100
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•••••@mapillary.com
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mTag mtag.me

A global network connecting media professionals, empowering them to create, distribute and earn from digital visual media.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Leeds
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@mtag.me
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News Republic news-republic.com

News Republic is a fast and convenient way to stay informed with latest news from India & around the world from various sources.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Bordeaux
Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@news-republic.com
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Oodls oodls.io

Oodls allows Instagrammers, brands and companies search and buy content for Instagram

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Edinburgh
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@oodls.io
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ReEmbed reembed.com

ReEmbed is a custom video player that supports embeds from YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion as well as HTML5 videos.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Athens
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@reembed.com
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Rendezvouscheznous.com rendezvouscheznous.com

Rendezvouscheznous is a community marketplace Where you can meet local hosts.

Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
Locations
Marseille
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@rendezvouscheznous.com
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SmartWall (SwissPay) smartwall.ai

SmartWall is a monetization platform for media and advertisers that drives engagement, loyalty, interactions and more revenue.

Industries
AI, Publishing
Locations
Lausanne
Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@smartwall.ai
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