The most prominent books companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 18,164 companies tracked on Fsome.
| # | Company | Location | Employees | Total Funding | Last Round | Last Funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HOLYWATER TECH
HOLYWATER TECH is an AI-first company reshaping entertainment by blending creato…
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Kyiv | 101 - 250 | $22.0M | Series A | 2026-01-15 |
| 2 |
Fable
Fable provides a platform for online book clubs.
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Palo Alto | 11 - 50 | $36.0M | Series A | 2021-12-16 |
| 3 |
Scribd, Inc.
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobo…
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San Francisco | 251 - 500 | $106.8M | Series E | 2019-11-25 |
| 4 |
Waterstones
Waterstones is a bookseller on the High Street and online providing customers wi…
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London | 1K - 5K | $168.8M | Debt Financing | 2025-08-12 |
| 5 |
Kuku FM
Kuku FM is a vernacular podcasting platform that creates and distributes exclusi…
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Mumbai | 101 - 250 | $155.9M | Undisclosed | 2026-03-30 |
| 6 |
Caribu
Caribu is a family interactive video-calling platform that provides an engaging …
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Miami | 1 - 10 | $5.0M | Seed | 2020-12-28 |
| 7 |
BookClub
BookClub is a virtual book club platform that provides an new way for readers an…
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Salt Lake City | 11 - 50 | $26.0M | Series A | 2021-06-15 |
| 8 |
takealot.com
takealot.com is an online retailer that offers products across diverse categorie…
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Cape Town | 501 - 1K | $231.1M | Private Equity | 2017-04-11 |
| 9 |
Skybound Entertainment
Skybound is the home of Robert Kirkman’s creator-owned work including his Eisner…
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Culver City | 251 - 500 | $19.2M | Equity Crowdfunding | 2024-04-15 |
| 10 |
Kuaikan Manhua
Kuaikan Manhua is an online marketplace that allows users to buy e-comic books.
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Beijing | 501 - 1K | $594.3M | Series F | 2021-08-23 |
| 11 |
Edda Pay
Edda Pay is a B2B SaaS platform for the book publishing industry, offering trans…
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Trollhättan | 1 - 10 | $526K | Pre Seed | 2024-12-01 |
| 12 |
Stuff.io
Stuff.io is the tokenization infrastructure for next-gen digital media, custom L…
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Mckinney | 11 - 50 | $1.3M | Undisclosed | 2025-04-03 |
| 13 |
Sagespot
SageSpot is an online platform where people can host book clubs.
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New York | 1 - 10 | $8.0M | Seed | 2023-04-07 |
| 14 |
Yuna
Yuna develops an AI-driven platform that provides personalized, interactive, and…
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São Paulo | 1 - 10 | $1.6M | Pre Seed | 2024-04-29 |
| 15 |
Hip eCommerce
Hip eCommerce manages and develops online marketplaces for collectibles, includi…
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Raleigh | 11 - 50 | $6.8M | Series Unknown | 2022-07-06 |
| 16 |
Pushkin Industries
Pushkin Industries is an audio production company developing audiobooks to creat…
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New York | 11 - 50 | $12.8M | Series Unknown | 2021-03-24 |
| 17 |
Plotdrive
Plotdrive is long-form writing infrastructure that lets authors finish books and…
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Los Angeles | 1 - 10 | $7.4M | Seed | 2022-11-17 |
| 18 |
Wajeez
Wajeez is a leading subscription service for reading and listening to Arabic boo…
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Amman | 51 - 100 | $3.0M | Pre Seed | 2021-07-11 |
| 19 |
LIT Videobooks
LIT is a new platform that allows you to view bestselling business books in a ne…
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New York | 11 - 50 | $5.0M | Series Unknown | 2022-11-17 |
| 20 |
Blinkist
Blinkist offers an app that allows its users to read the most important insights…
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Berlin | 101 - 250 | $34.8M | Series C | 2018-06-20 |
| 21 |
Zestworld
Zestworld is helping comic book artists and writers publish their work and earn …
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Brooklyn | 1 - 10 | $9.8M | Series A | 2022-02-01 |
| 22 |
Kidly
Kidly is an online broadcasting application that publishes illustrated and narra…
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Sisli | 11 - 50 | $2.7M | Seed | 2022-06-17 |
| 23 |
YourParkingSpace
YourParkingSpace is an online platform that finds and books lock-up garages, car…
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London | 101 - 250 | $6.4M | Series Unknown | 2020-09-28 |
| 24 |
110 Industries
110 Industries is an international Swiss-based entertainment company with a focu…
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Lausanne | 11 - 50 | $38.3M | Series B | 2022-05-01 |
| 25 |
Beelinguapp
Beelinguapp gives the power to read, listen and understand a second language; wi…
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Berlin | 11 - 50 | $1.1M | Pre Seed | 2020-09-29 |
| 26 |
Dstlry
Dstlry is the next-generation comics publisher.
