50 Best Books Companies to Watch in 2026

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.

18,164
Total Companies
$2.6B
Total Funding
$146K
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
HOLYWATER TECH
HOLYWATER TECH is an AI-first company reshaping entertainment by blending creato…
Kyiv 101 - 250 $22.0M Series A 2026-01-15
2
Fable
Fable provides a platform for online book clubs.
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…
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…
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…
Mumbai 101 - 250 $155.9M Undisclosed 2026-03-30
6
Caribu
Caribu is a family interactive video-calling platform that provides an engaging …
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Mckinney 11 - 50 $1.3M Undisclosed 2025-04-03
13
Sagespot
SageSpot is an online platform where people can host book clubs.
New York 1 - 10 $8.0M Seed 2023-04-07
14
Yuna
Yuna develops an AI-driven platform that provides personalized, interactive, and…
São Paulo 1 - 10 $1.6M Pre Seed 2024-04-29
15
Hip eCommerce
Hip eCommerce manages and develops online marketplaces for collectibles, includi…
Raleigh 11 - 50 $6.8M Series Unknown 2022-07-06
16
Pushkin Industries
Pushkin Industries is an audio production company developing audiobooks to creat…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Brooklyn 1 - 10 $9.8M Series A 2022-02-01
22
Kidly
Kidly is an online broadcasting application that publishes illustrated and narra…
Sisli 11 - 50 $2.7M Seed 2022-06-17
23
YourParkingSpace
YourParkingSpace is an online platform that finds and books lock-up garages, car…
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…
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…
Berlin 11 - 50 $1.1M Pre Seed 2020-09-29
26
Dstlry
Dstlry is the next-generation comics publisher.
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $5.0M Seed 2024-12-01
27
Trevari
Trevari is a online book club platform operator .
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…
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…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $12.2M Series C 2020-11-18
30
Deja Vu
Deja Vu is an online used books trading platform.
Beijing 101 - 250 $10.7M Series B 2018-05-25
31
Journi
Create quality photo books in seconds. Because great memories are worth printing…
Vienna 51 - 100 $452K Series Unknown 2019-06-19
32
xigxag
Making books more accessible, social and sustainable with the most advanced digi…
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…
Paris 11 - 50 $5.8M Pre Seed 2020-06-17
34
Spider Lab
Spider Lab develops an app that provides a book sharing service.
Yeoksamdong 11 - 50 $4.7M Series A 2023-08-01
35
Fonos
Fonos is a digital content application including Copyrighted Audiobooks, Book Su…
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.
San Francisco 1 - 10 $1.1M Seed 2018-07-24
37
Dashbook
Dashbook publishes the books that Internet users choose.
Comberjon 1 - 10 $2.1M Seed 2024-12-08
38
Dmzj.com
Dmzj.com is a webcomic book reader platform for anime lovers.
Beijing 11 - 50 $20.0M Series A 2016-05-31
39
Instaread
Instaread gives key insights of books in text & audio!
San Francisco 11 - 50 $1.7M Seed 2016-05-06
40
Ubook
Ubook entertainment service providing agency that offers audiobooks, ebooks, pod…
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…
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…
Toronto 1K - 5K $2.7M Grant 2025-06-04
43
Manhuadao
Manhuadao is an online comic book reader platform.
Minhang 51 - 100 $10.8M Series D 2018-07-12
44
Audimo
Audimo is the largest audiotainment company in Portuguese language, providing au…
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…
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…
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…
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
Tucson 11 - 50 $400K Grant 2019-09-15
49
Dinlebi
Dinlebi is an audio streaming service offering subscription-based access to audi…
Rotterdam 1 - 10 $906K Seed 2021-11-22
50
Influential
Influential provides professional speakers and books to global audiences.
Seoul 51 - 100 $33.5M Series C 2021-02-04