Ande
ande.ai
$52M
Series A
Lohit Sarma
CEO & Co-founder
- Lohit Sarma co-founded Ande to fix how enterprises book and expense corporate entertainment.
Series AB2BEnterpriseAI-Native
22 Media & Entertainment companies raised a combined $190.8M across 4 pre-seed, 12 seed, 5 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Lohit Sarma co-founded Ande to fix how enterprises book and expense corporate entertainment.
- Yoland was a senior software engineer on Google App Search machine learning before commercializing the open source ComfyUI project.
- CEO and co-founder Fai Nur is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree who built Status from her own experience as a fandom-obsessed teenager.
The Media & Entertainment sector saw 22 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $190.8M. The median round sits at $7M, with 73% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 27% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 18% of all Media & Entertainment activity in 2026.
Geographically, Media & Entertainment funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 13 of the 22 raises (59%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest Media & Entertainment round in 2026 is Ande's $52M series a, led by Lohit Sarma. Media & Entertainment activity accelerated through Aug, when raises jumped to 7 announcements.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking Media & Entertainment, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ande ande.ai | Series A | $52M | Lohit Sarma CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A B2B Enterprise | |
| 2 | Arcustin Games arcustin.com | Pre-Seed | $500K | Baris Dikici Co-Founder & CEO | Turkey | Pre-Seed AI-Native B2C | |
| 3 | VideoGen videogen.io | Seed | $3.3M | Anton Koenig Co-Founder and CEO | United States | Seed YC Backed Consumer | |
| 4 | Emberos emberos.ai | Seed | $5.5M | Justin Inman Founder and CEO | United States | Seed Enterprise AI-Native | |
| 5 | Fluencify fluencify.io | Pre-Seed | $4.3M | Erik Romdhane Co-founder | Sweden | Pre-Seed B2B AI-Native | |
| 6 | Entity entity.gg | Seed | $5.8M | Rich Barnwell CEO | Ireland | Seed B2C Product Launch | |
| 7 | Superstat superstatsport.com | Debt | $100K | Kai Bloomfield Co-founder | Australia | Debt AI-Native B2B | |
| 8 | Élisa Interactive elisainteractive.com | Pre-Seed | $875K | François Bélanger Co-founder | Canada | Pre-Seed B2C Product Launch | |
| 9 | Magic Potion Games | Series A | Undisclosed | Stephen MacDonald Co-founder | Canada | Series A B2C Product Launch | |
| 10 | Peripheral peripheral.so | Seed | $8.7M | Kelvin Cui Co-Founder & CEO | Canada | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 11 | Marquee themarquee.ai | Seed | $4.0M | Dean Bracha Co-Founder & CEO | Israel | Seed B2B AI-Native | |
| 12 | Osmo Studio osmo.inc | Seed | $5M | Chris He Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native Product Launch | |
| 13 | Hypefy AI hypefy.io | Series A | $7.2M | Stjepan Zelić Co-founder & CEO | Croatia | Series A AI-Native B2B | |
| 14 | Storika storika.ai | Seed | Undisclosed | Brice Lee Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 15 | Status AI statusai.com | Seed | $17M | Fai Nur CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed YC Backed B2C | |
| 16 | SpeedLabs speedlabs.com | Seed | $6.5M | Nick Meader Founder & CEO | United States | Seed B2C AI-Native | |
| 17 | Plot plotworkspace.com | Seed | $10M | Megan Duong CEO & Founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 18 | Clouted clouted.com | Seed | $7M | Justin Banusing CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 19 | Maka Kids makakids.com | Pre-Seed | $3M | Isabel Sheinman Co-founder & CEO | United States | Pre-Seed B2C Product Launch | |
| 20 | Nura Studios nurastudios.com | Seed | $10M | Sylvio Drouin Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native Ex-FAANG | |
| 21 | Comfy comfy.org | Series A | $30M | Yoland Yan CEO and Co-founder | United States | Series A Open Source AI-Native | |
| 22 | BetHog bethog.com | Series A | $10M | Nigel Eccles CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A AI-Native Second-Time Founder |