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Los Angeles | 1 - 10 | $5.0M | Seed | 2024-12-01 |
| 27 |
Trevari
Trevari is a online book club platform operator .
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Seoul | 11 - 50 | $8.0M | Series B | 2020-10-19 |
| 28 |
MinuteBox
MinuteBox helps law firms that store and maintain corporate record books (also c…
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Toronto | 1 - 10 | $4.0M | Seed | 2022-03-18 |
| 29 |
BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios is a publishing company that focuses on creating comic books and g…
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Los Angeles | 11 - 50 | $12.2M | Series C | 2020-11-18 |
| 30 |
Deja Vu
Deja Vu is an online used books trading platform.
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Beijing | 101 - 250 | $10.7M | Series B | 2018-05-25 |
| 31 |
Journi
Create quality photo books in seconds. Because great memories are worth printing…
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Vienna | 51 - 100 | $452K | Series Unknown | 2019-06-19 |
| 32 |
xigxag
Making books more accessible, social and sustainable with the most advanced digi…
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Bodmin | 1 - 10 | $594K | Seed | 2025-11-10 |
| 33 |
Sybel
Sybel is an audio platform offering the best UX to listen to podcast and audiobo…
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Paris | 11 - 50 | $5.8M | Pre Seed | 2020-06-17 |
| 34 |
Spider Lab
Spider Lab develops an app that provides a book sharing service.
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Yeoksamdong | 11 - 50 | $4.7M | Series A | 2023-08-01 |
| 35 |
Fonos
Fonos is a digital content application including Copyrighted Audiobooks, Book Su…
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Ho Chi Minh City | 11 - 50 | $2.9M | Seed | 2022-11-23 |
| 36 |
Supermedium
A space of immersive VR utilities starting with a comic book reader.
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San Francisco | 1 - 10 | $1.1M | Seed | 2018-07-24 |
| 37 |
Dashbook
Dashbook publishes the books that Internet users choose.
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Comberjon | 1 - 10 | $2.1M | Seed | 2024-12-08 |
| 38 |
Dmzj.com
Dmzj.com is a webcomic book reader platform for anime lovers.
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Beijing | 11 - 50 | $20.0M | Series A | 2016-05-31 |
| 39 |
Instaread
Instaread gives key insights of books in text & audio!
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San Francisco | 11 - 50 | $1.7M | Seed | 2016-05-06 |
| 40 |
Ubook
Ubook entertainment service providing agency that offers audiobooks, ebooks, pod…
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Rio De Janeiro | 51 - 100 | $4.9M | Series Unknown | 2019-10-08 |
| 41 |
Chegg
Chegg is a student media learning platform offering services to universities and…
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Santa Clara | 1K - 5K | $227.3M | Post Ipo Equity | 2016-04-07 |
| 42 |
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library provides free and equitable access to services which meet…
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Toronto | 1K - 5K | $2.7M | Grant | 2025-06-04 |
| 43 |
Manhuadao
Manhuadao is an online comic book reader platform.
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Minhang | 51 - 100 | $10.8M | Series D | 2018-07-12 |
| 44 |
Audimo
Audimo is the largest audiotainment company in Portuguese language, providing au…
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Rio De Janeiro | 51 - 100 | $4.8M | Series A | 2019-11-10 |
| 45 |
A Kids Book About
A Kids Book About is a publishing company that has a collection of books for chi…
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Portland | 11 - 50 | $8.2M | Series A | 2021-04-12 |
| 46 |
Better World Books
Better World Books is a social enterprise that collects and sells books online t…
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Mishawaka | 251 - 500 | $22.5M | Debt Financing | 2016-05-10 |
| 47 |
Ronshin
Ronshin engages in planning and distribution of children's books and export of c…
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Yanta | 251 - 500 | $19.6M | Private Equity | 2021-06-04 |
| 48 |
Make Way for Books
Make Way for Books is to give all children the chance to read and succeed
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Tucson | 11 - 50 | $400K | Grant | 2019-09-15 |
| 49 |
Dinlebi
Dinlebi is an audio streaming service offering subscription-based access to audi…
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Rotterdam | 1 - 10 | $906K | Seed | 2021-11-22 |
| 50 |
Influential
Influential provides professional speakers and books to global audiences.
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Seoul | 51 - 100 | $33.5M | Series C | 2021-02-04 |