At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 74 Video on Demand companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Video on Demand Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Speach
SPEACH is an enterprise video platform that enable organizations to easily capture, manage and distribute on-demand video tutorial.
Founder(s): Najette Fellache
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Knowledge Management, SaaS, Training, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Ficto
Free, interactive streaming service.
Founder(s): Chris Louie, M Esola, Michael Esola, Mike Esola
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Content, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Sherpa Digital Media
Sherpa develops an extensible, data-driven streaming video platform for the enterprise.
Founder(s): K.C. Watson, Mark Strathdee
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Business Intelligence, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Vidme
Vidme is a startup video lab that makes videos for online viewing.
Founder(s): Alex Benzer, Warren Shaeffer
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video Advertising, Video Editing, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Minnow
Minnow is a single-source approach to streaming built to help consumers discover the best content across all their subscriptions.
Founder(s): Jes Bickhart
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Applications, Data Visualization, Enterprise Applications, Market Research, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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AmazeVR
AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform for the highest quality VR content creation and mass distribution using the proprietary technologies.
Founder(s): JB Lee, Jeremy Nam, Steve Lee, Steven Koo
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Gaming, Hardware, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Virtual Reality
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Pivotshare
Pivotshare offers a multi-device streaming platform that enables the users to access their online content via various sources.
Founder(s): Adam Mosam
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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SYNQ
SYNQ is the easiest and most efficient way to sell and distribute video assets between content providers and content distributor.
Founder(s): Kasper-Niclas Andersen, Stian Hauge
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Developer APIs, Film Production, TV Production, Video, Video Advertising, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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DropIn, Inc
DropIn is a full service video platform allowing individuals to perform surveillance via their mobile device.
Founder(s): Ian Wilson, Louis Ziskin
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Fraud Detection, InsurTech, Internet, Internet of Things, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Gbox by OnCircle, Inc.
Gbox is a Direct-to-consumer multimedia monetization to empower YouTubers, MCNs, and any other video creators.
Founder(s): Dirk Lueth, Michael Janssen, Stefan Roever
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Payments, Sports, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Virtual Reality
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DanceOn
DanceOn creates the most buzzworthy music and pop culture programming for millennials seeking entertainment everywhere.
Founder(s): Allen DeBevoise, Amanda Taylor, Guy Oseary
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Music, Video on Demand
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AllDigital
AllDigital is a leading provider of premium digital broadcasting solutions to devices.
Founder(s): Steve Smith
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Android, Cyber Security, iOS, Security, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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VideoFactory Inc.
VideoFactory, TV Quality Video in a Minute, will change the paradigm of making Video!
Founder(s): Jinhoi Kim, Michael Hwang
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video on Demand
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STEEZY
STEEZY creates online dance classes with the world’s best instructors.
Founder(s): Connor Lim, Evan Zhou
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content, E-Learning, Fitness, Sports, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Wheel
Wheel is an app that was designed to make mobile videos watchable and shareable.
Founder(s): Chris Shaheen, Paul Boukadakis
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Video, Video on Demand
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Akimbo
Akimbo is a video on-demand system enabling subscribers to download television shows, movies and other videos to a set-top box on demand.
Founder(s): Adrienne Rochetti
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Personal Branding, Recruiting, Video on Demand
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Vyu
Vyu operates as a multi-screen entertainment company.
Founder(s): Ahmed Nassef, Sam Fares
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Content Discovery, Internet, Mobile, Social Media, Video on Demand
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YuJa
YuJa is a leader in enterprise video solutions. Our products harness the power of video to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate.
Founder(s): Ajit Singh
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, E-Learning, Education, Video, Video Editing, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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InteliCloud
Intelicloud is a developer and manufacturer of network equipment that simplifies network architecture for service providers.
Founder(s): Ken Hubbard
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Manufacturing, Video on Demand, VoIP, Web Hosting
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Dacast
Dacast offers API-based and easy-to-use streaming solutions to host, manage, monetize and deliver OTT video worldwide.
Founder(s): Stephane Roulland
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Broadcasting, Developer APIs, Music Streaming, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Verified
Verified is a YouTube and social media marketing website company.
Founder(s): Max Walton
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Social Media Marketing, Video on Demand
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BitGravity
BitGravity is a content delivery network optimized for on-demand video delivery and HD live streaming.
Founder(s): Barrett Lyon, Perry Wu
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Content Delivery Network, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Web Hosting
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Filmzu
Filmzu is an online technology company enabling filmmakers and fans to interact in creating and discovering new video content.
