Comfy
comfy.org
$30M
Series A
Yoland Yan
CEO and Co-founder
- Yoland was a senior software engineer on Google App Search machine learning before commercializing the open source ComfyUI project.
Series AOpen SourceAI-NativeEx-FAANG
12 Media & Entertainment companies raised a combined $124.2M across 1 pre-seed, 8 seed, 3 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- 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.
- Megan Duong was a social marketing lead at Apple and a digital producer at Gap before founding Plot in 2022.
The Media & Entertainment sector saw 12 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $124.2M. The median round sits at $10M, with 75% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 25% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 8% of all Media & Entertainment activity in 2026.
Geographically, Media & Entertainment funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 11 of the 12 raises (92%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest Media & Entertainment round in 2026 is Comfy's $30M series a, led by Yoland Yan. Media & Entertainment activity accelerated through Jun, when raises jumped to 5 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 | Hypefy AI hypefy.ai | Series A | $7.2M | Stjepan Zelić CEO & Co-founder | Croatia | Series A AI-Native B2B | |
| 2 | Storika storika.ai | Seed | Undisclosed | Brice Lee Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 3 | Plot plotworkspace.com | Seed | $10M | Megan Duong CEO & Founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 4 | Status AI statusai.com | Seed | $17M | Fai Nur CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed YC Backed B2C | |
| 5 | Status AI status.app | Seed | $17M | Fai Nur Co-founder & CEO | United States | Seed YC Backed AI-Native | |
| 6 | SpeedLabs speedlabs.io | Seed | $6.5M | Nick Meader CEO & Founder | United States | Seed B2C AI-Native | |
| 7 | SpeedLabs speedlabs.com | Seed | $6.5M | Nick Meader Founder & CEO | United States | Seed B2C AI-Native | |
| 8 | Clouted clouted.com | Seed | $7M | Justin Banusing CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 9 | Maka Kids makakids.com | Pre-Seed | $3M | Isabel Sheinman Co-founder & CEO | United States | Pre-Seed B2C Product Launch | |
| 10 | Nura Studios nurastudios.com | Seed | $10M | Sylvio Drouin Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native Ex-FAANG | |
| 11 | Comfy comfy.org | Series A | $30M | Yoland Yan CEO and Co-founder | United States | Series A Open Source AI-Native | |
| 12 | BetHog bethog.com | Series A | $10M | Nigel Eccles CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A AI-Native Second-Time Founder |