Founder(s): Nick Ghirardelli, Rupert Ralston
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Digital Media, Social Media, TV Production, Video, Video on Demand
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MediaMelon
MediaMelon is a pioneer in Content Aware Streaming with their Powerful QBR SmartStreaming solution
Founder(s): Kumar Subramanian
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Software, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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XUMO
Xumo seamlessly delivers over-the-top (OTT) and video-on-demand (VOD) content direct to consumers through smart TV, mobile and desktop apps.
Founder(s): Chris Vanderhook, Tim Vanderhook
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Internet of Things, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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eFlix
eFlix enables internet entertainment service for its members across the globe.
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Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, TV, Video on Demand
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Kanopy
Kanopy is a operator of online video streaming platform intended to democratize meaningful film and television.
Founder(s): Olivia Humphrey
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Continuing Education, EdTech, Education, Film, Film Distribution, Higher Education, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Minerva Networks
Minerva Networks provides IPTV service management software that allows telcoms to deliver TV services over their managed IP network.
Founder(s): Mauro Bonomi
Location: Alviso, California, United States
Industries: Software, Video, Video on Demand
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DistroScale
Comprehensive video-as-a-service platform, providing 3,500 media properties w/ video infrastructure, delivery, curation and monetization.
Founder(s): Chenggang Duan, Navdeep Saini, Stanley Wong
Location: San Bruno, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Content, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Video Advertising, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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SpoonLuv
Spoonluv is an innovative dating platform that allows you to meet face-to-face, over a virtual dinner or lunch.
Founder(s): Sahil Kazi
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Dating, Food Delivery, Food Processing, Internet, Sharing Economy, Video on Demand, Virtual Reality
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Yoola
Yoola is a YouTube multi-channel network that generates over 9 billion monthly views, and a development platform for content and brands.
Founder(s): Alexander Shaposhnikov, Arik Geller, Ilan Troyanovsky, Michael Shaposhnikov
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Video on Demand
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M-GO
Touch the M-GO button, and instantly access movies and TV shows on the devices you use and choose.
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Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Intertainer
Intertainer is the pioneer in the video on demand business.
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Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Music, Video, Video on Demand
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Qencode
High speed, secure and robust cloud media transcoding platform designed to be the lowest cost solution on the market.
Founder(s): Murad Mordukhay
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Video on Demand
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SELVZ
SELVZ is a software company that develops a web storytelling platform with 3D characters to collect user data and engage in processes.
Founder(s): Eduardo Yeh, Haywood Nelson, Maurcio de Souza
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Marketing, Enterprise, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Virtual Reality
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EasyHire
EasyHire.me is a video interview platform empowering companies’ talent teams with video to find the best talent faster.
Founder(s): Alex Vendrow, Anjana Manian
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Employment, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Information Technology, Recruiting, SaaS, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Software, Video, Video on Demand
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QUANTIL
QUANTIL is a content delivery network with over 700 Points of Presence (PoPs), and a data throughput over 35 Tbps.
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Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Applications, Content Delivery Network, Enterprise Applications, Internet, Music Streaming, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Crunch Media Works
Best optimization solution for high resolution imagery
Founder(s): Amit Ramchandran, Masoud Ghafouri
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Software, Media and Entertainment, Service Industry, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Fantag
Fantag lets teams manage all their video in one place.
Founder(s): Brian Dombrowski
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Sports, Video, Video on Demand
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Global Filmdemic
Global Filmdemic employs social graphs to connect people with multimedia content they like.
Founder(s): Vaughn Smith
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Social, Video on Demand
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AMV Digital Media
AMV Digital Media is a provider of complete webcast management, production, creative and media services in the digital media industry.
Founder(s): Bryan Perez
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Broadcasting, Digital Media, Internet, Video Conferencing, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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FirstCut
Artificial Intelligence for Video Production
Founder(s): Jorge Soto, Lucy Richards, Nicole Laniado, Tomás De Matteis
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Video, Video on Demand
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Teleos Media
Video Delivery Network (VDN) – delivers immersive experience — video starts instantly, in highest quality.
Founder(s): Vaibhav Malawade
Location: East Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Broadcasting, Media and Entertainment, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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UnStock
UnStock a mobile-first marketplace for authentic footage is now part of the Slidely Family.
Founder(s): Adam Cellary, Jakub Gorajek, Kamil Goliszewski
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Mobile, Software, Video, Video on Demand
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Audience Media TV
Empowering OTT channel partners to distribute their content directly to audiences and maximize ad revenue.
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Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Digital Marketing, Film Distribution, Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software, TV, Video Advertising, Video on Demand
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Arroyo Video Solutions
Arroyo Video Solutions (now acquired by Cisco) is a video on demand company based in the United States.
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Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Software, Video, Video on Demand
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Athena Studios
Athena Studios has been producing videos and multimedia projects for over 20 years.
Founder(s): Jon Peters
Location: Emeryville, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video on Demand
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CinemaNow
CinemaNow is an internet-based digital video distribution company providing downloadable movies, TV shows and music videos.
Founder(s): Bruce David Eisen, Curt Marvis, Mark Amin
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Internet, Video on Demand
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Monetize Media
Monetize Media is an online video platform with live streaming and on-demand video capabilities.
Founder(s): TJ Modi
Location: Anaheim, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Internet, Internet of Things, Publishing, SaaS, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Global Digital Media Xchange
Digital video compression services
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Video on Demand
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Movielink
Movielink offers digital movie downloads.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Film, Video on Demand
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AuraNexus
AuraNexus is a personalized interactive video platform providing one-on-one conversational video experiences to learners.
Founder(s): Andrew Kimmel
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, E-Learning, EdTech, Video Chat, Video on Demand
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Fordela
Fordela is a cloud media platform for managing and distributing clients’ media to a variety of connected devices.
Founder(s): Jason Deadrich
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Video on Demand
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Influxis
Influxis is an interactive streaming platform for video, real-time communication, and IoT applications, with concierge expert support.
Founder(s): Jerry Chabolla, Richard Blakely
Location: Valencia, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Mobile, Robotics, SaaS, Video, Video Chat, Video Conferencing, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Jiggles TV
The world’s most uninhibited live streaming platform.
Founder(s): Cameron Cunningham, Ryan Marin
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Video Advertising, Video Games, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Web Design
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VWeb
A developer of video encoding technology for consumer electronics.
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Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Video, Video on Demand
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Skimo TV
Skimo TV is a Computer Software company located in , Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, CA, United States.
Founder(s): Dave Penny, Vasu Srinivasan
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Hardware, Software, Video on Demand
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Noci Pictures Entertainment
Noci Pictures Entertainment is involved in content creation, development, finance, production, and distribution.
Founder(s): Yuri Rutman
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Film, Video on Demand
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Kwikse
Experience traditional & immersive entertainment for active mobile audiences
Founder(s): Matthew C. James
Location: Playa Vista, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Film Distribution, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Apps, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Virtual Reality
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Vela App
Vela App provides on-demand music to users through voice technology and music-related features in its app, Vela Player.
Founder(s): Justin Mason
Location: Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Audio, iOS, Music, News, Social Media, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Trusted Opinion
Trusted Opinion is a social recommendations site for getting suggestions on restaurants, bars and cafes from friends and expert sources.
Founder(s): Dave Waiser, Todd Greene
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Social Media, Video on Demand
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DAVE Networks
DAVE Networks provides services in the IPTV, online video, and social networking space and is a provider of integrated video distribution
Founder(s): Len Lipscomb
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Social Network, Video, Video on Demand
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Vuier
Instantly price & distribute your own pay-to-view videos
Founder(s): Brick Rucker, Mark Rybarczyk
Location: Playa Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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CINESHARES
CINESHARES is a web platform that allows filmmakers to display their works in the hopes of having projects funded.
Founder(s): Mariah Lichtenstern
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Art, Collaboration, Crowdfunding, Video on Demand
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Leaping Brain Labs
just a few bytes of brilliance.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Video on Demand
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InterfereX Communications
Maximizing QoE with Advanced Communication Techniques
Founder(s): Mark Reed
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Content Delivery Network, Video on Demand, Video Streaming, Wireless
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upContact
UpContact is a company that offers routing infrastructure and realtime statistics.
Founder(s): Bruno D’ANDREA
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, B2B, Email, Information Technology, Internet, Marketing, Software, Video on Demand
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Ripe Digital Entertainment
Ripe Digital is a media company that develops short-form, on-demand entertainment for broadband Internet, cable TV and mobile outlets.
Founder(s): Steven Voci
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Broadcasting, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Gaming, Music, Video on Demand
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Imedia
Imedia is a video processing startup that develops tools for operators to manage compressed digital video.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Network Hardware, Satellite Communication, Video on Demand
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Cinemmerse
Cinemmerse provides wearable and smart cinema on demand.
Founder(s): Wendy Dent
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Education, Video on Demand, Wearables
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Vpype
Vpype is a global social video broadcasting company that distributes interactive video-based application for companies.
Founder(s): Shoieb Yunus
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Media Salvation
Media Salvation is a Business Intelligence company.
Founder(s): David Cortese
Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Industries: Business Intelligence, Logistics, Mobile, Point of Sale, Video on Demand
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Bulldog Digital Media
Bulldog Digital Media implements and optimizes premium digital video content experiences.
Founder(s): John Petrocelli
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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PopJewels
PopJewels is a provider of affordable custom jewelry by dragging and dropping beads, charms, pendants, and more onto bases.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: DIY, E-Commerce, Jewelry, Video on Demand
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